RUSH’s Danu Abeysuriya’s No BS cybersecurity tips “…proactivity goes a very long way.”
RUSH Digital’s CTO and founder Danushka Abeysuriya has watched with growing horror the recent spate of cybersecurity attacks directed at New Zealand businesses.
He doesn’t usually write content focused on helping everyday...
Veteran Kiwi writer Simon Sweetman tried Substack – here’s his verdict
Since March 2021, music and pop culture essayist Sweetman has been publishing on Substack multiple times a week – often nearly every day. He told theBit it all began when a...
Interview with utecture’s Kyle Donovan – on “game-changing” the building experience
utecture is a cloud-based digital building platform that combines dynamic design presentation, documentation and workflow management.
It offers builders simpler planning, faster decision-making, reduced duplication and greater accuracy and control over projects.
For...
Interview with IGEA CEO Ron Curry – on gaming’s gains during the pandemic
The gaming industry in New Zealand is worth an estimated half-a-billion dollars and is one of our fastest growing tech success stories. Indeed, 96 percent of local creators’ income comes from...
Meet Pavan Vyas – the man behind the NZ Covid Tracer app
Pavan Vyas is our quiet tech superstar. He arrived in New Zealand as an immigrant in the mid-90s, found he had a knack for coding and took computing at Auckland University....
Exclusive: NordVPN knows which sites contain the ‘most significant amount of malware’
We chat with CTO at NordVPN Marijus Briedis explains the dangers of AI in phishing attacks and putting up with 300,000 malware infections per month.
Meet the curator of Steam’s New Zealand games collection
This week I opened Steam on my desktop to be greeted by a sight I’d never seen before: a celebration of PC games made in New Zealand, with discounts of up...
Exclusive: Norton explains how it’s combating AI cybercrime with Norton Genie
We talk with Managing Director of Gen Mark Gorrie about Norton Genie fighting the surge in AI-supported cybercrime with a free AI-scam detection tool.
Exclusive: 1Password is giving passkeys a grand ‘first impression’
1Password CPO Steve Won talks to us about the password manager's move to passkeys, abolishing passwords in our lifetime, and the importance of making a good first impression for all.
Intel’s Dino Strkljevic – giving gamers “more performance for their money”
Dino Strkljevic is Intel's Business Development Manager, for Australia and New Zealand. He’s also an avid and very successful gamer, and a self-described “OG extreme overclocker”.
He has held world records in...