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Griffin on Tech: Using tech, making tech and the productivity dilemma
Using tech to make us more efficient has great benefits, but making tech to sell to the world is the real key to becoming more productive
Employers will pay a lot more for AI-savvy workers - AWS
New Zealand employers expect their organisations’ productivity to increase by half with the adoption of artificial intelligence to take care of mundane tasks, and they are willing to pay a premium for staff who can harness AI tools.
An anonymous coder nearly hacked a big chunk of the internet. How worried should we be?
Code maintainers around the world are now thinking about their vulnerabilities at a strategic and tactical level. It is not only their code itself they will be worrying about, but also their code distribution mechanisms and software assembly processes.
A close call for the Linux community as major vulnerability detected
The big question now is who created the malware and what was their motivation for creating a security backdoor that could have compromised computer systems all over the world if it had been introduced into operating environments.
Accessibility remains an afterthought – how NZ’s digital health tools risk excluding people with disabilities
The lack of emphasis on accessibility often begins at the early stages of software development, which leads to inaccessible digital health solutions.
The Big Four’s stranglehold on fintech innovation
We have not seen disruptive innovations observed overseas from fintechs such as Revolut, Monzo, and Rocket Mortgage, as fintechs here face a range of impediments entering and expanding.