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Scan&Go: Shopping in the time of Covid
Countdown is trialling an AI and app-powered contactless shopping system tailor-made for the Covid era.
Apple Watch dominates today's event
The Apple Watch line-up expands, new iPads and a new subscription service all land just in time for Christmas 2020.
Do Google's zero carbon footprint claims stack up?
Google claims to have wiped its carbon slate clean back to the company's founding in 1998, partially through the use of carbon offsets. Now it has set a target to move to 100% renewable energy use by 2030.
Brislen on Tech: Show us your policies
Tech is the third largest sector of the economy and there isn't a household in the land that doesn't have a computer in it in one form or another, yet to look at our political parties you'd think New …
A low-key local R&D player looks to expand
Fleet tracking software that is developed in Christchurch and connects 2 million vehicles worldwide, will now be available to vehicles on New Zealand roads too as Verizon Connect ramps up its local op…
Brislen on Tech: RIP CovidCard
RIP CovidCard - April 2020-September 2020
The card might be dead from its post mortem we can learn a lot about innovation and the way to approach governments for money or support.
Weta Digital going "all-in" on the cloud
Weta has struck a deal with Amazon that will see its visual effects work done in the AWS cloud bringing to a close an era of local DIY innovation in supercomputing capacity by the film making studio.
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…
Start me up: how Windows 95 wowed a generation
With its crazy start button and a host of features like long file names, Windows 95 was an unlikely contender for marketing glitz campaign of the year, but times were different then and entertainment …
Building a just and equitable digital world
Formerly the Creative Commons Aotearoa NZ (CCANZ) not for profit Tohatoha has reignited its plans for the year ahead and expanded the focus of its programme to look at the spread of disinformation and…
Will the Covid Card make its debut?
Tech innovators are pushing for a release of a Bluetooth Covid card to get a better handle on contact tracing as a decision on extending lockdown looms.
