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The robots are coming. Prepare for trouble
New York Times: The future could be grim unless we start planning now.

Cruising: Stay online without spending a fortune
There's one souvenir you don't want to bring home and that's a huge phone bill.

Privacy Commissioner's concern: Police can track you by your phone
John Edwards proposes safeguards around caller location service.

Messaging app drops support for handsets with older operating systems
Tens of thousands in the UK are expected to be affected.

A dog's life: Shane Bradley on past mistakes, latest venture
Serial entrepreneur Shane Bradley returns from a two-year sabbatical

Watch: Another Rocket Lab military launch - this time for spook agency
First mission of 2020 a success.

Key technologies driving change
Joanna Mathers on the key technologies that will drive change in our workforces.

Election advertising: Watchdog blows chance to stamp out misleading posts
Advertising Standards Authority decides ' mischievous' ad within the rules.

Woman in tux, transgender flag: 2020's new emojis
In total, 117 new characters and images have been approved to add to the emoji library.

Facebook agrees to pay $844m to settle privacy lawsuit
Facebook tried, and failed, to quash the lawsuit in a petition to the Supreme Court.

Record sales push Tesla to second straight quarterly profit
News gives bullish investors optimism that sustained black ink lies ahead..

Security: Why your CEO could be your weakest link
Bosses often get away with murder. Five ways to rein them in.

Westfield has a new parking app. How closely is it following you at the mall?
Free parking app's mission-creep raises broader questions about disclosure and consent.

How Facebook stalks you - even when you're not using it
The Off-Facebook Activity tool shows we're living in a world where cameras are always on.

Apple's banner holiday-season quarter tops projections
Apple is still reaping huge profits from the iPhone.

Uber pits drivers against other to fight law change
Drivers in California are now free to set their own price.

Paul McBeth: Was 2019 Gentrack's annus horribilis?
Gentrack was something of a novelty when it came to the NZX in 2014.

App maps water fountains and refill stations across NZ
New map takes people to free water and away from plastic bottles and sugary drinks.

Young Kiwis reach out to tackle online threats
Three-quarters of young Kiwis have acted in response to social media distress.

Google CEO: AI more profound change than electricity
Current frameworks to regulate the technology in the U.S. and Europe are a "great start".

Five stranger things in Netflix' result
Netflix fight against Disney+, its biggest hits, DVD numbers and debt.

Twitter tells facial recognition trailblazer to stop using site's photos
New York Times: The mysterious company has licensed its powerful tech to law enforcement.

When tech backlash turns dangerous: Fake calls for a SWAT team
New York Times: Fake calls made about hostages being held at houses of tech executives.

If Bezos can be hacked so easily, what does that say about Amazon's security?
What does it say about the vulnerability of ordinary people like you and me?

Tesla passes US$100 billion, teeing up big payout for Musk
Tesla's market capitalisation now exceeds the value of Ford and General Motors, combined.