Nz Tech Podcast

Paul Spain is joined by Mark Duncan (Cyclone Computers) and Andrew Fox (Aruba) to talk about the latest cyber security insights, as well as discussing some of this week's tech news, including: Invenco's $120m+ NZD sale to US firm Google Cloud to open NZ Cloud region Disney's subscriptions overtake Netflix Amazon buys IRobot Vaccum company Man sues Google after losing $800,000 in cryptocurrency Driverless taxi's cause traffic jam in San Francisco

On this special episode we celebrate and learn from three winning companies in the 2022 Hi-Tech Awards. Paul Spain talks with Chief Executives Graham Grant (Seequent), Clare Bradley (Agrisea) and Milan Cooper (First AML) to gain insights and inspiration from these award winning companies and their leaders.

Paul Spain and Bill Bennett discuss some of this week's Tech news from New Zealand and around the world, including the following: Vodafone NZ's new virtual network play NZ's Invisible Urban Charging looks to install 6000+ EV chargers in Florida Intel's revenue loss Samsung Galaxy's 'repair mode' hides personal data Nanogirl Labs launches “Creator Project” 275m people lose key internet services due to Indonesia's licensing rules Declining smart phone sales

Paul Spain is joined by Renee Mateparae (Spark NZ), to discuss Spark's recent rural trial of 5G mmWave, and fast speed connectivity. Tech giants sign NZ online safety code SpaceX breaks annual record of launches... in July Ford’s workforce cuts and EV expansion Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg face deposition about Cambridge Analytica Chess robot injures 7yr old opponent's finger Didi’s $1.2B fine Baidu's new self-driving taxi in China Flaws in GPS tracker enable “life-threatening” hacks

Paul Spain and Stephen Phillips (Snyk), discuss tech news of the week and how Snyk are helping developers to create safe and secure code. NZ mobile tower sales NZ's Authsignal a handy tool for developers Europe to limit speed on all new cars Beijing residents vs COVID surveillance Honda's security flaw makes some cars vulnerable to theft Jail time and tougher penalties for online insults as Japan tackles Cyberbullying Chinese-state sponsored blockchain org slam cryptos as ponzis

Paul Spain is joined by Gerard Quinn, Director of UC Centre for Entrepreneurship, to discuss tech news from around the world, and how UCE are helping future entrepreneurs and innovators begin their journey. NASA's Capstone Mission launched by Rocket Labs Wellington's Qual IT's offshore sale US and UK to share biometric data for border control MI5 and FBI warn of China's 'Immense' threat A billion Chinese citizen details leaked Starlink's satellite internet service for boats Dutch university makes profit from returned ransomware pay out

With the merger of Vocus NZ and 2degrees finalised, Paul Spain talks with Mark Callander (CEO, 2degrees) to discuss the past, present and future of the newly combined entity as they chart their future course.

Paul Spain is joined by https://www.linkedin.com/in/shonagrundy/?originalSubdomain=nz (Shona Grundy) - COO of https://www.winely.ai/ (Winely) and https://exocule.com/index.html (Exocule), and judge for NZ Hi Tech Awards, to discuss technology news and insights, and how bio tech industries like Exocule and Winely are using machine learning to help fast track alternative protein manufacturing, plus: NZ Spotify users can create video podcasts Keanu Reeves change towards NFT's Robotic finger with living skin Polestar now supports Apple Car Play Engineer claims ChatBot is sentient AI helping Type 2 Diabetes patients

Mark Duncan (https://www.cyclone.co.nz/ (Cyclone computers)) and Andrew Fox (https://www.arubanetworks.com/ (Aruba)) join Paul Spain to discuss policing Social Media, RIP Internet Explorer, Firefox's Cookie protection, Sony/Honda’s in new EV company, Ford's push for 100% online EV sales, SnapChat+, Cloudflare blocks DDoS Attack, and how Cyclone Computers and Aruba are working together to provide solutions.

Paul Spain is joined by CEO and Co-Founder of Nanoleaf - Gimmy Chu, to discuss how Smart Home technology has progressed over the years, and why the future of Smart Homes and Nanoleaf are looking brighter than ever.

Paul Spain and Brett Roberts discuss bee inspired bioplastics, HP exits Russia and foregoes $1B, SailGP's local facilities, Musk’s email to employees, Apple Innovations, China’s big space plans and more.

Paul Spain talks with Logan Ransley (Co-Founder of property management app Landlord Studio) to discuss Cloudflare’s choice to continue in Russia, Walmart & DroneUp’s partnership for convenient delivery, the PM's speech and the call for Social media companies to do a better job, Lonestar’s plan for a lunar data center and the world’s smallest remote-control robots.

Paul Spain and Bill Bennett discuss NZ’s $20M Budget boost for Tech sector, tech to supersede liquids ban when flying, AMD's near 30% share of x86 CPU market and historical Vodafone FibreX drama is back. We also delve into the negative use of technology, including NZ businesses response to Ransomware, Canada’s blocking of China’s Huawei and ZTE and social media disinformation in Philippine’s election.

Paul Spain is joined by David McDonald to discuss Altered State Machine which David founded. Also on the agenda - Russian TV hack, NZ web3 focused VC fund, THEIA Diabetes discovery, a passwordless future, DJI drones not so secure, and more internet in Australia and USA.

https://www.paulspain.com/ (Paul Spain) is joined by Craig Young (https://tuanz.org.nz/ (TUANZ)), to discuss this weeks Tech news including Elon Musk's successful bid to buy Twitter, NZ scientists research into volcanic predictions, subscription streaming failures for CNN and Netflix, Mobile usage in the Russia-Ukraine war and more.

Paul is joined by Vincent Heeringa to discuss the latest in Tech news including Elon Musk's bid to buy Twitter, NZ's new energy developer Helios Energy, Calls to review New Zealand's GM regulations, Meatless meat, Russia/Ukraine drone wars, safety risks of E-Bikes, and more.

Paul Spain and Podcast Producer Jo-Ellen Bowen discuss this week's Tech news including, Elon Musk's latest happenings, WetaFX new Vancouver Studio, wearable's Heart monitoring reliability, Atlassian's outage, The Ax-1 mission, FIFA+ and more.

Paul Spain and Bill Bennett delve into the very latest in tech from around the world - including an NZ startup that's clearing fog, fruit packing robots, Tesla's Berlin factory flythrough, Google/Apple/Twitter return to the office, Elon Musk buys into Twitter, Russian delivery app data leak and UK's Royal Mint of the NFT kind.

Paul Spain is joined by Shaun Edlin - CEO and Co-Founder of Dotterel Technologies to discuss the latest in audio capture technology - plus coverage of EU's Digital Markets Act and its possible effect on leading Tech companies, NZ's #5 spot for OECD Broadband speed, Microsoft bribe allegations, and more.

Host Paul Spain and James Fuller (Founder/CEO, Hnry) discuss Hnry’s recent NZ$16m funding from Left Lane Capital and how Hnry are helping sole traders in Australia and NZ - along with NZ’s need for more digital skills, China’s tech hub getting back to work, a new government cyber incident, the importance of strategic technology selection (sparked by recent new costs for Vimeo customers), COBOL’s continuing legacy and James Webb Space Telescope’s alignment success.