Apple's iPhone 14 Emergency SOS feature arrives in New Zealand and AustraliaIt could be a big help on two countries with some huge cellular dead zones.By S. Dent, 05.15.2023
New Zealand is the latest country to ban TikTok from government devicesAs with the US, UK and Canada, it cited security concerns.By K. Holt, 03.17.2023
Twitter finally starts rolling out the edit button, but US users will have to waitTwitter Blue subscribers in Canada, Australia and New Zealand will get the feature first.By K. Holt, 10.03.2022
Android earthquake alerts are now live in Greece and New ZealandThe crowdsourced feature is also heading to Washington in May. By S. Shah, 04.28.2021
Wisk will start testing its 'air taxi' implementation later this yearThese New Zealand tests will help figure out how this drone fits into airspace systems.By R. Lawler, 03.31.2021
Google expands Play Pass to nine countries beyond the USIt's also introducing a $30 annual subscription.By K. Holt, 07.14.2020
Watch a Boston Dynamics robot herd sheep in New ZealandRobotics company Rocos shows how Spot might advance precision agriculture.By C. Fisher, 05.19.2020
Rocket Lab proves it can recover a rocket in mid-airThis is part of the company's plan to reuse its rockets.By C. Fisher, 04.08.2020
Facebook, Google and others adopt guidelines intended to fight child abuseThey were developed with the DOJ, Homeland Security and international partners.By C. Fisher, 03.05.2020
Autonomous flying taxi Cora set for passenger trials in New ZealandThe venture is a partnership between Boeing and Kitty Hawk.By R. England, 02.05.2020
Google Duplex begins international rollout with a New Zealand pilotAI callers will contact local businesses to inquire about holiday opening hours.By G. Torbet, 10.22.2019
Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ series will shoot in New ZealandThe show is returning to the location of the Peter Jackson films. By A. Khalid, 09.17.2019
Google suspends trend alerts in New Zealand after naming murder suspectGoogle emailed the name to subscribers, violating a court order.By G. Torbet, 07.05.2019
Facebook, Google and others join Christchurch Call to curb extremismThey've signed a nine-point plan to address terrorist and violent content.By C. Fisher, 05.15.2019
Facebook's AI missed Christchurch shooting videos filmed in first-personThe AI had never seen this kind of “first-person shooter video.”By C. Fisher, 04.24.2019
Christchurch shooting videos are still on Facebook over a month laterThey illustrate the limits of anti-extremist filtering on the internet.By J. Fingas, 04.19.2019
Facebook vows to improve AI detection of terrorist videosThe platform explained why it wasn't able to detect the NZ shooter's live broadcast.By M. Moon, 03.21.2019
House chair asks tech CEOs to speak about New Zealand shooting response (updated)Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube execs would speak on March 27th.By J. Fingas, 03.19.2019
YouTube bans secondary Alex Jones channel hosting NZ conspiracy videosThe conspiracy theorist used it to call the mosque shootings 'false flag' attacks.By K. Holt, 03.19.2019
Facebook says only 4,000 users viewed original NZ shooter livestreamUsers tried to upload 1.5 million copies afterwards, but most were blocked.By S. Shah, 03.19.2019