NZ Tech Podcast

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.

Paul Spain is joined by Craig Young (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.

Paul Spain and Frances Valintine (Tech Futures Lab, The Mind Lab) discuss shaping the metaverse, the changing state of vehicles, new Apple innovations, Frances’ new book ‘Future You’, and more.