Video Games Are Not What They Appear
The hungry ghosts of our ancestors have a plan for us. And they are smarter than you can possibly appreciate.
Technology
You’d Never Guess It Was a Government Operation
Over budget, over time and bloody useless.
Why Are the Bad Guys Smarter Than the Good Guys?
Why are the bad guys demonstrably smarter than those tasked with protecting our money and providing security?
Meta Goes Where Bowen Dare Not
Private enterprise nukes Australian government’s Luddism.
Trumping the EV Mandate
Four principles will likely guide the Trump administration’s actions on the auto industry in the next several months.
Parts of NZ Are Becoming ‘News Deserts’
There are calls from local councils themselves to strengthen existing government support for local-democracy reporting. The longer we wait, the closer the news desert creeps.
Covid ‘Sudden Death’ Study Now Out
A study examining sudden deaths following Covid-19 vaccination has been published after facing nearly two years of ‘unprecedented’ censorship.
One Can’t Escape the Truth
A message for Dr Shane Reti, Minister of Health, PM Chris Luxon and Judith Collins, Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation.
In Your Face
Our acceptance of facial recognition technology depends on who is doing it – and where.
Why Legacy Media Is Becoming Obsolete
The resounding defeat points to a watershed moment in news and information consumption, particularly in the realm of important geopolitical and social events.
The Year That Upturned the Campaign Playbook
Technology has always been a vital tool in presidential elections, but a new device or medium occasionally comes along and transforms how campaigns are run and where they put their focus and energy.
Snapchat Tops List for UK Child Grooming Cases
Snapchat has been identified as the most widely-used platform for online grooming, according to UK police data shared with the NSPCC, which reported over 7,000 offences of Sexual Communication with a Child across the UK by March 2024.
Sorry, Left: X Still Reigns Supreme
The left are no more leaving X than they were moving to Canada.
Will AI Cut Us off From Reality?
It’s now possible to produce images that are so convincing so easily that everyone needs to be very careful about even believing the evidence of their own eyes.
Government of Slovakia Recommends a Ban
It seems clear that these are dangerous times for those with some level of influence who dare to speak against emerging global authoritarian rule.