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Tech Media Panel - 28 August 2020
Here's this week's TechBlog Live update, featuring ITP CEO Paul Matthews and TechBlog's Paul Brislen and Peter Griffin.
This week: Huge DDOS attack on financial institutions worldwide, including Ne…
Tech Media Panel - 21 August 2020
Here's this week's TechBlog Live update, featuring ITP CEO Paul Matthews and TechBlog's Paul Brislen and Peter Griffin.
This week: Google vs Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) - …
New tech charity to boost diversity and inclusion
A group of New Zealand's tech leaders have launched a charitable foundation to boost diversity in the tech sector and have an ambitious goal in mind - to raise $25 million by 2025.
Tech Media Panel - 14 August 2020
Here's this week's Tech Media Panel, featuring TechBlog's Paul Brislen and Peter Griffin.
This week: a discussion on Covid tracking app options, CovidCards and more.
Plus Digital NCEA exams are…
Tech Media Panel - 7 August 2020
Here's this week's Tech Media Panel, featuring TechBlog's Paul Brislen and Peter Griffin.
This week: GCSB's role in today's digital world; Will NZ ban TikTok? Apple fallout from Congress hearings -…
Tech Media Panel - 31 July 2020
Here's this week's Tech Media Panel, featuring TechBlog's Paul Brislen and Peter Griffin.
This week: Big Tech faces up to US Congress, a new Government Algorithm Charter to improve AI ethics in Gov…
Tech Week: How Big Blue went remote overnight
IBM reflects on what was involved in serving its customers during the lockdown and the road ahead for businesses recovering from the pandemic and preparing for the next shock.
Brislen on Tech: silent Cybersecurity war heats up
Australia is going to spend a billion dollars beefing up its cybersecurity regime and hiring an additional 500 cyber-spies to help take the fight to its enemies.
What does that mean for cybersecur…
Tech Media Panel - 24 July 2020
Here's this week's Tech Media Panel, featuring Computerworld and CIO's Sarah Putt, plus TechBlog's Paul Brislen and Peter Griffin.
This week: Statistics NZ launched Covid-19 open data portal; big o…
Griffin on Tech: Time for a serious focus on growing our agri-tech industry
Paul Brislen is away this week, so we present to you: Griffin on Tech!
Our agri-tech sector could be our fastest growing and most lucrative area of tech - but we have work to do to get the sector f…
Tech Media Panel - 10 July 2020
Here's this week's Tech Media Panel, featuring Computerworld and CIO's Sarah Putt, plus TechBlog's Paul Brislen and Peter Griffin.
Topics covered include Tiwai Point - what it means for tech. Plus …
Kiwi creation 'R' gets a Covid-fueled boost
A statistical programming language developed by University of Auckland researchers and used all over the world is growing in popularity as data science is harnessed in the race for a Covid-19 vaccine.
COVID's impact on NZ's tech community
A guest post from Summer of Tech's Trent Mankelow: what are the prospects for interns following COVID-19?
Aussie goes on the cyber offensive
Australia will hire 500 additional spies and beef up its offensive cyber capabilities as it responds to a spate of cyber attacks on government departments and some of its biggest companies.
Who is …
Yes the robots are coming, but we’re not going to be ready
The robots are coming for our jobs. Or rather, they are changing the future of work, along with AI and other technology changes. Our education system needs a strong focus on technology and related are…
Why do we hire so few interns in New Zealand?
If we are to encourage the next generation of students into ICT then we need more intern places to show them the ropes. Go on, you know you want to.
A guest post from Summer of Tech CEO, Trent Mank…
Google gears up for the election
Google gets ready for the election season, extending its political ad transparency tools to New Zealand and offering security training to political groups to avoid phishing attacks.
Horizons 2020 tech report signposts the future of tech education
SIGNAL ICT Graduate School has launched its research report "Horizons 2020, Trends in Technology Education" and is challenging business, government and academia to work together to create the technolo…
Why are cybersecurity investments failing?
Look to the "leaders" when it comes to cybersecurity, says Accenture, as Aussie companies report they are fighting a losing battle on the cybersecurity front.
Going digital: A tale of two Budgets
Singapore and New Zealand, two small advanced economies often mentioned in the same breath. One sees Covid-19 as a major opportunity to accelerate digital transformation, the other, not so much. Which…
