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Is this our most well-funded tech start-up?
So much for venture capital drying up as chill economic winds blow. Agritech start-up Halter has just raised $85 million in a series-C capital raising round.
Bard: First impressions of Google’s AI bot
Google's ChatGPT rival Bard became available last week to users in the United States and the United Kingdom as the generative artificial intelligence race heats up.
Griffin on Tech: Yet another eye-watering mega merger IT bill comes in
The bill to merge the IT systems of the country's 16 polytechnics, which now operate as one education super-entity, Te Pūkenga, has been totted up - $285.9 million over four years.
How not to build a national broadband network
Australia's National Broadband Network is in trouble, shedding 500 staff to cut costs and with declining subscriber numbers as telcos tout 5G wireless broadband services.
China’s experience with mobile payments highlights the pros and cons of a cashless society
Research on China’s experience with mobile payments suggests that people who pay with mobile devices are happier than those who do not.
Griffin on Tech: Bailouts and bans - how tech and politics have become increasingly entangled
From bailing out SVB to threatening to ban TikTok, the US Government's moves this week lead us into dangerous territory.
Futurists predict a point where humans and machines become one. But will we see it coming?
Many features of a technological singularity promise amazing enhancements to our lives, but it’s a worry these AIs are the products of private industry.
Web3NZ - the new home for all things Web3 in Aotearoa
A new online community set up by Callaghan Innovation aims to be the go-to place to share ideas and gain advice for those working in the Web3 space.
The internet in 2023: We are highly connected, but significant disparities remain
As a nation we are more immersed in the online world than ever and overwhelmingly see the internet as a force for good. But...
Griffin on Tech: Censorship, China’s ChatGPT clones and banning TikTok…
China has begun cracking down on start-ups who've been using virtual private networks to access OpenAI's vastly popular ChatGPT generative AI service.
Coding summit to bring Python programmers to the deep south
Waihōpai, Invercargill will become a hub of coding conversation later in the year as the Kiwi PyCon, the national conference dedicated to the Python programming language takes place.
