Deep dive

Many will be familiar with the idea of provenance in art; the provenance is the documentation that authenticates a particular piece of art. Digital provenance is the same for digital objects. With...

Yes, you read that right - it may take a decade or so - but I’m calling it.  Facebook - the social media platform du jour for many, the one that helped...

Even those of us who follow the travails of Facebook closely were rocked earlier this month by the revelations uncovered by ex-Facebook employee turned whistleblower, Frances Haugen. Her testimony, and the internal...

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...

Occasionally described as “The Tinder of jobs” or “The Uber of employment”, Jobhop is an app that lets users “hop on” and “hop off” paid work, one hour at a time...

We use it everyday, depending on it for quick, accurate information - around 38 million queries a minute - but what do we really know about the inner workings of Google’s...

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...

Mitchell Pham is chair of the Orwellian-sounding Digital Council for Aotearoa. Appointed in December 2019, the 49 year old tech entrepreneur leads a now six-strong group of ‘well-connected experts’. One founding member,...

The annual Fieldays - is more than just an excuse for John Campbell and the TVNZ Breakfast team to don Swanndris and talk to salt-of-the-earth woodchoppers. It’s also a reminder that New...

If you want to see how the tech workers of tomorrow are being trained, you’ll find it on a Thursday night in little old Whangarei. As I enter Questionable Research Labs in...