Peter Griffin
Tech news - Facebook flourishes and #DeleteUber
Peter Griffin has the latest on Facebook's huge growth in users and ad revenue, and why did thousands of UBER customers delete the app this week? Audio
There are concerns about the influence Facebook will have on future news feeds.
Facebook is changing its feed to promote posts that aren't fake, sensational, or spam. Audio
Tech news: Fake Twitter accounts & Android Instant Apps
Tech correspondent Peter Griffin with news that Google is testing out Android Instant Apps amid a downturn in the global app-based economy. Also how a proliferation of massive bot networks on Twitter… Audio
2016: the year in tech
This Way Up reviews what's been hot (quite literally in one notable case) tech in 2016. VR has well and truly arrived and chatbots are on the horizon. Audio
Tech news: Amazon down under and the rise of the chatbot
This week, the giant retailer Amazon looks like it could be coming to Australia. Meanwhile, you might soon have to pay GST on all the goods you buy online, not just purchases of digital goods… Audio
1080 and science denial: an Our Changing World summit
A new book, Protecting Paradise, investigates the science of 1080, its use in protecting native wildlife in New Zealand, and the wider issue of science denial and science reporting in the media. Audio
1080 and science denial: an Our Changing World summit
A new book, Protecting Paradise, investigates the science of 1080, its use in protecting native wildlife in New Zealand, and the wider issue of science denial and science reporting in the media.
AudioFaster, faster, faster: broadband changes
Tech correspondent Peter Griffin with an update on local broadband services, with changes and offers announced this week that could affect you. Audio
Flaming phones and selling social media: the data market
Peter Griffin on a US report that shows how Facebook, Twitter and other social networks are selling information about us to law enforcement agencies. Also newly released advertising figures show how… Audio
Google take over your home...and your phone!
Technology news with Peter Griffin and Google launches its new Pixel phone and a digital home assistant called (you've guessed it!) Home. Now search is anywhere and everywhere. Plus Facebook is hoping… Audio
What colour is the internet?
Peter Griffin with the latest tech news, and this week what colour is the internet?! It's a question that designers and businesses are wrestling with as they try to get us to spend as long as possible… Audio
Tech: Apple’s tax avoidance
Peter Griffin has tech news with an update on Apple's tax bill and what it could mean for New Zealand's tech sector. And how GST is about to bite on imported digital goods. Audio
Tech news: Future drones
Peter Griffin with tech news. How Facebook wants to use a solar-powered drone to provide free internet access to Africa, and could delivery drones really bring goods to our homes one day? Audio
Complaints over Anti-fluoride ads
Several science based groups are preparing complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority over anti fluoride ads that have screened on TV3. Audio
Tech news with Peter Griffin
Peter Griffin on Pokemon Go!; the game's now banned in many countries over concerns about US-sponsored surveillance. Meanwhile a Pokemon-based dating app lets players hook up in real life. Plus what… Audio
Pokemon Go takes over the world
Simon Morton meets the many people stumbling about as they play Pokemon Go, and tries to find out why this blockbuster app might change gaming forever from New Yorker writer Om Malik. There's a visit… Audio, Gallery
This Way Up for 16 July 2016 (Part 1)
Simon Morton meets the many people stumbling about as they play Pokemon Go, and tries to find out why this blockbuster app could maybe change gaming forever from New Yorker writer Om Malik. There's a… Audio
Tech: Facebook news feed and Airbnb
Bits and bytes from the world of technology with Peter Griffin. This week the online accomodation rental service Airbnb sues its home city of San Francisco over plans to crackdown on its services. We… Audio
TV tech
The technological advances that are spurring the next generation of TVs. Peter Griffin sorts through quantum dots, 'nits' and the latest HDR, SUHD, 4K and OLED offerings on the market. Audio
Tech news: Microsoft buys LinkedIn
Tech correspondent Peter Griffin with reaction to the news that Microsoft's paid US$26.2 billion for the professional networking website LinkedIn, one of the biggest tech deals in history. Also Apple… Audio