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Inside Musk’s plan to upend the wireless phone industry
SpaceX has discussed buying Boost Mobile or accessing its leased network.
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Market shakeup: 2degrees opens ground station with satellite newcomer
Elon Musk's Starlink has a rival with some new tricks up its sleeve.
JB Hi-Fi NZ to open two stores after record sales year
Mobile phones and computers helped drive record sales at JB Hi-Fi NZ.
David Seymour: A phone ban for kids is not a rethink of my solution for social media harm
OPINION: The Government could prohibit those under 16 from possessing smart devices.
How Samsung’s Fold8 raises the foldable stakes before Apple’s move
The new foldables impress but will cost quite a few of the bills that fold in your wallet.
Gemma and Richie McCaw's approach to kids and phones | Ryan Bridge TODAY
Gemma McCaw tells us when she plans to give her kids a dumb phone, as she comes to grips with parenting and screen time. Video / Ryan Bridge TODAY
Hanging up on love: Studies link smartphones to drop in birth rates
The decline in birth rates accelerated once smartphones became widely available.
UK to ban children from sending and viewing nude images on phones
Sir Keir Starmer introduced the plan in a speech at London Tech Week.
'Every extra hour helps': Upgrades for hundreds of cell towers to protect 111 calls in natural disasters
Hundreds of towers set to get better backup batteries, delaying blackouts after disasters.
Widespread mobile outages hit One NZ network
Customers nationwide are reporting problems making and receiving calls.
How a gold Trump phone pre-order turned into a $59m question for buyers
Trump Mobile updated its terms to say deposits do not guarantee a phone will be made.
Banning mobile phones at school does not lead to better test scores, US study finds
Researchers said the average effect on test scores was 'consistently close to zero'.
Struggling with phone addiction? Try these remedies
New York Times: Counting minutes is a poor way to curb phone habits.
Cyclone Vaianu: Telcos name worst-hit areas for broadband and mobile outages
One NZ and Spark using Starlink satellite-to-mobile to plug coverage gaps.
NZ deep tech firm Scentian Bio on their 'digital nose' | Herald NOW Business
'Imagine if you could detect a disease on your breath simply by blowing onto your phone.' Tech has potential use in healthcare and food quality. Video / Herald NOW Business
Spark services in Wellington restored after 'outage' cuts mobile, broadband
Spark said it experienced 'an issue' that impacted some cell sites in the capital.
The new innovation from 2degrees promoting meaningful contact| Ryan Bridge TODAY
2degrees marketing general manager Dave Pearce says 'Ring Ring' will remind you to pick up the phone and call someone you love. Video / Ryan Bridge TODAY
Half of all teens still ignoring school phone ban, teachers urged to have 'firm consequences'
The Education Review Office has found compliance is an issue in secondary schools.
Should your children be using Snapchat? Parenting specialist explains | Ryan Bridge TODAY
Social media giant Snapchat is under investigation over child safety. Video / Ryan Bridge TODAY
'Sorry for the hassle': Nationwide outage hits 2degrees mobile customers
The mobile phone network was first listed as 'under repair' at 3.12pm on Wednesday.
UK electric car drivers ‘spied on' by previous government through phones
Two-year mass surveillance project commissioned by Department for Transport under Tories.
Watch: Can Samsung phone's Privacy Display defeat snoops?
REVIEW: Technology editor Chris Keall reviews the Korean giant's new flagship phone.
Inside: The looming Taiwan chip disaster Silicon Valley has long ignored
New York Times: The US tech industry has refused to shift where it gets most of its chips.
Spark to block 300 phones that can’t make emergency calls after 3G shutdown
Owners of some models can fix the issue by installing a software update.