Artemis 2 Mission, Starlink Competition, and Apple at 50

About this episode

Paul Spain and Brett Roberts discuss the latest tech news including the Artemis 2 mission and Apple's 50-year legacy.

Host Paul Spain is joined by Brett Roberts as they unpack the latest tech news from New Zealand and the wider world. From Peter Beck’s bold leadership, a look back at Apple’s 50‑year legacy of design and disruption, a trip around the moon with Artemis 2 crew and more. Topics include: Peter Beck cuts his Rocket Lab salary to $1 Spark launches Starlink satellite‑to‑mobile services NZ Government funding shifts toward emerging Tech Autonomous vehicle challenges and failures Apple’s 50 years of innovation Artemis 2 lunar Flyby SpaceX IPO speculation Anthropic / Claude source code leak 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: Brett Roberts

Topics covered

• Artemis 2 Mission
• Apple's 50-year legacy
• Rocket Lab leadership
• Starlink competition
• emerging technology
• autonomous vehicles
• SpaceX IPO speculation

Keywords

• Artemis 2
• Apple
• Rocket Lab
• Starlink
• autonomous vehicles
• SpaceX
• innovation
• technology news

Sponsors

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

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rocket Lab, Spark, NZ Government, Apple, SpaceX, Anthropic

Books & works: Claude

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