2026 BET Awards: The 5 biggest moments of celebration and remembrance
The 2026 BET Awards brought music, comedy and community to the Peacock Theater on Sunday night. “Culture’s Biggest…
Scientists Tickled Gorillas And Found An Old Clue To How Humans Learned Speech
Topline The vocal control underpinning human speech was not a sudden evolutionary leap, but a 15-million-year work in…
Media Insider: Tom Phillips Netflix doco – police may ban footage; Matthew Hooton’s speech to Stuff staff; RNZ’s flash new offices – and view of Mike Hosking
Police have been in the spotlight after other official documents revealed that a senior police communications manager tipped…
U-M Health neurosurgeons complete first human implant of wireless brain computer interface
Neurosurgeons at University of Michigan Health completed the first-in-human implant of a Paradromics Inc., wireless brain-computer interface, or…
Huffer removes AI model image as Free Speech Union challenges alleged legal warning
Huffer said it uses AI tools across many parts of the business, including rostering, budgeting, administration, marketing and…
Apple’s new parental controls are for keeping Apple out of trouble
Apple announced an expanded toolkit for parents through its child accounts at WWDC, including a greater ability to…
Pete Hegseth Compares D-Day To Europe Being ‘Stormed’ By ‘Dangerous Ideologies’
Topline Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth compared the 1944 Normandy landings to immigration in Europe, saying at a D-Day…
Defence Minister Chris Penk defends New Zealand military spend after US criticism at Shangri-La Dialogue
Hegseth’s comments come just two days after New Zealand laid out a financial plan aimed at boosting defence…
Media Insider: RNZ shake-up: New board chair, directors revealed; Who’s in line to be CEO?; PR boss: ‘All the big ad agencies are morphing into PR stunt agencies’
Incoming RNZ chair (and current board member) Brent Impey. Photo / Photosport Two new directors – Paula Browning…
Early neural activity regulates speech-related gene to build communication circuits
Communication begins long before children learn to speak. Researchers at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) in Taiwan…
Budget 2026: Nicola Willis to announce major public service reforms, further cuts to roles
Willis said there were “too many departments”. “There’s around 42 [departments] and in a country like Finland there’s…
Brain controlled hearing technology helps people isolate voices in crowds
Scientists at Columbia University’s Zuckerman Institute have the first direct evidence from human studies that brain-controlled hearing technology…