Crypto wallets explained
Ok, so after reading about it all year long and hearing tales of easy wealth and the future possibilities of the blockchain, DAOs and NFTs, you’ve finally plucked up the courage...
How the FBI & NZ police used fake encryption app, ANoM, to sting global...
It’s like something from a movie. The FBI, frustrated by criminals’ use of encryption services, decides to set up its own. That app, called Anom, was this week responsible for the...
Is Facebook really “killing people”?
“They’re killing people ... the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated, and they’re killing people.”
That was President Biden speaking to a NBC reporter on the weekend.
It seemed a spontaneous...
The best high-resolution streaming services in NZ 2021
As today's headphones and speakers get better and Bluetooth connectivity makes advances, there’s a new desire for hi-resolution audio streaming.
The latest audio equipment is packed full of advanced features that allow...
Sharesies vs Hatch fees comparison (…for US shares)
Sharesies and Hatch offer Kiwis largely the same service: the ability to invest in US companies from their smartphones and laptops. The biggest difference between the two companies - apart from...
What is IRL? Meet the social messaging and events app eating Facebook’s lunch
IRL borrows Facebook functionality to a demographic that Facebook can’t reach.
Shopify’s Shaun Broughton – on innovating in a pandemic, the future of shopping and...
For the uninitiated, Shopify isn’t a consumer-facing app you can shop through - although Shopify does have one of those Shop (but more about that below) - but an immensely-powerful commerce...
Meet Fruitometry – the Kiwi AI imaging startup helping NZ grow better kiwifruit
In the early 2000s, software and electronics engineer Christopher Miller was developing world-leading imaging technology to help Emirates Team New Zealand win the America's Cup.
By 2018, he had sold his St...
Police put live facial recognition on pause – for now
For once, not being up with the latest tech is a good thing - according to the authors of a new 85-page report on facial recognition technology by Nessa Lynch and...
Crypto goes to Hollywood
Seeing Matt Damon front an ad for cryptocurrency exchange crypto.com this week, was not only a smart marketing flex for the company, but an indication that crypto has well and truly...














