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New Zealand students face digital risks well beyond social media

New Zealand students face rising digital risks across gaming, educational tools and AI, with bullying and harmful content often shielded from adult oversight.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Mon, 10th Nov 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Kiwi children face cyberbullying as more turn to AI support

New Zealand children face rising cyberbullying risks as 23% turn to AI companions for support, study finds amid earlier digital device use by youngsters.

By Melania Watson • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Jul 2025

Global Stories

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Virtualisation

TAHO raises USD $3.5 million to boost faster, cheaper AI computing

TAHO has raised USD $3.5 million to develop a platform promising up to ten times faster and 90% cheaper AI computing by unifying cloud resources.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Fri, 21st Nov 2025

Data Analytics

AI-powered deepfakes drive surge in global business & consumer fraud

AI-driven deepfakes are fuelling a global surge in fraud, with 77% of anti-fraud experts reporting increased incidents and 83% expecting further rises soon.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 19th Nov 2025

Risk & Compliance

Instagram posts fuel surge in money mule recruitment schemes

Nearly 24% of Instagram posts tagged as 'quick-money' offers are linked to money mule recruitment, posing major challenges for law enforcement and platforms.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 13th Nov 2025

Digital Transformation

AWS outage sparks global disruption across banking & services

An AWS outage on 20 October 2025 caused global disruption, hitting platforms like Amazon, Snapchat, Coinbase, HMRC and Lloyds Bank, affecting millions worldwide.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Wed, 22nd Oct 2025

Data Protection

Facebook, WhatsApp & TikTok most invasive, Discord safest

Research finds Facebook, WhatsApp, and TikTok most privacy-invasive, while Discord tops the list for safeguarding user data and resisting AI training use.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 2nd Oct 2025

Virtualisation

Aerospike streamlines deployment of Database 8 on Amazon EKS

Aerospike's new Terraform blueprint simplifies deploying Database 8 on Amazon EKS, cutting setup time to under 30 minutes without AWS or Kubernetes expertise.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 3 min read • Tue, 13th May 2025

Unified Communications

AI takes center stage in Adobe's new GenStudio tool

Adobe has launched GenStudio for Performance Marketing, a new AI-driven tool designed to enhance the creation of personalised advertising campaigns.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Wed, 16th Oct 2024

Marketing Technologies

Nearly half of security pros see AI as top threat, survey finds

Nearly half of security profesionals view AI as the top security risk, with 68% advocating for external AI security reviews, HackerOne reveals.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 24th Sep 2024

AR, VR & Metaverse

Snap introduces fifth gen Spectacles & new AI features

Snap unveils its fifth-generation Spectacles, powered by Snap OS, alongside new AI features to enhance user interaction and creative experiences.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Tue, 24th Sep 2024

Marketing Technologies

Darabase to launch groundbreaking AR advertising platform

Darabase targets a revolutionary stride in AR advertising with a platform to transform physical properties into AR adverts.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Wed, 8th Nov 2023

Risk & Compliance

New measures introduced to Snapchat to safeguard teens

Snap has announced a new package of safeguards to further protect 13-17 year old Snapchatters from potential online risks.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Fri, 8th Sep 2023

Marketing Technologies

New research highlights digital advertising insights

Snapchat sees unexpected growth in ad portal visits, while Pinterest sees a decline, according to Similarweb's market update for Dec 2022.

By Tom Raynel • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Jan 2023

Google

Reddit bolsters exec team with new VPs

Reddit announces the appointment of three new VPs to executive leadership, while promoting two existing team members. #leadershipchanges #Reddit.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 2nd Sep 2022

Digital Entertainment

Fast Company names #1 most innovative company in video

Jellysmack, a global creator company, has been named in Fast Company's annual list of the World's Most Innovative Companies for 2022.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Tue, 19th Apr 2022

Snap

Snapchat and Ticketmaster announce new media innovation

Snapchat and Ticketmaster have announced a partnership that is set to change the ways of event commerce and media.

By Mitchell Hageman • 2 min read • Thu, 17th Feb 2022

Stories from Other Regions

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Data Protection

Snapchat age checks in Australia use banks, avoid data sharing

Snapchat users in Australia can now verify they are over 16 via banking apps, protecting privacy by avoiding data sharing or uploading identity documents.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Mon, 24th Nov 2025