Technology

Air travelers now have free Wi-Fi at the Molokaʻi Airport while they wait for their flights. Service through Hawaiian Telcom began on April 17 and is available throughout the terminal.

In this day and age of genetic testing, privacy is something that the general public needs to know to safeguard their data. There is a window that is narrowing if you are one of the consumers who paid the company 23andMe to run genetic and medical testing on your DNA.

Whether you find yourself looking for a pause in your day or the sounds of nature calm you, HPR's Manu Minute brings you melodies straight from Hawaiʻi's native forests and shorelines. Host Patrick Hart also leads the LOHE Bioacoustics Lab at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

The Honolulu Police Department and Prosecuting Attorney say they’ve started investigating a dozen online sexual abuse cases over the last four months. Some teens have been convinced to send offenders explicit photos and videos of themselves.

Jason Edward Lewis and Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada founded the Hawaiian and Indigenous Future Imaginaries Lab, or the HIFI Lab, to direct thought and art around emerging technologies.

Gabriel Yanagihara, a computer science teacher at ‘Iolani school, is the man behind the local viral videos. The Conversation spoke with Yanagihara about the unconventional class assignment that led to the videos.

Major defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton has had a presence here on the islands for three decades and leaders say it is the largest provider of artificial intelligence services for the U.S. military. The Conversation talked to Heather Fortuna Bush and Ed Barnabas of Booz Allen Hamilton about the use of AI in the military.

What are the ingredients needed to grow Hawaiʻi’s tech industry? For one group, it starts with a Zip Pac. Carlo Liquido is the executive director of Pi’ikū, a nonprofit training early-career coders.

There's a small but growing number of states passing laws banning cellphones in schools. Hawai‘i is not one of them. As HPR’s Cassie Ordonio reports, educators and parents are calling for some sort of guidance as the younger generation is glued to their tiny screens.

Many TikTok content creators in Hawai‘i and elsewhere expressed frustration over the uncertainty of the popular social media platform. Some use it as a source of income and as a tool to make genuine connections with people. HPR's Cassie Ordonio has more.