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New Zealanders chatted for more than 8 billion minutes on their cellphones last year — nearly four times the amount they did a decade ago.

Microsoft Corp plans to cut "thousands" of jobs, with a majority of them outside the United States, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

A brain training computer game developed by British neuroscientists has been shown to improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages of dementia and could help such patients avert some symptoms of cognitive decline.

Facebook Inc said that 2 billion people are regularly using its flagship service, marching past another milestone in its growth from a college curiosity in the United States to the world's largest social media network.

HMD Global has revealed the first three Nokia smartphones to hit Australian shelves, each crafted from a single block of aluminium, with a starting cost of $259.

Apple Inc introduced the HomePod, a voice-controlled speaker that can make music suggestions and adjust home temperatures, taking aim at Amazon.com Inc's Alexa feature and Echo devices.

Keeping tabs on apprentice learning just got a lot easier thanks to a new app modified at Otago Polytechnic.

Apple Inc is expected to announce plans next week to make its Siri voice assistant work with a larger variety of apps, as the technology company looks to counter the runaway success of Amazon.com Inc's competing Alexa service.

A Kiwi yachting app that streamlines some of the more tedious aspects of the sport is attracting global attention.

Alphabet is warning users to beware of emails from known contacts asking them to click on a link to Google Docs after a large number of people complained their accounts had been hacked.

Facebook is taking new measures to stop the sharing of 'revenge porn' on all three of its major platforms, the company announced this morning.

Snap Inc said its Snapchat messaging app would add an option for users to search through photos and videos that users have posted to the public.

Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it plans to sell refurbished versions of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphones that were pulled from markets due to fire-prone batteries.

Facebook Inc added a feature to its Messenger app to allow users to share their locations continuously for up to an hour, ramping up competition with tools offered by Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google Maps.

Tech companies must rapidly step up information-sharing to protect users from prying eyes, after WikiLeaks released a trove of data purporting to show that the CIA can hack all manner of devices.

A replacement model of the fire-prone Samsung Note 7 smartphone began smoking inside a US plane, the family that owns it says, prompting fresh inquiries.

Technology giant Apple says it is moving its London headquarters to the landmark Battersea Power Station, a move hailed by the British government.