PETER GRIFFIN: The health passport - simultaneously clever and scary
Opinion

Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: The health passport - simultaneously clever and scary

We are starting to get an idea of the extent to which the pandemic will influence the shape of technological innovation this decade.

Peter Griffin 27 Aug 2020
PETER GRIFFIN: Facebook's negligence and the covid conspiracy
Opinion

Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: Facebook's negligence and the covid conspiracy

Social media content moderation is failing badly when one man posting a grab bag of covid-19 outbreak rumours can fuel a viral Facebook post that hundreds of thousands of Kiwis saw and shared.

Peter Griffin 19 Aug 2020
PETER GRIFFIN: Tracing tech still running to catch up
Opinion

Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: Tracing tech still running to catch up

We should have gone back into our state of covid-19 lockdown with an effective digital contact tracing technology in place.

Peter Griffin 12 Aug 2020
PETER GRIFFIN: Labour’s anti-GE stance a handbrake on innovation
Opinion

Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: Labour’s anti-GE stance a handbrake on innovation

A rare airing this week of our political parties’ innovation policies ahead of September’s general election proved to be as underwhelming as I expected it to be.

Peter Griffin 06 Aug 2020