The heads of the world's biggest tech companies got top positions at Donald Trump's inauguration. Photo: JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON / AFP
Tech journalist Bill Bennett looks at how 2025 became the year tech giants became deeply entangled in geopolitics.
While Australia was the first to make moves to protect young people from social media harm, digital platforms are shaping the world, while cybersecurity is becoming a bigger battleground.
The race to develop AI continues, while there's mounting concern about an "AI bubble" what happens if it bursts.
Have quantum computing advances been overhyped? And is satellite connectivity could be a boon for NZ, but does it leave us dependent on foreign companies?
Bill Bennett is an Auckland-based technology journalist
