Interview with A/NZ Zoom head Michael Chetner – “putting people at the forefront of...

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The pandemic and the overnight move to hybrid working has meant enormous growth for Zoom - whether it be for business, education, entertainment or just catching up with family and friends...

Creators in the driver’s seat (as YouTube pays out >$43 billion)

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YouTube has announced that it has more than two million creators in its YouTube Partner Program and has paid more than $30 billion USD to creators, artists and media companies. "YPP continues...

About Parliament’s cryptocurrencies inquiry…

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Yesterday the Parliament's Finance and Expenditure Committee announced an inquiry into the nature, impact and risk of cryptocurrencies. The committee will examine how cryptocurrencies are created and traded - including the environmental...

NZ vs Big Tech: How can little New Zealand regulate Facebook and co?

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Announcing a new review of our internet and publishing regulations, under the headline Govt acts to protect NZers from harmful content , Minister of Internal Affairs, Jan Tinetti, says that New...
Is Hatch or Sharesies better?

Is Hatch or Sharesies better?

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Is Hatch or Sharesies better? It's all dependent on how much you want to invest. Sharesies is cheaper for investments $500.

Amazon’s $160m rebate from NZ Govt is VERY shortsighted: Here’s why

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Do you want to be in the film business? Well, you already are - New Zealand taxpayers money has been subsidising the industry for decades. Nothing new there.  But is the memorandum...

AWS comes to NZ – is it really good news?

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Maybe it was Covid-fatigue or that strange emotion Kiwis seem to get when Big Tech deigns to notice us - but the announcement last week that Amazon Web Services was going...
NZ Police Clearview AI 2

NZ Police STILL policing themselves with use of controversial Clearview AI

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Clearview AI, one of the high-tech surveillance tools used by New Zealand Police, continues to be mired in controversy. Canada has banned it and both Australia and the UK’s privacy regulators...

Spatial Audio: The best (and worse) remixed tracks

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After reporting the announcement regarding Spatial Audio last week I figured it was time to check out what Apple calls “the next generation of sound”. As a music lover I’ve spent countless...

Our ICT industry is pandemic-proof for now; can it remain that way?

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“Australia and New Zealand were early entrants to the digital transformation journey,” says Mario Allen Clement, senior market analyst for IDC.  That head-start enabled our ICT industry to pivot quickly when Covid...