She rejected him in high school, he took his revenge via AI and was prosecuted. But with deepfake porn on the rise, why are such prosecutions so rare?
Crime and Justice
Thursday 6:00am
What people are likely seeing is commonly known as a space jellyfish, which is a phenomenon that can happen when sunlight reflects off the exhaust plume from the rocket's engines.
New Zealand
Wed, Oct 15
The frequency and length of daily phone use continues to rise, especially among young people.
Life
Sun, Oct 12
Microsoft’s decision to end security updates and technical support could leave older devices vulnerable, Consumer NZ warns.
The new investigation covers 2.9 million vehicles, essentially all Teslas equipped with "full self-driving technology".
World
Fri, Oct 10
Officials at the Bank of England flagged the growing risk that tech stock prices pumped up by the AI boom could burst.
Thu, Oct 9
The morning's headlines in 90 seconds, including hope the peace deal for Gaza will become reality, a league and sevens star is coming to the Warriors, and why your social feeds could soon be flooded with fakes.
Mon, Oct 6
The company behind ChatGPT released its new Sora social media app, an attempt to draw the attention of users on TikTok, YouTube or Meta-owned Instagram and Facebook.
Anthropic launched the latest version of its flagship Claude chatbot on Monday, boasting that Claude Sonnet 4.5 will be the "world's best" for coding and other complex tasks.
Sun, Oct 5
A major Japanese beverage producer says it has been hit by a cyberattack that left its operations disrupted for the fifth day today.
Business
Sat, Oct 4
AOL, formerly America Online, introduced many households to the World Wide Web for the first time when its dial-up service launched decades ago.
Thu, Oct 2
The feature, which will launch in the US, will work when a user reports their dog as lost in an app.
The prospect of cost overruns would be the latest blow to the National Ticketing Solution, which has recently come under increased ministerial scrutiny.
Politics
Small businesses in New Zealand, whose Facebook and Instagram accounts have been wrongfully suspended, can now send their appeals to a dedicated inbox.
Wed, Oct 1
Officers stopped the vehicle, but declined to write a ticket as their "citation books don’t have a box for robot".
Like thousands of actors, Tilly Norwood is looking for a Hollywood agent. There's just one problem - she doesn't exist.
That doesn't mean hard copies of driver's licences will be going away any time soon.
Tue, Sep 30
It’s the first time Afghanistan has experienced a shutdown of this kind since the Taliban seized power in August 2021.
Increased sightings of large sharks in some parts of the world have swimmers, surfers and divers looking for new ways to stay safe.
Sat, Sep 27
Much is still unknown about the actual deal in the works, but Trump said today that Chinese leader Xi Jinping has approved it.
Fri, Sep 26
The social company says it will roll out limits for teens across Facebook and Messenger from today, but critics say they don't go far enough
The morning's headlines in 90 seconds, including new social media safety measures for teens, Diddy’s back in court, and a mass robbery caught on camera.
The failure is the second time in two years a major Optus outage has prevented people accessing emergency services.
Wed, Sep 24
ABS Hawk-eye cameras are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee approved their use.
Sport
Representatives for Dell and the Murdochs could not immediately be reached for comment.
Mon, Sep 22
