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Griffin on Tech: Zuckerberg feels the heat, chip makers feel the pain
Zuckerberg testifies in the FTC’s antitrust trial against Meta, chip makers tot up the cost of new restrictions on exports to China, and how to do DOGE the right way in New Zealand.
Griffin on Tech: Meta’s moment of truth and day in court arrives
As Kiwi whistleblower dishes the dirt on Meta in front of the US Senate, Mark Zuckerberg gears up for the fight of his life as anti-trust action kicks off next week with the US Government aiming to break the company up.
Griffin on Tech: Aussie Budget light on tech, Kiwi whistleblower speaks
With a general election looming across the Tasman, Australia revealed its federal Budget this week, signalling a return to fiscal deficits and little in the way of new funding for tech and digital economy-related initiatives.
Griffin on Tech: Google’s brinksmanship, Govt’s tech progress a year on
Google is threatening to pull New Zealand news snippets from its search and Google News platforms. But the Government should hold firm in a rare effort to address the power imbalance between Big Tech and nations grappling with the implications of their influence.
Is big tech harming society? To find out, we need research – but it’s being manipulated by big tech itself
When platforms control access to the “product”, they also control the science around its impacts. Ultimately, these self-research funding models allow platforms to put profit before people – and divert attention away from the need for more transparency and independent oversight.
Meta has launched the world’s ‘most advanced’ glasses. Will they replace smartphones?
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg called Orion “the most advanced glasses the world has ever seen”. He said they offer a “glimpse of the future” in which smart glasses will replace smartphones as the main mode of communication. But is this true or just corporate hype? And will AR glasses actually benefit us in new ways?