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Amazon starts selling booze in Australia
Whatever your drop, you can now order it online and get it delivered to your door… read more...
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Can under pressure councils afford to cut IT?
Two recent budget exercises – one from NSW and another from Auckland City Council – reveal vastly different approaches to the economic crisis… read more...
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Tech giants say no to facial recognition
IBM, Amazon and Microsoft won’t supply FR technology to US authorities. What gives?… read more...
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Does remote work really work?
2020 may be the year the workforce came untethered, but is it all too good to be true?… read more...
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Australia’s new border biometric ID system goes live
New face-matching tech uses algorithms to spot border crims… read more...
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Trillion dollar Alibaba launches online trade shows
It’s boom times for the e-com leviathan, as it looks to bring B2B commerce into the digital age… read more...
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Amazon wins patent for blockchain supply tech
From supply chain tracking to counterfeit products, Amazon is getting serious about transparency… read more...
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MS banking on AI, not journalists
Microsoft’s news offering is banking on a bold new automated future… read more...
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The future of professional development is online
GO1’s $40m Series C funding points to a new era of online learning for workers… read more...
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Cash-strapped digital publishers brace for impact
The collapsing media marketplace will get worse before it gets better… read more...
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Australia’s CovidSafe app finds a true positive (just the one)
Almost a month since launch, Australia’s digital contact tracing app is up and running. Or is it?… read more...
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CFOs ponder their post-Covid-19 prospects
Investment in digital the key to meeting the Covid-19 challenge say CFOs… read more...
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Laying down the law for Consumer Data Right enforcement
ACCC says it intends to speak softly and carry a big stick… read more...
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Gartner to CIOs: Quarantine your cash flow
As the economy buckles under Covid-19, Gartner advises cutting all non-critical tech… read more...
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Two weeks notice: NZ’s contact tracing app is coming
Ardern statements show misunderstanding of proximity tracing… read more...
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Crunching Covid-19’s numbers
Public and private data together comes together to fight Coronavirus… read more...
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Can the delivery model save the hospitality industry?
Now that a return to Level 3 has been announced, could the future of Kiwi eateries be mobile?… read more...
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A/NZ retail trends down as lockdown impacts
The data reveals an economy in upheaval… read more...
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Can our startup scene survive Covid-19?
While elements of the tech sector are in high demand, the startup community wonders where the next round of funding is coming from… read more...
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Zoom scrambles to recover security cred
Zoom adds security enhancements to cap off its no good, very bad month… read more...