RUSH’s Danu Abeysuriya’s No BS cybersecurity tips “…proactivity goes a very long way.”
RUSH Digital’s CTO and founder Danushka Abeysuriya has watched with growing horror the recent spate of cybersecurity attacks directed at New Zealand businesses.
He doesn’t usually write content focused on helping everyday...
Is Facebook even worse than we imagined?
Even those of us who follow the travails of Facebook closely were rocked earlier this month by the revelations uncovered by ex-Facebook employee turned whistleblower, Frances Haugen.
Her testimony, and the internal...
Digital Provenance – what it is and why it’s important to you…
Many will be familiar with the idea of provenance in art; the provenance is the documentation that authenticates a particular piece of art. Digital provenance is the same for digital objects.
With...
We’re witnessing the beginning of the end of Facebook
Yes, you read that right - it may take a decade or so - but I’m calling it.
Facebook - the social media platform du jour for many, the one that helped...
Everything MOH is willing to tell us right now about the upcoming My Vaccine...
The most anticipated app in recent memory is the upcoming Covid Vaccination passport app which it seems will be called My Vaccine Pass. That’s the app we’ll need to download on...
The best high-resolution streaming services in NZ 2021
As today's headphones and speakers get better and Bluetooth connectivity makes advances, there’s a new desire for hi-resolution audio streaming.
The latest audio equipment is packed full of advanced features that allow...
Amazon’s $160m rebate from NZ Govt is VERY shortsighted: Here’s why
Do you want to be in the film business? Well, you already are - New Zealand taxpayers money has been subsidising the industry for decades. Nothing new there.
But is the memorandum...
VR, burgers and fungus: tomorrow’s techies are being nurtured up north
If you want to see how the tech workers of tomorrow are being trained, you’ll find it on a Thursday night in little old Whangarei.
As I enter Questionable Research Labs in...
Dell Concept Luna still lives, and it continues to impress
Dell's fully modular laptop pops up again, with Concept Luna promising simpler repairs and upgrades with sustainability in mind.
Q&A with Hamish McKenzie (the Kiwi co-founder of Substack) on how writers can make...
Michael Moore joined Substack the other day. So did Dan Rather, Alison Roman, and even Edward Snowden. They join Andrew Sullivan has joined Substack as have Glenn Greenwald, Cheryl Strayed, Patti...