Paul Brislen

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What sort of background should you have on your Zoom, Teams or Google Meets calls as you try to continue doing your job in lockdown? It's a question… Audio

More information should emerge this morning as to how many New Zealand organisations are caught up in a global ransomware attack.

The attack on the IT management software provider Kaseya VSA has… Audio

A New Zealand tech specialist says international regulation of social media companies is needed to reduce extremist online content.

On Saturday global leaders and tech companies will meet virtually… Audio

After a protracted battle with the Australian Government, Facebook will no longer share content from professional news sources. The tech giant made the extraordinary move in response to new laws that… Audio

Google and Facebook are in a showdown with Australian lawmakers over payment for using the work of others. The world is keenly watching to see what will happen.  Audio

As the rush continues towards Christmas, the post-Covid-19 lockdown boom in spending continues.

Year on year, sales are slightly down but week on week, sales are surging. With Black Friday, Cyber… Audio

As industries hand the new government their wish lists, we look at two sectors - arts and tech - that say they have plenty of untapped potential. Audio

Technology commentator Paul Brislen speaks to The Panel about how the trial will work. Audio

Technology commentator Paul Brislen joins The Panel to give his response. Audio

The Chief Censor says New Zealand has an opportunity to be world leading in fighting back against Covid-19 misinformation on-line.

Nasty rumours, inaccurate advice and bullying has been circulating… Audio

The Health Minister gave New Zealanders a serve yesterday for peddling nasty rumours and misinformation relating to the current Covid-19 cluster.

Tech commentator Paul Brislen says a telling off is… Audio

Spending has increased significantly as the country moved from the Covid-19 Alert Level 4 to Level 3 and now to Level 2, but some businesses are still doing poorly.

Paymark, the company that runs… Audio

A digital diary style app to help people record where you've been on any given day will be released by the government tomorrow Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says people can use the app to log their… Audio

People caught short with undelivered or broken appliances are relieved they can now order some essential goods online or by phone.

The government is now allowing the online sale of some essential… Audio

Just about anyone who's still working, is working from home. We look at the social and technical issues behind the big shift to your new "office".  Audio