Subscription newsletters = new battleground for Big Tech
Newsletters, like oat milk in your coffee, are very 2021 - but their rise dates back to 2017 when Substack - a platform that enabled writers to easily monetise their content...
Spatial Audio: The best (and worse) remixed tracks
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...
Is Hatch or Sharesies better?
Is Hatch or Sharesies better? It's all dependent on how much you want to invest. Sharesies is cheaper for investments $500.
Interview with A/NZ Zoom head Michael Chetner – “putting people at the forefront of...
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...
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...
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.
NZ agritech ready and waiting to take on the world
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...
NZ Police STILL policing themselves with use of controversial Clearview AI
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...
Amazon’s $160m rebate from NZ Govt is VERY shortsighted: Here’s why
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...
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...