Big Tech’s Trump card and our digital dilemma

Big Tech’s Trump card and our digital dilemma
Donald Trump’s strategy is to pursue unilateral action, pushing countries towards individual solutions. (Image: Getty)
Peter Griffin
Every morning I turn on the radio to listen to RNZ’s Morning Report, expecting to hear the news that New Zealand has joined Greenland, Panama, Canada and the whole of Europe on Donald Trump’s shit list.Our woeful military spending will likely spark the US president’s ire as Chinese warships continue their unannounced tiki tour around the Tasman. But it is just as likely to be a warning about our fledgling efforts to extract payments from Big Tech companies that get us in diplomatic hot water. In fact, those efforts,...

More Opinion

Something is brewing in capital markets ...
Opinion

Simon Robertson: Something is brewing in capital markets ...

If you have a stock in your portfolio that you need to monitor, it shouldn’t be in it.

Good news: school attendance improves
Opinion

Cameron Bagrie: Good news: school attendance improves

We still have a way to go and massive divergences.

Cameron Bagrie 28 Mar 2025
Hurray for the Big Tech whistleblowers
Opinion

Peter Griffin: Hurray for the Big Tech whistleblowers

Individuals who turn on their former employers almost always destroy their careers.

Peter Griffin 26 Mar 2025
Aroa comes unstuck thanks to US partnership
Markets

Brian Robins: Aroa comes unstuck thanks to US partnership

The Auckland-based medtech firm is under pressure.

Brian Robins 26 Mar 2025