Chris Keall
Technology Editor/Senior Business Writer
Chris Keall is the technology editor and a senior business writer for the NZ Herald.
Chris has spent more than 20 years as a business and technology journalist. His past roles included editor of NZ PC World, editor of Internet Magazine, editor of home theatre and gadget title >>FFWD and technology editor for NBR. He has a BA from the University of Auckland and is the author of two books published by HarperCollins, including Download: The Internet Made Easy. His awards include the Magazine Publishers’ Association Business Magazine Editor of the Year. You can contact Chris at chris.keall@nzme.co.nz.
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Internet services worldwide hit by glitches, Cloudflare blames Google’s Cloud Platform
Cloud service says it's coming back online.
‘Fastest to $20m revenue’ - Tracksuit's rapid growth, $42m raise
"Fastest to $20m revenue."
Watch: Auckland’s first electric ferry is on the water - but chargers way behind schedule
PLUS: Ferry's Auckland designer wins huge US contract.
Bolt launches in Auckland against Uber and DiDi: An early morning price test
Newcomer says it will have no surge pricing – at least at launch.
Tech Insider: A $529 phone, bought in March, can only make 3G calls; IRD’s AI warning; Musk’s pain is Beck’s gain; a self-employed Wellington man scores a $16K Google Cloud refund
PLUS: Elon Musk's pain is Sir Peter Beck's gain.
3G shutdown delay, watchdog fields multiple complaints
Many devices beyond phones rely on 3G.
Horror, budgeting and tracking meteor showers: Kiwi app makers score global wins in Apple competitions
Gongs awarded in the buildup to the Worldwide Developers Conference 2025.
NZ EV market rebounds strongly, but Tesla struggles to catch the wave
Overall new vehicle sales nudge up.
Tech Insider: Wellington man gets shock $16k bill after using a Google AI-ready tool
PLUS: Some good news for fintechs in the open banking war.
‘Emerging Company of the Year’ Projectworks raises US$12m, plans AI splash
Wellington start-up says it will be able to spot when you're burned out.
Spark in line for $47m windfall – but activist investor unhappy
A minority shareholder labels it a 'lowball offer'.
Ex-Rangitoto student is twice in the gun in Trump's war on Harvard
Crimson cofounder explains how Chinese students can be invited to join the Communist Party
Tech Insider: Jamie Beaton's message for students caught in Trump's war on Harvard
PLUS: A Beehive tilt for the Crimson boss? TIN man looks for gold.
Morrison pockets $456m in fees as Infratil makes net loss of $261.3m
The NZSA says past changes make a fee more palatable but clearer disclosure's needed.
'Show me a path to a billion': Sir Peter Beck on how start-ups should pitch investors
The venture capital firm is flush after raising new capital and is looking to invest.
Eroad squeaks back into black, addresses tariffs, 3G shutdown
Shares gained strongly after the fleet-tracking firm delivered its full-year result.
'Proven success in conflict zones' - Tauranga's Syos wins Hi-Tech Company of the Year
Peter Beck named Flying Kiwi.
Budget 2025: $212m in cuts to existing business, science and innovation programmes
No surprises in another thin year for the sector.
Google NZ sends $1b offshore as it increases profit, threat of digital sales tax melts away
An academic calls out a lack of transparency in two areas.
Tech Insider: The Kiwis most likely to support an U16 social media ban; lawyer's AI horror story
Plus: The 'Google tax' dies a quiet death.
Callaghan shows start-up team the door, Auckland Mayor makes tech grab
Budget day is desk clear-out day for Callaghan's commercialisation team.
Two private equity firms reportedly circling Spark
Some analysts say the stock is oversold.
On The Up: AI disruptors – meet the Kiwis using new tech to boost their businesses and lead the way
We sound out some New Zealanders who have taken AI by the scruff of the neck.
Spark confirms outsourcing deal, reveals number of NZ jobs lost
The restructure comes on top of a contract to outsource roles to Infosys.
Gentrack’s softer-than-expected result hits share price
Limited full-year guidance falls slightly short of analysts' expectations.
Spark confirms jobs will go as it outsources to AI, networking partner
Restructure comes on top of contract to outsource roles to Infosys.
Kiwi startup lands TikTok as a client
Founder realises he has a blind spot - then corrects it.
Xero cracks $2 billion revenue for first time but subscriber growth slows
Software will escape tariffs but Xero vulnerable to recession, analyst says.
The big lessons for NZ in Australia's under-16 social media ban
There are some blanks to fill in as the deadline looms.
Tech Insider: Willis offers some venture capital sugar, but is it enough?
Finance Minister delivers some unexpected Budget 2025 action.
Allbirds predicts turnaround - finally - if lucky break on tariffs holds true
PLUS: Waterproof Allbirds - and some "professional" sneakers for the office.
‘Rip-off’: App developer and Consumer say fees will stifle open banking
Government, banks respond.
Key says Trump using tariffs largely for leverage – but has fears for NZ film industry
The former Prime Minister also sees confidence returning to the New Zealand economy.
Tesla's NZ revenue crashed in 2024 – and this year is worse, so far
EV sales pick up but Elon Musk's firm still lags.
AI could make crashes worse, amplify herd behaviour: Reserve Bank
One expert says the report doesn't go far enough, another says it overplays the risks.
Jamie Beaton’s Crimson buys Being AI’s school in Takapuna, reveals more bricks-and-mortar plans
The troubled Being AI slims down.
Legaltech firm VXT raises $2.5m at $45m value with Silicon Valley backing
Firm says it's fast growing in the US and tracking to a $100m revenue within two years.
