Facebook quizzes - and why you should think before you click
Which food matches your personality? What city should you really live in? Which Disney princess are you? Questions like these are often packaged into quizzes on social media - but the information… Audio
Chip shortages, Facebook's big fine, hampster trading
Tech correspondent Mark Pesce talks shortages in the auto industry, Facebook shareholder fury over a big fine and a crypto-trading hamster. No. Really.
Technology correspondent Mark Pesce looks at… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch: Opining on elimination
Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Bryan Crump on Nights. This week Hayden Donnell talks to Bryan about media angst over whether ‘elimination’ is still our Covid strategy - and the Herald aiming high… Audio
How food-swap initiative Magic Beans hopes to grow
Magic Beans was set up five years ago by Anneliese Hough as a way people in the Hawkes Bay region could trade the food from their gardens, with no money involved. At the moment it's run via a very… Audio
Is the Metaverse the next phase of the internet?
Technology commentator Sarah Putt joins Kathryn to talk about how the idea of a Metaverse is now being championed by the CEOs at Facebook and Microsoft - among others - so is it the next phase of the… Audio
Calling Home: Leone Patterson in Alameda, California
Former Tall Ferns captain Leone Patterson's love affair with California began in the early 1980s. These days, she is based in Alemada, in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she has lived for almost 20… Audio, Gallery
The dark side of Facebook and its bid for domination
The price and consequences of being Facebook are actually design choices according to New York Times writers Cecilia Kang and Sheera Frenkel. They talk to Jesse about their book, An Ugly Truth: Inside… Audio
Technology commentator Bill Bennett
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about the Commerce Commission's warning to telcos over the way they're marketing alternative broadband technologies as the copper telephone… Audio
Amazon opens to Kiwis, govt agrees to consumer data right
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about Amazon opening its Australian store to New Zealand customers and what that might mean for New Zealand retailers and other online stores… Audio
Richard Thompson-Ford: How we define ourselves through fashion
Stanford Law School professor and author Richard Thompson-Ford details the importance of fashion throughout the centuries in his new book Dress Codes - How the Laws of Fashion Made History. Audio
The Weekend Panel with Penny Ashton and Tim Watkin
Joining us on the Panel are Penny Ashton and Tim Watkin. They discuss Ronaldo's snubbing of Coke, the idea of the America's Cup being staged outside of New Zealand, and the police's handling of the… Audio
Technology commentator Peter Griffin
Technology commentator Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to look at what US President Joe Biden's push to improve supply chain disruption in tech could mean for New Zealand. Audio
Security a recent theme at Parliament
Parliament’s business often develops themes. Recently there’s a been a strong flavour of security with a side of white supremacy threats. Audio
Facebook's funhouse mirror
Facebook protests that its new algorithm that curates your newsfeed is just a mirror reflecting yourself back at you. If that's the case, says one digital expert, it's a funhouse mirror. Audio
Is it time to make the switch to private browsers?
The consumer technology writer from the New York Times is urging readers to ditch Chrome, Safari and Microsoft Edge in favour of using private browsers like Brave. Sunday Morning tech correspondent… Audio
Media company hacked, Facebook users' data leaked
Technology correspondent Tony Grasso joins Kathryn to talk about the cyber attack that knocked Nine Entertainment, owner of the Sydney Morning Herald, off air and offline. Meanwhile the details of… Audio
Calling Home: Danny Tomsett in Austin, Texas
Business growth and ambitions took Danny Tomsett and his family to Austin in August 2019, but within six months they were living in a Covid-19 world. The former Papamoa native is calling home from the… Audio
The new Code War, and Facebook's true interests
Technology correspondent Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to talk about whether the Cold War has been replaced with The Code War as the number of exploits, subversions and thefts seems to increase. Audio
Tech giant co-opts media for fight against vaccine misinformation
Google has announced it will pay Stuff to launch a project to counter vaccine misinformation. The tech giant is increasing the amount of funding it gives to news as it grapples with an Australian law…
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Technology commentator Paul Matthews
Technology commentator Paul Matthews joins Kathryn to talk about this week's major security alert, this time Microsoft's "Hafnium" attacks with suggestions China might be behind it. Audio