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.

ChatGPT-5 finally drops, as the Government unveils plans to ditch NCEA after more than 20 years, and Elon Musk celebrates his US$29 billion share package being approved.

McKinsey’s fifth annual tech trends outlook research is, unsurprisingly, dominated by artificial intelligence, with interesting insights into how the AI revolution is changing investment and hiring patterns.