Bill Bennett
Tech: Can the US switch off Europe's weapons? Android back-door
Technology journalist Bill Bennett looks at how much control the US has over a number of weapons systems used across Europe. Audio
Tech: What is DeepSeek and should you use it?
Technology commentator Bill Bennett discusses the bombshell release of China's DeepSeek AI and the implications. Audio
Tech: Roblox gives parents more control
Technology commentator Bill Bennett looks at Australia's proposed 'duty of care' laws that would force online giants to take preventative action on mental health harms. Roblox is to give more controls… Audio
Tech: AI interviewers, smart TV screensaver ads
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett talks about the rise of AI avatars conducting job interviews - can it really guarantee a fair process? LG Smart TVs are now during full takeover ads on its… Audio
Technology: Starlink's rural impact, dating apps dive, Snoo sub fury
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about the latest Telecommunications Monitoring Report and the many gaps between urban and rural areas. Audio
Tech with Bill Bennett
Technology journalist Bill Bennett talks to Paddy about what's going on in the tech world. Audio
Tech: Miss AI beauty contest, watch your (fake) WiFi
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett looks at the first 'Miss AI' beauty competition that sees computer-generated women take part in a virtual parade - and throws up a raft of questions about the… Audio
Tech: UK data snoop, AI PCs, solar flares and satellites
Tech commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to look at revelations UK departments plan to use pupil data to check for benefit fraud and pursue parents. Audio
Why the Camino de Santiago still captivates our imagination
In the film THE WAY, MY WAY, film and documentary producer and director, Bill Bennett tells the true story of his 800-kilometre-long pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago route through Spain based… Audio
Tech: AI + women's jobs, Apple's anti-trust lawsuit, AI
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to look at new research which suggests women's jobs are more likely to be affected by AI than men's. Audio
Apple accused of monopolising smartphone market
The US has filed a major lawsuit against tech giant Apple, accusing the company of monopolising the smartphone market and locking out competitors.
The justice department says Apple is blocking the… Audio
Tech: Meta dumps Aussie media deal, bad week for Apple
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett breaks down the end of the relationship between Australian media and Meta, which walked away from the country's news media bargaining code. Audio
Tech: Nuclear site hacked, satellites and telcos, Musk's fight
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Susie to talk about a report that Europe's most toxic nuclear site, Sellafield in the UK, has been the target of a cyber attack. Not only that, it happened… Audio
What really caused the Optus outage?
A spot of technological chaos befell Australia last week, when Optus - the second-largest telco operator in the country - experienced a catastrophic, 14-hour outage, preventing people from making… Audio
Tech: Twitter one year on, streaming hike, North Korea internet takeover
Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about how Twitter has changed in the year since Elon Musk's $44b buyout. He'll also look at why video streamers are pushing up prices well beyond inflation and why… Audio
New technology with Bill Bennett
Apple has unveiled its iPhone 15 at a time the phone market is in turmoil. The International Data Corporation reports a 12.1% year-on-year decline in New Zealand phone shipments for the second quarter… Audio
Tech: One NZ's big fine, Zoom changes AI use, Netflix's game streaming plans
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Susie to break down the record fine One NZ - formerly Vodafone - received over its Fibre X network, why the Recording Industry Association of America is… Audio
Tech: Zuckerberg to launch 'Twitter killer' as Metaverse flops,
Technology journalist Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to look at the madness happening Twitter, with limits now imposed on how many tweets users can see. What impact will that have on advertising? It comes… Audio
Tech: Rural divide in comms, law firm hack, Reddit goes bonkers
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about the Commerce Commission's Telecommunications Monitoring Report and why rural telecoms is now the main political and regulatory… Audio
Technology: Facebook hacks, TikTok ban, Twitter scraps 2FA
Technology correspondent Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about the difficulties people face in recovering their social media accounts - particularly Facebook - if they've been subject to a hack or… Audio