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.

New Zealand's startup ecosystem demonstrated significant recovery and growth throughout 2024, with both deal volume and investment amounts showing marked improvement over previous years. 

Trump was silent on the digital economy in his Liberation Day address but with the US exporting over US$700 billion in digital services each year, other nations see this as leverage to fight the US tariff increases.

The AI Forum’s second six-monthly snapshot of AI usage among New Zealand businesses sees broader uptake, more impactful results and a preference for off-the-shelf AI tools.

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.

YouTube is probably the best of the digital platforms to emerge during the Web 2.0 era. It certainly has the most utility in terms of education and entertainment and has fewer insidious elements than the likes of Facebook and Twitter.