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Is the global decline in democracy linked to social media?

The evidence suggests that digital media impact political behaviour globally warranting concern about the impacts on democracy.

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Griffin on Tech: Going digital for the planet

Peter Griffin. 04 November 2022, 1:41 pm

A big investment is required to deploy digital technologies that will help cut carbon emissions. But firms that do so could boost their productivity too.

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Griffin on Tech: Hefty data breach fines sharpen the mind

Peter Griffin. 28 October 2022, 2:44 pm

Serious data breaches could soon be punished with a A$50 million fine in Australia. our own Privacy Act allows a mere $10,000 maximum penalty.

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Effort kicks off to help get kids cyber-savvy

Peter Griffin. 27 October 2022, 12:45 pm

A new cybersecurity training programme aimed at Year 6 - 13 (10 - 18 year olds) aims to give them the cyber skills to stay safe online and upskill for digital careers.

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Is the metaverse really the future of work?

According to Mark Zuckerberg, the "metaverse" – which the Meta founder describes as "an embodied internet, where instead of just viewing content – you are in it" – will radically change our live…

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Griffin on Tech: hurray for universal transport payments - why has this taken 13 years?

Peter Griffin. 21 October 2022, 12:52 pm

Here's some good news to end the week - we will soon have one contactless payment system we can use to tap on and off across all modes of public transport everywhere.

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Sweet deal for telcos as 5G spectrum rights are dished out 

Peter Griffin. 20 October 2022, 1:02 pm

The Government has foregone an auction process to allocate precious spectrum for 5G mobile services, instead allocating the three major telcos parcels of spectrum with 20-year usage rights.

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How Microsoft will build resilience into its new data centre region

Peter Griffin. 18 October 2022, 9:30 am

Microsoft's new data centre region under construction in Auckland will feature Azure Availability Zone, offering zonal and regional redundancy to combat major outages.

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Griffin on Tech: A key win in the war on disinformation

Peter Griffin. 14 October 2022, 2:10 pm

Alex Jones, one of the world's most odious and successful purveyors of disinformation, will be spending this weekend pondering what a US$1 billion defamation judgement against him means.

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Griffin on Tech: Where’s our share of the Big Tech fines?

Peter Griffin. 07 October 2022, 2:11 pm

Google is paying hundreds of millions in fines for inappropriate location tracking of users. Where's our share of the proceeds?

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Griffin on Tech: A vote for an open internet

Peter Griffin. 30 September 2022, 12:32 pm

This week's election of a new head of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) should have drawn little interest beyond the geeky world of telecommunications and networking...

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Griffin on Tech: Can Salesforce deliver on its green dream?

Peter Griffin. 23 September 2022, 12:24 pm

Dreamforce 2022 saw the Salesforce tech fest return in fine fashion. But can the company keep up its rapid growth while embracing sustainability?

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Former US treasury secretary: There will be no soft landing

Peter Griffin. 23 September 2022, 6:22 am

All signs point toward the US heading into recession and China's massive property market is struggling. The result is likely to be more uncertainty in 2023.

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Griffin on Tech: We have a digital strategy. Now what?

Peter Griffin. 16 September 2022, 1:13 pm

It isn't hugely ambitious, but the Digital Strategy is a start. It gives anyone interested in the digital sector a reference point to understand what is going on to bolster trust, inclusion and growth…

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Kordia’s bid to boost cyber skills

Peter Griffin. 14 September 2022, 5:02 pm

State-owned telecommunications and tech company Kordia is set to run its second Cyber Academy offering the chance to upskill in cyber security skills in a six-week intensive course.

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Translation project to bring more te reo Māori to mainstream news reports

Peter Griffin. 13 September 2022, 12:21 pm

A machine learning tech partnership aims to make it easier for mainstream media outlets to make more content available in te reo Māori.

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AI, smart sensors, robotics feature in $236.5 million Endeavour funding round

Peter Griffin. 08 September 2022, 3:17 pm

Artificial intelligence, smart sensors and robotics feature in projects funded as part of the Government's $236.5 million Endeavour Fund research grants.

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Griffin on Tech: Policy u-turns, tax and the digital economy

Peter Griffin. 02 September 2022, 11:39 am

Uber and Airbnb bills will soon cost more. But what about the tech multinationals and their efforts to book revenue in low-tax countries?

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The 86 million: micro credentials key to tackling digital skills shortages

Peter Griffin. 01 September 2022, 9:15 am

There are around 86 million people across seven countries in the Asia Pacific region that will need digital skills training - in the next year.

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Griffin on Tech: Zuckerberg still doesn’t get it

Peter Griffin. 26 August 2022, 1:39 pm

Joe Rogan meets Mark Zuckerberg, on a podcast, talking for over three hours. Can you think of anything worse?

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