The insanity of Pixelmon’s $100 million NFT Dutch auction
Opinion

Peter Griffin: The insanity of Pixelmon’s $100 million NFT Dutch auction

A 20-year-old Hamiltonian has delivered the crypto world a valuable lesson in the perils of buying into the NFT hype in a market offering little in the way of protection for investors.

Peter Griffin 10 Mar 2022
Electric dreams – New Zealand entrepreneurs leading the EV revolution
The Life Free

Electric dreams – New Zealand entrepreneurs leading the EV revolution

From EV farm bikes to the roll-out of electric passenger ferries - Kiwi ingenuity is leading the charge in the electrification of transport.

Peter Griffin 06 Mar 2022
Russia may win on the ground, but it lost the information war
Opinion

Peter Griffin: Russia may win on the ground, but it lost the information war

As one Twitter user put it of Putin vs Zelenskyy: "Ex-KGB pensioner loses to former stand-up comedian with a smartphone."

Peter Griffin 03 Mar 2022
Will New Zealanders join Trump's alternative app echo chamber?
Opinion

Peter Griffin: Will New Zealanders join Trump's alternative app echo chamber?

The protests at parliament have shown that many people willingly inhabit a world of alternative facts and misinformation. 

Peter Griffin 24 Feb 2022