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Anticompetitive and exclusionary: DOJ vs Google
In a move that echoes its 20-year-old case against Microsoft, the US Department of Justice has set its sights on Google for allegedly acting as a monopoly and preventing competition. But does the DOJ have a plan for dealing with the company that has 90% market share?
NZTech: Labour win good for tech
NZTech says Labour's return to government is 'good news for tech' as it will mean progress on the digital technologies industry transformation plan.
Brislen on Tech: End to the End-to-end encryption…
The government would like to break the security protocols that hide terrorists and other ratbags from their surveillance but in order to do so your online purchases - from music to pizza delivery - will be at risk.
Is the end of encryption, and perhaps with it the end of the Internet as we know it, worth the cost?
Big push for breaking encryption
Should law enforcement agencies be granted access to encrypted communications? The Five Eyes consortium believes so, even if it weakens security for everyday services like watching television and usin…
An intriguing experiment with digital currency is set to begin
A digital currency offered by an Auckland start-up and backed by real cash will launch next year to enable companies to transact with customers and offer loans. But an official central bank-issued dig…
Advertisers challenge Facebook over fake ads
Fake news and now fake ads - will Facebook face the facts or fail to respond to concerns about its platform?
Misogyny - there’s an algorithm for that
Australian researchers have developed an algorithm that can trawl millions of tweets identifying misogynistic content with 75 per cent accuracy. Is it an answer to toxic social media abuse aimed at wo…
A stock market crash - literally
The NZX is recovering from a denial of service attack and we may see more similar attacks as the move to remote working seems millions more insecure computers online that could be harnessed to launch …
Brislen on Tech: Consumer Data Rights
Your data may not be yours to own and manage, but a new discussion paper from MBIE seeks to understand what it would take to give you the power to own your own data.
What does it mean for you, your…
Shock move: Oracle re-emerges from obscurity
Oracle may have been relatively quiet in recent years but this week has lumbered back onto the scene with a bid to buy TikTok and a claim that Google has infringed on users' privacy for years.
Google's info war with Aussie regulator
Google is prepared to fight a mandatory code that will see it forced to share ad revenue with Aussie media outlets and is prepared to manipulate the facts to win public support.
