NZTech touts the massive economic benefits of data centres, but the required renewables expansion to enable it is far from certain.

It’s been one of those weeks in tech where the news cycle lurches from sobering to ridiculous, to inspiring. Don’t even get me started on Sam Altman’s plan to spend trillions blanketing the planet with data centres…

After three and a half years leading IT Professionals, business founder, digital equity advocate, and government advisor Victoria MacLennan is stepping down from the CEO role after a busy period of transformation for the tech sector - and for ITP NZ.

Maincode, the Sydney-based AI startup, has unveiled “Matilda,” what it hails as the country’s first foundation model built from scratch, and a bold play to ensure Australia’s AI future isn’t decided in Silicon Valley boardrooms.

Epic Games scores a significant win over Apple and Google in an Australian court, while small ISPs roll out affordable broadband schemes and the government looks for a way to get us all paying road user charges.

As generative artificial intelligence (AI) advances at breakneck speed, it is upending assumptions about which jobs are “safe” from automation.