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Griffin on Tech: IT hiring has “fizzled” but there’s still opportunity in tech
Now’s a good time to think to the future, to the growth times that will no doubt come, and the tech skills, AI or otherwise, that will help you make the most of them.
Australia will trial ‘age assurance’ tech to bar children from online porn. What is it and will it work?
Implementing and enforcing these will be challenging and there is the potential for people to bypass such “age assurance” controls.
Griffin on Tech: Let's end the digital divide once and for all
Having broadband on tap and Chromebooks, tablets and smartphones that can run the latest applications, helps kids learn. It aids adult family members to upskill themselves and take care of household admin more easily.
Digital equity subsidy favoured to get low-income families online - DECA
Tens of thousands of low-income families could gain access to broadband and the devices they need to connect to the internet with a digital equity payment delivered via the Ministry for Social Development.
Australia’s billion-dollar bet on building the world’s first ‘useful’ quantum computer. Will it pay off?
Companies around the world — and several national governments — are racing to be the first to solve the quantum computing puzzle. How likely is it Australia’s bet on PsiQuantum will pay off?
Google confirms Auckland branch for new subsea cable
Australian telecoms provider Vocus has signed a deal to deliver a new submarine cable linking Australia and the US, with a stopping off point in Auckland boosting our international bandwidth capacity.