Police allege the online offending spanned 18 years and targeted a Dunedin man, with the case now heading to a jury trial.
Crime and Justice
11:59am
1:29
Diesel powers most freight trucks. As oil prices spike, electric trucks are looking more attractive – if upfront cost and charging barriers can be overcome.
World
6:00am
Potential impacts of a large cable on the natural environment have been highlighted in a commissioner’s report, including disturbance to wildlife.
Environment
Fri, Mar 13
While Gen-Zers and younger Millennials embrace film, analogue cameras are not as easy to use as the digital cameras they grew up with.
Life
The Commerce Commission said the scheme, based in Hawke's Bay, markets itself through popular social media apps.
New Zealand
Thu, Mar 12
A civil lawsuit is alleging that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI knew the Tumbler Ridge shooter was planning a mass attack and didn't act sufficiently to prevent it.
Tue, Mar 10
Keen amateur astronomers will only have about an hour to view the natural phenomenon tonight.
Aylo - a Canadian company operating free explicit video websites including Pornhub, RedTube, YouPorn and Tube8 - has restricted access for Australian users.
Mon, Mar 9
It would become the first country in Southeast Asia to restrict the access of children to social media.
Sat, Mar 7
Months out from the next general election, political "AI slop" is spilling over social media feeds. Experts say lessons from overseas could help electoral laws catch up.
Politics
Wed, Mar 4
Anthropic said it would challenge what it called a legally unsound action “never before publicly applied to an American company.”
Sun, Mar 1
The now 20-year-old, who has been identified in court documents as KGM, says her early use of social media addicted her to the technology and exacerbated depression and suicidal thoughts.
Fri, Feb 27
Spark says it will be blocking phones unable to call emergency services on 111 after its 3G shutdown.
Business
Wed, Feb 25
MediMap has shut down access to its platform while it looks into how it was breached on Sunday.
Health
For years, individual investors were dismissed by some on Wall Street as “dumb money”.
Tue, Feb 24
Some users' information had been changed – including to say they were deceased.
There's enough to keep the curious occupied — professional and amateur alike. Potentially, there's more new or unredacted material to come.
While self-driving cabs aren’t new, London’s ancient road layout and busy streetscapes could pose special challenges for the technology.
Researchers say new AI 'digital companions' are profoundly unethical, and could even increase social isolation.
Experts say resisting the pull of the endless scroll and the dopamine hits from short-form videos can seem like an unfair fight, even for adults.
Mon, Feb 23
Your HQ is your empathy, deep understanding, subtlety, lived experience – all the things technology can't offer, but will destroy if you let it.
April is now the earliest that the four Artemis II astronauts could fly to the moon.
Sun, Feb 22
An awkward interaction between two rival tech leaders: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has gone viral on social media.
The tech company said it considered whether to refer the account to police but determined at the time that the account activity did not meet a threshold for referral.
A Meta spokesperson said the company strongly disagrees with the allegations in the lawsuit.
Thu, Feb 19