Spark auctioning half its data centre business to fund $1b expansion push: report
Surf's up for the telco as its capital-raising effort comes to the sharp end.
Tech Insider: Blackbird partner says Govt made mistake giving up on $300m Elevate fund
PLUS: Blackbird gears up for $1 billion raise.
‘A sense of invisibility’: Business leader survey finds lack of Government leadership
Crown inaction, talent and cyber-security pain points in Tuanz Digital Priorities report.
On The Up: Atomic set to blast into Australia, UK, fuelled by Rod Drury
Start-up has already signed up big names in NZ - and is now looking to the UK.
'Very grateful': Satellite service helps in highway accident rescue
One NZ's Satellite TXT uses Starlink to cover 40% of NZ without cellular networks.
Spark follows Air NZ in deal with Indian outsourcer, Luxon visits offshoring specialist
Telco looking to make up lost ground in its drive to slash labour costs.
NZ businesses struggling to see returns from their AI spend - the factors holding them back
Many NZ firms see marginal gains from AI despite heavy investment.
Many public servants using AI off their own bat, but few trained - experts raise red flags
A DIY free-for-all. Government says more training and an advisory panel are on the way.
Douglas Pharmaceuticals installs AI-driven robots, faces up to tariff threat
Four times faster than the humans.
Hours from death: Apple Watch saves Hawke's Bay woman's life
A head start in race against blood cancer.
On The Up: Kiwis backing a new generation of start-ups
The NZ tech stars who are paying it forward.
NZ’s high school robot stars struggle to make world champs after funding denied
The previous backers have pulled out.
Microagression, tech bros, fewer promotions – women in tech still see many issues: survey
PLUS: Has the DEI backlash hit New Zealand?
Tech Insider: The NZ tech stars in the gun with Trump’s tariffs – and who could escape
PLUS: The sector that will 'escape a direct hit'.
Tesla’s NZ sales slump
Elon Musk's EVs see their NZ sales slide - but a number of factors are in play.
Borrow-against-your-provisional-tax firm Taxi wins law change, reveals numbers
The small business-focused start-up bags its first two corporate clients.
Second time lucky: Auckland DJ software firm sells in $175m deal
The Commerce Commission blocked a previous sale to Pioneer DJ.
Tech Insider: Microsoft pulls Windows 10 support unless you pay $50 or upgrade - experts on your level of risk if you’re stranded, promising news for Ubco customers, Being AI finally finds directors
PLUS: Being AI finally finds three independent directors - and they're big names.
Apple doubles kura programme to 5000 students, upgrades Maps with iwi place cards
Tech giant doubles down on its efforts to close the digital divide.
Auckland Transport warns about ‘pretend’ parking site – registered with InternetNZ using fake details
Macca hacker? Name behind fake AT website is using Balmoral McDonald's address.
‘Amy’ says possible telco price deregulation would drive her ‘dumb phone’ parents to tears
A telco user group also warns the move could cause a return to paying per text message.
Tech Insider: High Court case has two big lessons for small businesses owners facing social media attacks
Plus, Kiwi organisations busting their cloud budgets.
BYD’s Shark attack on ute market: Govt eyeing law change that will give it more bite
The hybrid, dual-cab ute has taken big chunk of sales in its first two months.
Rod Drury backs ‘NZ first’ public e-boat charging company Electric Wave
Billionaire sees Queenstown becoming an R&D hub for marine electrification.
Fintech Airwallex puts first boots on the ground in NZ, goes on hiring drive
Aussie unicorn has Kiwi roots.
Kiwis’ AI fears, work-from-home rate, ‘increasing’ internet use revealed
People have rising concerns – but the Government is heading in the opposite direction.
Farmers owner James Pascoe Group sends data breach notification to Privacy Commissioner
A cyberattack reduced some stores to a cash-only operation over the weekend.
Card payments: Unlikely contenders unite in call for surcharge ban
Deadline day in push to lower fees.
Tech Insider: Telcos worry about levy rise, Starlink in the gun, liquidator of Kim Dotcom-founded crypto firm updates
Consumer advocates and the industry are at odds. PLUS: Updates on two crypto liquidations.
Auckland real estate AI start-up sells to US firm
'I’m excited to dump some fuel on the fire.'
Giltrap shakes up EV market with keenly priced Geely, reveals wider plans
Price parity with petrol cars viewed as aiding EV revival, but ICE models coming too.
Allbirds reports $93m loss as revenue falls 25%, adds Hollywood star as pitchman
The Kiwi-American firm sees more red ink ahead.
2degrees, Spark sign surprise satellite-to-mobile deals
AST SpaceMobile will compete against Elon Musk's Starlink.
Kitea Health nears finish line for $10m raise, reports key wins
PLUS: Co-founder reveals end game.
Free Speech Union angles for control of InternetNZ - but has it been snookered?
Fight over InternetNZ's draft constitution is finely poised.
Peter Thiel now the richest New Zealander after double-whammy wealth surge
The Kiwi passport holder has had several big scores in the past few months.
Rocket Lab reveals role in Firefly’s moon landing, investment banker rates it against Elon Musk’s SpaceX
The mission software and solar panels were supplied by the Kiwi-American company.
Tech Insider: A cheap home EV charger that’s made in NZ, AWS’s local financials revealed
Keeping it Kiwi – with the help of some Aussie capital.
iPhone 16e: Is Apple's 'cheap' new model worth buying?
The tech giant's latest handset is available from tomorrow.
Health tech software firm collapsed owing around $1m
Director says pandemic, loss of biggest client triggered collapse.