FutureFive New Zealand - Technology news from the future

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Haiwaiki cable accelerates NZ/US collaboration

The REANNZ Hawaiki cable capacity has successfully transferred 37 million files across the Pacific Ocean, revealing massive potential.

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Apple Pay “brandjacked” in new phishing attack

Cybercriminals are mimicking well-known companies, “brandjacking” them in a bid to infect computer systems and to steal sensitive data.

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Hands-on review: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is all out multiplayer madness

When Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 announced earlier this year, there was some controversy because Activision announced that the game will ship without a traditional single player campaign.

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Xiaomi sets NZ market firmly in its sights

Mi smartphones are hitting Kiwi shores as sales grew by 88% last year - in contrast to the global market decline of 3% facing its competitors.

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Facebook, Sticks 'n' Stones take online safety to NZ schools

According to Sticks ‘n’ Stones founder Karla Sanders, everyone should have the right to be their real selves.

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Crucial launches P1 NVMe Solid State Drive

The SSD uses a PCIe port to provide a faster and more reliable read/write.

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18 Oct Sponsored

Why would a business owner want to learn coding?

“I wanted to take charge of my own destiny and create the sites myself."

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Huawei Mate 20 series primed for launch

The long-awaited Huawei Mate 20 series has been unveiled.

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The potential impact of AR on the creative industry

Adobe believes AR could shake the foundations of the creative industry.

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An inside look at Adobe’s creative AI

Premiere Rush gives you the power to capture, create, and deliver online content no matter where you are.

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Adobe unleashes a wave of innovations for CC

"You will be able to open and edit a PSD on an iPad, using the same tools you are familiar with on the desktop."

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Air NZ backs the future of electric air taxi in NZ

New Zealand is one step closer to autonomous electric air taxi services, thanks to Air New Zealand and Zephyr Airworks.

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17 Oct Sponsored

Hands–on review: Corsair’s Force MP510 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD is great bang for your buck

The MP510 promises 3,480MB/sec sequential read speeds, and up to 3,000MB/s sequential write speeds.

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New Zealand tops list of most-scammed countries - Microsoft

Around a fifth (21%) of New Zealanders who had encountered tech support scams were fooled into continuing with an interaction.

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Hands-on review: Crucial’s BX500 SSD gets the job done

The Crucial BX500 comes in two flavours, 240GB and 480GB, giving users a no-frills boost to their PC at a budget-friendly price.

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This app can tell if your Wi-Fi is 'NetStinky'

A researcher at the University of Waikato has created a ‘NetStinky’ way of telling whether your home internet network has been breached.

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Back to the basics: Five ways to stay safe online

Phishing attacks or social-engineering attacks are on the rise, where cybercriminals trick people into divulging details and participating in scams.

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How Adobe aims to change the game with CC updates

Adobe announced major updates to Creative Cloud applications including Photoshop CC and Adobe XD.

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William Shatner opens Rocket Lab's latest NZ base

Rocket Lab says it will be able to build an Electron rocket every week.

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Auckland Uni celebrates 40 entrepreneurs under 40

The University of Auckland’s annual 40 Under 40 list recognises some of the most outstanding graduates

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Meet ‘BB8’ – the vehicle that recognises your face

This 'BB8’ is nothing to do with the rollabout robot from Star Wars, but may well be one of the first vehicles to include facial recognition as a replacement for your car keys.

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Borderlands 2 is coming to PlayStation VR

Borderlands 2 fans have only a few months to wait to experience the game in virtual reality - if you’re up to the challenge of skags jumping to bite your face off.

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Mozilla delays distrust of Symantec TLS certificates

Mozilla has delayed its distrust of all Symantec security certificates – because so many businesses have failed to do anything about the problem.

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Hands-on review: WWE 2K19 steps inside the wrestling ring

WWE 2K19 by far has the biggest roster in franchise history as it includes all of the fan favourites such as AJ Styles, Daniel Bryan, Kurt Angle and many others

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Let’s Play Live And PlayStation NZ holding video game tournaments at Auckland Armageddon Expo

If you are good at FIFA 19, Tekken 7 or NBA 2K19, you’ll be happy to know a tournament will be held for each game during the 2018 Auckland Armageddon Expo.

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No Pixel 3 for Kiwis - Why the snub, Google?

Google’s offerings in the NZ market are limited at best and there is no sign of when its latest phone will be hitting our shores.

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Jaguar EV's new sound alert for blind pedestrians

One of the original sounds included one inspired by sci-fi spacecraft, but instead of looking at the road, pedestrians ended up looking at the sky.

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Hands-on review: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey takes the fight to ancient Greece

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey starts in explosive fashion as you are pit in a middle of a war between the Athenians and the Spartans.

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How Nokia and Chorus aim to enhance broadband access for Kiwis

Chorus has deployed Nokia's VDSL2 vectoring technology to deliver improved broadband access to users across New Zealand.

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Air NZ demos immersive AR tourism board game

Players can see a giant kauri tree grow, meet a grumpy Hobbit, experience a bird’s eye view of a helicopter bungy jump, and they can even get splashed by a breaching whale.

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$444 million: The devastating cost of cyberbullying in NZ

Can you put a dollar figure on the damage cyberbullying causes New Zealanders? One economist says that cost is around $444 million every year.