Tech companies are always in the news, usually touting the next big thing. However, the tech news cycle recently hasn’t been dominated by the latest gadget or innovation. Instead, layoffs are in the headlines. In the last year, more than 70,000 people globally have been laid off by Big Tech companies – and that doesn’t […]

There’s a good reason Google boss Sundar Pichai issued a “code red” to his AI engineers before Christmas – the ChatGPT revolution poses a threat to Google’s vast search engine empire. Part of Pichai’s reasoning for calling on Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to urgently review Google’s AI strategy is the speed at […]

This week, some great and wonderful news from the world of science was announced. Scientists at the National Ignition Facility at Livermore in California revealed that they had pointed 192 laser beams at a tiny fuel pellet in a nuclear fusion reactor and managed, for the first time ever, to produce slightly more energy than […]

The Christmas holiday period is usually the time when the seniors in my extended family descend on me with requests to fix their smartphones or install antivirus software on their computers. But that stereotype may be shattered this festive season. Seniors, classed as over 50s, embraced digital devices and services like never before during the […]

With chill economic winds blowing, the gadget-buying frenzy of the pandemic has abated. But you can’t put the brakes on innovation. Here is some of the best tech that debuted in 2022. EAH-A800 Technics headphones  Wireless earbuds are all the rage these days, but you can’t beat the aural experience of a pair of high-quality […]

Between the massive Optus and Medibank data breaches resulting from ransomware attacks, it’s been a tough year for Aussie consumers and businesses alike on the cybersecurity front. But the breaches also seem to have galvanised the new Albanese-led government to double down on national cybersecurity efforts. The previous administration had already committed A$9.9 billion over […]

If the debate about Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter tells us anything, it’s that people – including those in governments – don’t understand how the World Wide Web works. We know that the algorithms Twitter uses to recommend content can guide people to develop more extreme views, but what is considered extreme has changed since […]

One of the magical things about working in digital technology is the ability to pivot and have multiple careers within a single career, there are untold stories out there of business analysts who become project managers and information analysts who become security analysts etc etc. I have had 6 pivots myself all requiring new skills […]

If you are regularly travelling between Auckland and Wellington, Vector’s Prageeth Jayathissa has some advice for you: block out a day in your calendar and do some ‘focus’ work while you take the train. That might seem excessive, given that the Northern Explorer train journey takes nearly 11 hours and there are only 3 southbound […]

The CIO Summit was held in the beautiful Te Pae convention centre in Ōtautahi Christchurch this week. First up I have to declare that my ticket was given to me by the lovely team at IDC and Brightstar as I won the Outstanding Individual award earlier in the year (for the 2021 year) when there […]