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How phones can detect earthquakes
7 Apr 2023Fifty years since the first mobile phone call, the technology we carry around in our pocket is helping to create the world's biggest earthquake detection system.
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RNZ to receive $25m a year in funding boost
6 Apr 2023RNZ is to receive a funding increase of $25 million per year to maintain public media services, for "digital transformation" and supporting AM transmission. Audio
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Explained: Twitter is removing a basic safety feature - here's how not to get hacked
13 Mar 2023From next week many Twitter accounts will be less secure. Here's what you can use instead.
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White House backs Senate bill to boost US ability to ban TikTok
8 Mar 2023The White House backed legislation introduced by a dozen senators to give new powers to ban TikTok and other foreign-based technologies if they pose national security threats.
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Netflix starts clamping down on account sharing in New Zealand
9 Feb 2023Netflix is cracking down on account sharing to stop multiple people accessing one account.
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Free software programs a risk to students' privacy - EdTech industry body
25 Dec 2022Software makers warn under-funding is prompting schools to use outdated and cheap computer programs that create cybersecurity and privacy risks.
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Media merger meets mounting resistance as clock ticks
While the media have aired angst about the new public media entity, the opportunities have barely been addressed - or the consequences of sticking with the status quo. Audio
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Mediawatch: Stuff’s regional rejig - and staff strife
11 Dec 2022Why has our biggest and only truly national news publisher Stuff just rejigged its regional reporting? The move has antagonised some staff against the backdrop of disputes over journalists' pay. Audio
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Apple to offer targets of hacking new security options
Apple plans to allow users to more tightly lock down items stored on its iCloud service and require a physical security key when logging in from a new device.
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Public media merger: Contractors paid $6000 per week on average
29 Nov 2022The government has $40m to spend on the transition of two - RNZ and TVNZ - into one entity, and at least a quarter of that is going on contractors.
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Relapse reports upset gang-based rehab programme leader
Mediawatch: A controversial gang-led drug rehab project is back in the news, with headlines highlighting the proportion of relapses. That prompted critics to claim it had failed, but was that fair? Audio
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Media wrestle with ‘sportswashing’ Qatar’s World Cup
Mediawatch - Organisers have told the media to focus on the football, but human rights and workers' suffering are impossible to ignore. Will media draw attention to that while the planet's best… Audio
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On the overlap - TV rugby double-up stuff-up
Mediawatch: NZ Rugby was panned for overlapping the Black Ferns and the All Blacks at the same time this weekend - but it wasn't the first international double-up during the Rugby World Cup. Audio
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New ground as tech aims to help boost soil health
25 Oct 2022As much of Earth has been degraded, efforts are being made to improve matters.
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Media firm Stuff proposes changes to newsrooms but won't say if jobs will be lost
18 Oct 2022Media firm Stuff is proposing changes to some of its newsrooms but has declined to say if it will result in job losses.
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'TVNZ and RNZ are no doubt trusted broadcasters': Jackson clarifies public media comments
Broadcasting Minister Willie Jackson has clarified comments he made about the media, saying he did not mean to imply the public did not trust RNZ and TVNZ.
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'Police do need to change their practices' - Deputy Privacy Commissioner
14 Sep 2022The Deputy Privacy Commissioner says crime-fighting will not be impeded by stopping police taking masses of photos of people unlawfully.
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'Immediate threat to human life' - controversal Kiwifarms forum blocked by Cloudflare
4 Sep 2022The online security firm Cloudflare has blocked the controversial online forum KiwiFarms, following a campaign started by a transgender woman targeted by the site.
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House of the Dragon: No sexual violence on screen
12 Aug 2022Analysis - We live in a world with atrocious rates of gendered violence. House of the Dragon is interested in unpicking the intricacies of gender and power in a highly patriarchal society.
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TVNZ hiring processes 'need to be enhanced' - Deputy PM Robertson
28 Jul 2022TVNZ hiring rules probably need to be enhanced following a review into the recruitment of presenter Kamahl Santamaria, Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson says. Audio
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Netflix loses almost a million subscribers
20 Jul 2022After enjoying a long reign as king of streaming, Netflix faces a fight to keep its crown.
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Susie Ferguson steps into new role at RNZ
11 Jul 2022Susie Ferguson has chosen to leave her long-time role as Morning Report presenter in September to take up a new position within RNZ as senior presenter and journalist.
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Sky TV no longer looking to buy MediaWorks
16 Jun 2022Sky Network Television has pulled the plug on potential plans to buy MediaWorks.
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Sky TV looking at buying MediaWorks
The pay TV operator said it was having "exclusive" talks about acquiring the remnants of MediaWorks from US private equity firm Oaktree and Australian media company Quadrant.
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