It’s not often that a single word can change your entire perspective, shift your world view, and reveal something hidden[…]
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Author: Geoff
AirTags… Beware!
Stalking is now a whole lot easier thanks to an inexpensive Apple device and a network of almost a billion trackers.
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Apple and the Four Horsemen
Famous Last Words
Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough.Karl Marx, philosopher. I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.Humphrey[…]
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Surveillance-Based Advertising
Surveillance and exploitation is now the norm across the internet. As we use digital services, we are constantly monitored. It’s time to put a stop to it.
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EVs won’t save us
Are electric vehicles the way to combat climate change? Or are they just another distraction from a looming catastrophe?
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Waikato DHB: A Predictable Nightmare
If you want a snapshot of the state of the management of our health system, look no further than the recent cyber-attack on the Waikato DHB.
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Whatever happened to Eleanor Catton?
WCC and the SEP
Douglas Adams wasn’t thinking of the Wellington City Council when he introduced the world to the SEP field. But he might well have been.
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The Internet of Irony
The internet was designed to avoid multiple points of failure. Now it has just four.
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