Scooter sharing company Beam had its licence to operate in Auckland revoked after revelations based on leaked messages and documents from the company showing it had put more scooters on the streets of Auckland than it was allowed to.

Durov’s arrest marks another act in the often confusing and contradictory negotiation of how much responsibility platforms shoulder for the content on their sites.

New Zealand Government domains are the least likely in Australasia to be protected from email-borne cyber attacks like spoofs and phishing scams, according to email security specialist SMX.

Barring any last-ditch legal masterstroke to avoid extradition, Kim Dotcom will now face the wrath of the entertainment industry and US justice system.

New Zealand’s health tech sector eked out growth of just 2.4% last year following a flurry of Covid-era spending, but has doubled in size in the last decade.

Historically, fines have not been the sole method of enforcing antitrust laws as they do not demonstrate long-term impacts. This is especially true for a multi-trillion-dollar organisation such as Google.