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Halo's Master Chief and Cortana voice actors are coming to Auckland Armageddon Expo
Fri, 28th Jul 2017
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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halo
The voices behind the Halo franchise's Master Chief and Cortana are coming to the Auckland Armageddon Expo later this year.
Innovators in Te Papa’s accelerator to connect cultures to their taonga
Fri, 28th Jul 2017
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te papa museum
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accelerator
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mahuki
Te Papa's Mahuki hub launches, blending tech and tradition to enrich cultural narratives and safeguard taonga through innovation.
Is that a painting or a television? Samsung launches The Frame TV in New Zealand
Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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digital entertainment
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samsung
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tv
Samsung's The Frame TV lands in NZ, blurring the line between art and technology with its innovative display and design-focused features.
Will autonomous vehicles make us insane?
Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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cartech
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self-driving cars
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mit
MIT study highlights waning trust in autonomous vehicles, particularly among the youth, who prefer a human touch on the wheel.
The end is nigh: Adobe to disable Flash Player by 2020
Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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martech
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microsoft
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youtube
Browser vendors are integrating capabilities once provided by plugins directly, given this progress, Adobe has decided to end the life of Flash...
Kiwi developers promise the next big AR game, will it steal the crown from Pokemon Go?
Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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ar, vr & metaverse
Ambidexter's UnderVerse AR RPG debuts in NZ and Australia, challenging Pokemon Go with a revolutionary meld of AR and traditional RPG play.
iOS gets another round of critical security updates to block major security holes
Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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smartphones
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cybersecurity
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personal computing devices
Apple’s iOS 10.3.3 has undergone an urgent update after massive security holes were discovered in many of the system’s functions.
Sold-out innovation event set to motivate and inspire Maori entrepreneurs
Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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callaghan innovation
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māori
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entrepreneurship
Māori entrepreneurs gather in Rotorua for the Matariki XPonential event to explore how technology can drive business growth and success.
The ultimate driver-touchscreen: NZ researchers develop new smart-car technology
Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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3d printing
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canterbury university
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smart car
A University of Canterbury academic team has been given the green light to research better in-vehicle touchscreens...
The sky is falling! Keep an eye out for drones plummeting from the heavens
Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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drones
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dji
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gopro
Consumers alert: Reports surge as budget-friendly DJI Spark drones unexpectedly lose power mid-air, risking unexpected aerial dropouts.
Capture the world in 360-degrees: Facebook launches its Live-360 program
Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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digital entertainment
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ar, vr & metaverse
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facebook
Facebook launched its new Live-360 program, which allows users to stream 360-degree footage to Facebook with immense ease...
NEC turns to glitter pens to create identification tags
Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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digital signage
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iam
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displays & projectors
NEC introduces mIDoT, turning hand-drawn glitter dots into unique, unforgeable ID tags for secure product identification.
New Zealand’s renewable energy expertise is in worldwide demand
Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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power / energy
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cleantech
New Zealand’s renewable energy expertise is in worldwide demand as our development programme continues to help Pacific Island nations...
New Zealand plans to power remote Pacific communities with renewable technology
Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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power / energy
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cleantech
A coalition of NZ based clean energy companies have decided to tackle the power insecurity that many remote Pacific communities face...
No power? No problem: Kiwi electric vehicle owners aren’t afraid of getting stranded
Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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cartech
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evs
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flip the fleet
Kiwi EV owners confident, dispelling range anxiety myths with daily electric driving, reveals Flip the Fleet's latest poll.
SSDo’s and Don’ts: How to install your SSD drive
Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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personal computing devices
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crucial
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ssd storage
If you’re a first-time SSD installer, there’s no need to fear, Crucial NZ has published a three-part process to installation...
Update: MS paint lives! Kiwis say goodbye to childhood memories
Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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microsoft
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windows 10
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ms paint
It was announced that the classic program, MS Paint, is not in active development and might be removed in future releases...
The voice whispering in your ear: Microsoft HoloLens 2.0 gets an AI upgrade
Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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ai
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ar, vr & metaverse
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microsoft
Microsoft is developing a new version of the HoloLens with an AI co-processor for efficient deep learning tasks. #HoloLens #AI.
Bluff Marae takes on coding for kids with the help of CodeCamp
Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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coding
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kids
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code camp
Coding skills are fundamentally important to young Kiwis, who may well live in a world where IT is the dominating industry...
Hands-on impressions from the Destiny 2 open beta for consoles
Mon, 24th Jul 2017
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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destiny
An open beta for Destiny 2 happened on both PS4 and Xbox One and it gave us a preview on both the single player campaign and the multiplayer modes.