Opinion
Juha Saarinen: A farewell to this tech column
OPINION: How the social internet algorithmically turned itself into junk.
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Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
Juha Saarinen: Know Your Customer rules for AI in the cloud coming
OPINION: Regulations could drive fear into malicious AI model trainers.
Juha Saarinen: As the Apple Mac turns 40, here's a look back at its rollercoaster ride
OPINION: The Apple Mac turns 40.
Juha Saarinen: The internet advertising cookie crumbles this year
OPINION: Internet advertising has turned into a war zone.
Juha Saarinen: How scammers impersonate your Facebook friends
Summer holiday time is scam time.
Juha Saarinen: How the chip war and the future of AI will decide world power
OPINION: Western export controls notwithstanding, the Chinese aren’t giving up.
Juha Saarinen: How I failed to avoid roaming charges
OPINION: Mobile roaming just isn’t worth it because data is where it’s at.
Juha Saarinen: Apple's $9000+ MacBook Pro M3 Max packs serious computing punch
OPINION: If you are not put off by the hefty price tag, the device ticks all the boxes.
Juha Saarinen: Online scam victims have nothing to be ashamed about
OPINION: Online scamming is big business.
Juha Saarinen: Why Ultra 2 is the Apple Watch to splash out on
OPINION: And what you need to know.
Juha Saarinen: 'Arm Inside' threat spells trouble for chip giant Intel
OPINION: Intel’s chickens are coming home to roost.
Juha Saarinen: How can we keep AIs aligned with human values?
OPINION: What risks does AI pose?
Juha Saarinen: When you can't trust your cyber security vendors
OPINION: Customers have to be able to trust cyber security providers.
Juha Saarinen: The massive internet attack that hardly anyone noticed
OPINION: Tech giants hit by 'distributed denial of service' attack.
Juha Saarinen: Is this the best option for smartphone photographers?
OPINION: A phone for the smartphone photographers and videographers.
Juha Saarinen: Merger mania grips tech sector
OPINION: The sheer volume of money sloshing around in tech at the moment beggars belief.
Juha Saarinen: USB-C a welcome but complicated upgrade for Apple's iPhone 15
OPINION: Delving into some hardware quirkiness.
Juha Saarinen: Musk turns Starlink into a national security worry
OPINION: Even a vile social media cesspit can't drown out Musk critics, Russia concerns.
Juha Saarinen: How eSims will change your mobile phone experience
ANALYSIS: Apple has already gone full eSim in North America, but how does it work here?
Juha Saarinen: There's a tech void in the election
OPINION: The tech space is pretty much empty of policy proposals.
Juha Saarinen: Is NZ really missing out by being cautious with cryptocurrencies?
OPINION: Unpacking a recently released report into cryptocurrencies.
Juha Saarinen: The pros and cons of Samsung's new Galaxy Z Flip5
Opinion: Samsung's flip phone still grabs attention.
Juha Saarinen: The world is buzzing about LK-99 - what you need to know
OPINION: The worldwide excitement around LK-99 has been palpable.
Juha Saarinen: What I learned from scrutinising my phone bill
OPINION: A trip down the telco billing rabbit warren.
Juha Saarinen: Do mega data centres pose an environmental problem?
Opinion: Will we be in competition for power and water with demand-hungry tech giants?
Juha Saarinen: Will wireless optical networking ever be practical?
OPINION: Why aren’t we putting our internal house broadband networks over lightwaves?
Juha Saarinen: Chip wars threaten to cause supply chain pain
There is the potential for serious disruption across the whole of society.
Juha Saarinen: In search of lost stories in the vast world wide web
OPINION: First stop to locate missing material is the Wayback Machine.
Juha Saarinen: Twitter’s failure during the Russian mutiny
OPINION: People are now following what's happening through old-school outlets.
Juha Saarinen: How much picture quality is too much on a 65-inch TV?
OPINION: Our tech columnist reviews the Samsung S95C television.