Flamboyant internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and three of his colleagues can be extradited to the US to face criminal charges, a New Zealand judge has ruled.

Indicted internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has defeated efforts by prosecutors to send him back to a New Zealand jail or make him wear an electronic monitoring bracelet, but says his long-running legal battle has left him broke.

Former National Security Agency (NSA) systems analyst-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden has said the US agency is collecting mass surveillance data on New Zealanders through its XKeyscore system.

Wanted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has launched a new file-sharing website, promising users beefed-up privacy levels in a defiant move against US prosecutors who accuse him of facilitating massive online piracy.

Megaupload’s detained founder denied wrongdoing after US authorities shut down his file-sharing website, as new details emerged of a rock-star life featuring “fast cars” and “hot girls”.