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Goodbye Internet Explorer. You won’t be missed, but your legacy will be remembered

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14th June, 2022

Has Google really built a sentient AI?

A Google engineer claims a chatbot he's working on might be sentient. Is he right?
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By Ben Gracewood
Chief technical officer
Photo: Shanti Mathias, additional design: Archi Banal
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Connecting the Chathams

One of the most remote places on earth finally has high-speed internet, and the effects are being felt everywhere and by everyone.
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By Shanti Mathias
Staff Writer
Image: Archi Banal
23rd May, 2022

AI writing has entered a new dimension, and it’s going to change education

Will teachers still assign essays when a robot can write you a passable one in mere seconds?
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By Hal Crawford
Contributing writer
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13th May, 2022

To all the iPods we’ve loved before

The hours spent ripping your entire CD collection. The random mislabelled tracks from Limewire. The memories... the memories.
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Image: Tina Tiller
6th May, 2022

For God’s sake, change your password

No, 'password', 'iloveyou' and '123456' won't cut it.
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By Josie Adams
Staff writer
Image: Archi Banal
11th April, 2022

No one in tech gets the semi-ironic tilde

Who asked for strikethrough auto-formatting? Nobody.
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By Madeleine Holden
Senior writer/editor - IRL
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31st March, 2022

Glorious is trying to bring fine art value and values to the often sketchy world of NFTs

The country’s former head lawyer. The co-founder of Sky TV. Dan Carter. They're all part of this mysterious new start-up.
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By Duncan Greive
CEO / Publisher
Image: Archi Banal
24th March, 2022

The ‘RealMe of the metaverse’ might stop you getting scammed

Avoiding fraud in the metaverse is a new problem – and a business opportunity.
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By Josie Adams
Staff writer
Image: Tina Tiller
10th March, 2022

Inside the bike-based metaverse where you can meet an Olympian

With Zwift, anyone can do the Tour de France.
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By Josie Adams
Staff writer
Image: Tina Tiller
8th February, 2022

Why does the last 1% of your phone battery last forever?

Is it real, or all in our heads?
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By Josie Adams
Staff writer
Image: Tina Tiller
2nd February, 2022

What’s the privacy cost of your ride across town?

A new report shows just how data-hungry Uber is. We break down what it means.
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By Dylan Reeve
Contributing writer
Image: Tina Tiller
26th January, 2022

Do you really need a VPN?

We weigh up the pros and cons. 
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By Dylan Reeve
Contributing writer
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11th January, 2022

Who runs the internet? Furries

The IT industry is full of people involved in this unique fandom. But why?
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By Dylan Reeve
Contributing writer
Image: Archi Banal
23rd December, 2021

Here’s how Aotearoa’s tamariki can track Santa’s movements

Finally, New Zealand kids can keep an eye on the big man and his reindeer.
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By Dylan Reeve
Contributing writer
Image: Archi Banal
16th December, 2021

Inside the security breach throwing the IT world into a panic

A new software vulnerability in a tool called Log4j has set the internet on fire.
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By Dylan Reeve
Contributing writer
Image: Archi Banal
16th December, 2021

When you speed up content, you gain time. But what do you lose?

There are costs to taking your podcasts, YouTube videos and recorded lectures at double speed. 
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By Shanti Mathias
Staff Writer
Image: Archi Banal
10th December, 2021

The world looks different with a map in your pocket

Digital maps are highly convenient, but what do we lose without the art of handmade cartography?
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By Shanti Mathias
Staff Writer

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