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.
Interview with National Crime Check CEO Martin Lazarevic
No, you don’t need to go to a police station to get a police check.
Australian company National Crime Check is now providing their services in New Zealand, these include expedited Ministry...
Meet Mitchell Pham: The man responsible for helping the government “understand digital”
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,...
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.
Kiwi Youtuber remakes The Simpsons – Hit and Run in a week
A remake of the popular 2003 action/adventure game The Simpsons Hit & Run game has rocked the world of video game enthusiasts and it only took a week to achieve. Kiwi...
Interview with cyber security expert Ian Raper – NZ businesses “attacked 580 times a...
Cybersecurity is an ever-changing space. Plug a vulnerability here and criminals pivot and change their tactics. The growing number of ransomware and DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks on high-profile NZ...
Digital Provenance – what it is and why it’s important to you…
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...
Jannat Maqbool: My career in tech
The technology industry has grown exponentially in the last few decades, however, only 26 per cent of employees are females. With this in mind, Techwomen was developed in order to encourage...
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 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...