AI Backlash, Mevo’s Collapse, Rural Connectivity, and Device Upgrades

About this episode

Paul Spain and Bill Bennett discuss the latest tech news including Mevo's liquidation and AI backlash.

Join Host Paul Spain and Bill Bennett, tech and telecommunications journalist, for a wide-ranging discussion on the latest tech news from New Zealand and beyond, including: Car-sharing startup Mevo goes into liquidation Rural connectivity funding report Mobile Network Outages and Resiliency Hydrogen-fuelled vehicles in New Zealand Chrome’s Silent AI Download AI backlash at US university graduations Apple’s privacy moves to auto-delete Siri/AI conversations Intel Core Ultra Series 3 A big thank you to our show partners One NZ, Spark, Workday, 2degrees, Fortinet and Gorilla Technology.

People in this episode

Host: Paul Spain

Guest: Bill Bennett

Topics covered

• AI Backlash
• Mevo's Collapse
• Rural Connectivity
• Mobile Network Outages
• Hydrogen-fuelled vehicles
• Apple's privacy moves
• Device Upgrades

Keywords

• AI
• Mevo
• Rural Connectivity
• Mobile Network Outages
• Hydrogen vehicles
• Apple privacy
• Intel Core Ultra

Sponsors

Spark, Workday, One NZ, 2degrees, Fortinet, Gorilla Technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mevo

Products: Intel Core Ultra Series 3

Places: New Zealand

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