Will your family be able to access your digital photos, emails and investments when you die? And do you want your Facebook posts to live on as a memorial? Juliet Rowan investigates digital legacy and finds she's not alone in falling short of a plan.

British prostitutes have been comparing notes on clients, and getting advice on pricing, in an online forum.

New Zealand's online watchdog launches a new hotline tomorrow for Kiwis to report cyber hate and have "trolls" investigated.

A setting on Apple smartphones has users alarmed their personal mobile data is being used when they're supposed to be connected to a Wi-Fi network.

A sample swab from the surface of a phone can accurately predict a person's lifestyle choices, a study suggests.

Apple says the problem is caused when devices are "dropped multiple times on a hard surface."

COMMENT: Your cellphone is packed with pictures, apps and words of your choice but dirt on the outside could let slip your secrets.

Some children suffer from completely tangled hair, which, as their parents will attest, can't be combed at all. Scientists now have the answer.

For most people, virtual reality's promise of transporting us to a different world in a heartbeat is a great novelty.

The SingularityU Summit in Christchurch this week was a showcase of all the best and brightest tech coming our way.

The country’s first official demonstration of an autonomous vehicle using New Zealand roads takes place today. The New Zealand Traffic Institute (Trafinz), Volvo, New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and the Ministry of Transport have come together to show how a self-driving vehicle will handle New Zealand’s road conditions, safely and efficiently.

More than 80 offshore suppliers of remote services have registered for GST since the government widened the tax.

Apple's new coffee table book is just under half the price of its latest iPhone.

Searching for "Kim Fatty the Third" in China? You're out of luck.

COMMENT: Facebook is clearly pushing into media. But that comes with responsibilities.

It's been revealed preinstalled software in Android phones sends data to China every 72 hours.

Google and Facebook are taking aim at false news stories that appear in their feeds.

The first pizza has been delivered by a drone.

COMMENT: Wars, quakes, global warming and Donald Trump. That's 2016, an annus horribilis if there ever was one.

They're a bit too expensive as a stocking stuffer, but Fitbit's new range could be Christmas essentials for the fitness fanatics in your life.

Scientists have deep-dived inside two huge Martian craters they say hold the key to discovering signs of life there.

The personal details of millions who signed up to a sex hook-up website in the past 20 years were exposed in one of the largest ever data breaches.

West Coast residents have been asked to protect the broadband fibre optic cable after the eastern cable was lost in the earthquakes early yesterday.

Is the box in your fridge that chills your food immune from technological disruption? Don't bet on it.

The energy unleashed in the Kaikoura earthquake was equivalent to what could power Christchurch for an entire year.

A pregnant Western Sydney mother has suffered second degree burns from her iPhone 7. Melanie Tan Pelaez had her iPhone 7 plugged

Village Roadshow is known for its measures to stop piracy, but its latest efforts have made an absolute mockery of its harsh stance.

The SingularityU Summit kicked off on schedule in Christchurch this afternoon.

Radiation sickness. Brittle bones. Alzheimers. None of these will deter explorers in their quest to establish a foothold on Mars, says Apollo 11 hero Buzz Aldrin.

Even the Large Hadron Collider - 18,000km away in Switzerland - reported "feeling" the earthquake.