Facial recognition ad tech flunks the creepiness test, but someone will make it work
Billboards are a pretty inefficient way of advertising to people, if you think about it.
You plaster pictures of your product on a big poster by the side of the road and...
I’ve never had a VR injury, but I do have one embarrassing tech tale
Not since Nintendo encouraged people to pretend the Wii remote was a bowling ball have there been so many TV-related accidents.
According to UK insurer Aviva, it saw a 31% year-on-year increase...
5 ways Amazon Astro is better than a real butler (and 5 ways it’s...
Say what you like about Amazon (and we have), it’s certainly a company that’s full of surprises.
On Tuesday, the company announced Astro the robot assistant would be rolling into select American...
How valuable is NZ’s EV ‘feebate’ compared to RoW?
The Government has announced a ‘feebate’ to make low-carbon emission cars more affordable from 1 July 2021.
A used fully electric car will receive up to NZ$3,450 while a brand new one...
Smart glasses won’t be ubiquitous until they carry an Apple logo
So, Facebook is the latest company to try and make smart glasses a thing that people would voluntarily pay money for and then put on their face. In public.
Perhaps aware of its...
Explained: Why Apple’s child abuse AI image-scanning feature is controversial
“Privacy is a fundamental human right. At Apple, it’s also one of our core values. Your devices are important to so many parts of your life. What you share from those...
Samsung wants to make foldables mainstream, but can a folding phone beat my apathy?
Samsung wants to make foldables go mainstream. The fact that this ambition was nestled in the middle of a 2,097-word press release about the company’s second quarter performance – very much...
Why our government should make paying ransoms to cyber criminals illegal
Justice Minister Kris Faafoi has been in the headlines lately defending the proposed new hate speech laws. The laws sparked opprobrium from both the left and right, critics citing the limits...
AR-gh: Why nobody should welcome back AR glasses
It wouldn’t be Christmas without tedious reruns, would it? And this week, it seems the rerun in question is “wouldn’t it be great if we all looked like cyborgs with transparent...
Can tech turn transport into a subscriber service?
Car sharing might solve our addiction to owning our own vehicles suggests Stuart Matthews.