Griffin on Tech: Game over for developers without tax breaks
A new 30% tax break for digital games developers takes effect today - across the Tasman. We need to match it to give our own game developers a chance to compete.
Getting more girls into game development
The Media Design School's Senior Girls in Games day of workshops seeks to inspire senior female school students to pursue a career in the video games industry.
NASA enlists NZ help to return humans to the Moon
From helping launch the CAPSTONE satellite to testing new ways of tracking spacecraft and debris, New Zealand in involved in the mission to return humans to the Moon.
Monday news in brief (June 27th)…
I am off to Ĺtepoti Dunedin tomorrow (Tuesday 28th) for the inaugural Data Stewardship conference, hosted by Otago University business school, where I will be speaking on SFIA in a data maturity cont…
Griffin on Tech: the Mega pirates fess up
It's not looking good for Kim Dotcom's chances of avoiding extradition after his former Megaupload colleagues pled guilty to running a massive illicit file-sharing operation.
Why do we find writing our own CV's so hard? 5 Tips
Last night I edited a friends CV and found it so easy to do, write about her virtues, her amazing skills, her achievements - yet 6 months ago confronted with writing my own CV when applying for this r…
Ports of automation: where Auckland went wrong
Ray Delany has a theory for what went wrong with Ports of Auckland's failed automation project...
From Gravity to Ghostbusters: Film festival to showcase women in STEM
Auckland techies and cinephiles are in for a treat in July as a week-long film festival kicks off with a focus on strong female leads in science and innovation-themed movies.
Monday news in brief (June 20th)…
I missed my update last Monday, I was home sick thinking it might be Covid but it turned out to be a common cold - touch wood I still haven't joined the thousands of New Zealanders who have experience…
Griffin's Gadgets: Tell me exactly how my biometrics are being used
Facial recognition has its place. But there's confusion over what it is being used for which is stoking fears of mass surveillance.
Growing the industry: Retaining Staff
The Hi Tech Awards held an alumni event this week, a day of informative panels, discussions and networking. One of the standout panels for me was "Keeping the corporate raiders at bay" focused on how …
Uncompetitive: NZ is slipping on global benchmarks…
New Zealand has suffered the biggest drop in rankings among 63 nations compared on measures of their competitiveness, including in technology, science and business productivity.
Have the leading AI companies become a victim of their own hype?
The media hype over a Google engineer's belief that the company's AI chatbot has become sentient has been widely slammed by AI experts.
Griffin on Tech - We need to learn from Ports of Auckland's automation misadventure
Ports of Auckland should and can serve as a lesson for anyone heading down the automation path.
Welcome to your digital sidekick - AI-powered automation in the office
IBM is looking to use AI to move past robotic process automation to offer a digital sidekick to help office workers cut through boring admin.
How can eWaste be RAD?…
I went to the sustainability expo today, created by the Sustainability Trust and hosted at the Beehive Banquet Hall. I also learned after nearly 30 years in Wellington the Beehive is located in Museum…
Will you ever leave the lock screen? Apple's iPhone interface revamp
The iPhone's humble lock screen is getting a major revamp from Apple in a move that could see less of a need to log into the phone during the day.
Griffin on Tech: From talent crunch to tech layoffs - is your job safe?
Tech companies in the US are laying off staff in large numbers for the first time in two years and imposing hiring freezes as the economic outlook deteriorates.
Mark Zuckerberg's faithful ally departs
Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Meta and one of the original employees at Facebook is moving on from the company she had a strong hand in steering - at least in the early days.
Unfinished business on the digital divide - Jordan Carter
He led InternetNZ for the best part of a decade, but Jordan Carter admits he feels frustrated at a lack of progress on bridging the digital divide.
