Bill Bennett
Amazon opens to Kiwis, govt agrees to consumer data right
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about Amazon opening its Australian store to New Zealand customers and what that might mean for New Zealand retailers and other online stores… Audio
Digital Boost launch, could AI shorten the work week
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to look at the newly-announced Digital Boost Alliance and what it hopes to achieve, new research into the impact AI could have on our work-lives… Audio
UK spy boss' warning over tech, ransomware payments skyrocket
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about the GCHQ chief's warning of the West's facing a "moment of reckoning" over cybersecurity, and the need for countries like the UK to… Audio
Employees' cyber smarts and the phone market bounces back
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Lynn to look at the new research that's found a big discrepancy in what employers think their workers know about cyber security - and what they actually… Audio
New technology with Bill Bennett
Bill talks to Kathryn about Vodafone saying it’s pushing ahead with 5G and will sell fixed wireless broadband in competition with the fibre networks. Also, Chorus turning in a result with lower… Audio
How the pandemic changed tech in 2020
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about how the pandemic had an impact on technology this year: from videoconferencing and online shopping to a streaming surge and a boom in… Audio
Big cyber hit for businesses and Macs more like iPhones
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about new research which has found more than half of businesses have bene successfully targeted by ransomware in the past year. Apple has… Audio
Mobile phones fuel discontent, encrypted messages, new iPhones
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about new research which suggests confidence in governments started dropping with the advent of 3G networks. Five Eyes wants access to… Audio
Telcos told to simplify plans, Samsung's $3500 folding phone
Find your mobile bill ridiculously complicated? Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about how that should end, now the Commerce Commission is pressuring mobile phone companies… Audio
Exam algo bias, fighting back against the boss snooping on you
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about how the UK was forced to ditch exam results generated by a biased algorithm after student protests, how workers are fighting back… Audio
Spark's voice calling upgrade, Apple's pandemic preparedness
Technology commentator Bill Bennett looks at Spark's trials in Devonport and Miramar that aim to get customers off copper wire for landline voice calling and onto fibre or wireless, Amazon's big surge… Audio
Technology commentator Bill Bennett
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Lynn to talk about Quibi, the short form version of Netflix that serves up content in quite bites (hence the name). Audio
Trump vs Twitter, students recycle laptops, and Tweetbots
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Lynn to talk about how Twitter's moves to make the site more accountable and trustworthy has pitted it against Donald Trump, the students of Aotea College… Audio
Cell tower attacks - as if we don't have enough to deal with
Technology commentator Bill Bennett looks at why so many cell towers have been attacked globally and here in New Zealand, as misinformation stirs fear and ignorance over a non-existent link between 5G… Audio
Coronavirus: Technology connecting families during lockdown
Despite being physically isolated from friends or family during the lockdown, people are still finding ways to stay connected.
Families are having frequent video calls using things like Skype or… Audio
The Y2K bug makes a comeback
Technology commentator Bill Bennett looks at how the millennium bug is back - because it never exactly went away. In trying to solve the problem, programmers pushed it back 20 years. And time's up… Audio
Driverless cars, 2nd digital divide and gangster phones
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about why it's taking so long to get a truly autonomous car after Apple's co-founder Steve Wozniak said it may not happen in his lifetime… Audio
How well is the broadband market working?
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about how well the broadband market is working, as the first phase of the fibre build comes to an end. He'll also look at the latest security… Audio
Why more telcos are headed up by women
Technology commentator Bill Bennett looks at how tech companies are dominated by male managers, but telco companies are bucking that trend. He'll also look at Spark, Chorus and Sky's results, the GCSB… Audio
Apple's Zoom update and Office 365 banned in Germany's schools
Technology commentator Bill Bennett looks first at Intel unveiling a neuromorphic computing system that mimics the human brain, Apple rolls out a silent Mac update to remove a hidden Zoom web server… Audio