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.

AI certainly has it’s useful place in share market investing. But as is the case with accountants and lawyers, AI isn’t going to put stock brokers out of work any time soon.

Sam Altman will now be able to become a major equity holder in OpenAI and reap the financial rewards. His long-suffering execs could have cashed in to an even greater degree too, but have decided to jump off that particular AI train, which is rather telling.

New Zealand's government-funded Deep Tech Incubator Programme has supported nearly half of the country’s deep tech startups since it was founded a decade ago, awarding $44 million in replayable grants.

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?