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Sky TV hits diversity milestone with two new executive appointments

Former Metro editor and Air New Zealand CTO join pay-TV broadcaster.

Google launches ChatGPT rival: What Bard can do (and what it can’t)

Small number get access to Bard. How it differs from its Microsoft-backed rival.

Pulling the plug on TikTok will be harder than it looks

New York Times: Tensions will come to a head later this week.

Eight-year-old’s question leads to Lenovo’s te reo Māori keyboard

It's an end to clumsy workarounds.

Juha Saarinen: The year ‘hallucinate’ became a tech term

But why are people concerned about the AI hallucinations?

Twitter disabling security precaution stopping hackers hijack your account

Twitter makes the controversial move to drop log-on authentication via text message.

‘Sick’: Mum loses $12k after scam text ‘from New Zealand'

There have been thousands of reported 'Hi Mum’ scams.

Amazon cuts 9000 more workers in efficiency drive

Financial Times: Latest lay-offs add to 18,000 staff culled in January.

Christchurch’s Swiftpoint crowdfunds for supermouse

If you build a better mouse, will the world beat a path to your door?

Chat GPT-4: OpenAI ups the ante in tech’s AI race

The company unveiled an upgrade just months after its ChatGPT stunned Silicon Valley.

10 Ways Chat GPT-4 is impressive but still flawed

New York Times: OpenAI has upgraded the technology that powers ChatGPT.

NZ tech firm lays off one-third of staff

Spate of culls continues.

SVB depositor bailout: Kiwi startups spared a ‘venture capital ice age’ - but lose a key ally

Good news for the likes of Rocket Lab, Comvita and Xero, but practical problems emerge.

Hey, 40-somethings! These are the new rules of digital etiquette

Times: The modern etiquette of emojis, phone calls - and using full stops in texts.

Silicon Valley Bank collapse sets off blame game in tech industry

New York Times: Executives and investors jumped on the crisis for their own messaging.

SVB collapse: Insiders see three major knock-on effects for NZ

A number of NZ firms have direct exposure. Insiders also see flow-on effects for all.