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June 2025 Report: Cyber is now the THIRD largest economy in the world

June 2025 Report: Cyber is now the THIRD largest economy in the world

As we approach the midpoint of 2025, New Zealand’s cyber security landscape continues to evolve rapidly. With digital transformation accelerating across sectors, the country faces a growing array of cyber threats—ranging from financially motivated scams to...

AI Innovations and Legal Battles: A Month in Review

AI Innovations and Legal Battles: A Month in Review

AI Innovations and Legal Battles: A Month in Review This month has been a whirlwind of advancements and legal drama in the AI industry.  Alibaba's New AI Models Alibaba kicked off the month by unveiling Qwen3, a new family of AI models that reportedly match, and...

A practical guide: How much cyber security investment do I really need?

A practical guide: How much cyber security investment do I really need?

Cyber costs seem to keep increasing every year.  There is always something more that is needed.  Organisations can’t afford top over-invest but they can’t afford to under-invest either.  It’s a tightrope so we thought it would be useful to prepare a simple guide.A...

To use, or not to use, AI to transcribe a meeting.

To use, or not to use, AI to transcribe a meeting.

We understand that capturing the details of meetings is crucial. But manual note-taking is time-consuming, prone to errors, and often leaves important nuances lost. Enter AI transcription AI Transcription is a rapidly evolving technology promising accurate, efficient...

(Finally) 3 Things I like about the New Outlook

(Finally) 3 Things I like about the New Outlook

I’ve finally switched to the New Outlook after a few false starts and here are a few things that I like.Improved "New Outlook" Copilot Features Copilot in the old desktop version of Outlook doesn’t seem to have had any improvements for over a year.However, the New...

Microsoft OneDrive Changes – How will they impact you?

Microsoft OneDrive Changes – How will they impact you?

Microsoft have just shared changes that are coming to OneDrive as soon as June. Microsoft 365 Roadmap | Microsoft 365 Many users have personal OneDrive accounts as well as business ones.  If OneDrive detects that a business user also has a personal account, it will,...

April’s AI Advances

April’s AI Advances

April’s AI journey began when xAI acquired the social media platform X in an all-stock deal, valuing xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion. The merger aims to combine data, models, compute, distribution, and talent to advance xAI's AI ambitions. xAI's chatbot “Grok”...

What does the end of support for Windows 10 mean for me?

What does the end of support for Windows 10 mean for me?

  The End of an Era: Windows 10 Support is Ending  What You Need to Know At the risk of being repetitive, it is important to remind readers that it’s the end of the road for Windows 10.   Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14. After this date, Microsoft will...

Note: ADOBE License Changes

Note: ADOBE License Changes

Understanding the Latest Adobe License Changes with the VIP Marketplace In recent months, Adobe has introduced significant changes to its licensing programs, particularly with the VIP Marketplace. They tell us that these updates are designed to streamline the...