Online shopping fraud and identity theft are on the rise. While hackers and fraudsters are developing new hacking methods, many online shoppers are still unaware of basic online privacy rules.

"Vox Populi" - the voice of the people - takes on a whole new meaning next week as the latest version of RNZ’s digital innovation VoxPop is launched.

It is predicted that within three years 100 percent of all effective IoT efforts will be supported by cognitive or artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, a landmark New Zealand IoT Alliance study says.

Another round of ransomware assault has just hit over 2,000 global targets, including Danish shipping company Maersk, US pharmaceutical company Merck, and many private and public institutions in Ukraine.

Computers soon could deliver smarter healthcare to patients at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

A new strain of ransomware, known as ‘Petya’, has impacted individuals, private companies and public organisations including banks, airports and government organisations across Europe over the last 24 hours.

A new wheelchair prototype with an innovative propulsion system has been developed by Massey University engineers that attempts to minimise chronic shoulder and wrist problems for self-propelled wheelchair users, while making it easier for users to travel uphill.

This new strain of the Petya ransomware started propagating on June 27, 2017, infecting many organisations. Similar to WannaCry, Petya uses the Eternal Blue exploit to propagate itself.

What is Petya?

Meena Mungro is from Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean. She represents one of 17 nationalities in the Cyber Security Researchers of Waikato (CROW team at the University of Waikato.

A Whanganui UCOL student is set to take gamers on an adventure through ancient China, and on a mission to colonize the solar system, with the launch of two new video games.