@me Can I just show you this?
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1703/S00063/journalists-too-mean-to-tech-companies.htm
Bill Bennett
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I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach.
See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Internet exchange points in New Zealand: https://billbennett.co.nz/internet-exchange-points-new-zealand/
How internet exchange points work in New Zealand, including their role in keeping traffic local, improving performance and how networks interconnect.
How internet exchange points work in New Zealand, including their role in keeping traffic local, improving performance and how networks interconnect.
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@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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I can think of ways the term "butter chicken tsunami" is not racist.
This is not one of them.
This is not one of them.
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@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Good to see someone has a reality-based transport policy.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3350463/chinese-trucks-could-go-100-electric-halving-road-transport-oil-use-industry
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3350463/chinese-trucks-could-go-100-electric-halving-road-transport-oil-use-industry
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@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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3d ago
That's the next upgrade delayed then....
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914672/the-ram-shortage-could-last-years
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914672/the-ram-shortage-could-last-years
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I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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In case you missed Friday's newsletter:
https://billbennett.co.nz/chorus-accelerates-copper-network-shutdown/
https://billbennett.co.nz/chorus-accelerates-copper-network-shutdown/
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@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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3d ago
Do we have a new prime minister yet?
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@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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3d ago
By 2016, MAN'S INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLECT WILL BEABLE TO BE INCREASED BY DRUGS AND BY LINKING HUMAN BRAINS DIRECTLY TO COMPUTERS!
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@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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4d ago
Someone has to be sceptical about these things. From 2023, but little has changed.
https://billbennett.co.nz/did-you-notice-the-5g-mobile-revolution/
https://billbennett.co.nz/did-you-notice-the-5g-mobile-revolution/
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@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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When I was a kid growing up in England seriously rich people had to pay a Super Tax of 95%. The Beatles even wrote a song moaning about it.
The idea seems almost unthinkable today, but that was the "swinging sixties", a time of great optimism.
The idea seems almost unthinkable today, but that was the "swinging sixties", a time of great optimism.
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@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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5d ago
Found my Filofax in a drawer while looking for something else. Realised this was probably a more efficient way of staying organised than a digital alternative.
It never spammed me or nagged me to buy overpriced services I'm not remotely interested in.
Am seriously considering reviving it.
It never spammed me or nagged me to buy overpriced services I'm not remotely interested in.
Am seriously considering reviving it.
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I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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@lightweight @xurizaemon @stephen I use hide-my-email for almost every online transaction or when signing up for things. I almost walked out of Noel Leeming because the sales clerk would not complete a sale until I handed over my phone number and email - in the end I just gave fake ones, but there have been occasions when (usually because I'm not properly paying attention) I have handed over the real ones.
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@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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6d ago
@xurizaemon @stephen This is true, but some recent spam is highly targeted. Most of it is scattergun... I suspect someone I do business with in Auckland has either sold their customer database to ratbags or it's been stolen.
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@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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@stephen Yes, I got that one too. Some of them are so surprisingly well targeted that I guess one or more customer database with my details has been compromised, for example the senders know my suburb and that I have recently reached retirement age... that's quite specific.
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@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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6d ago
@leighelse Email... but lots of it. Normally I get a few, but this is a lot more than usual and it is getting past my spam filter.
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@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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6d ago
Has anybody else noticed a surge in spam over the last 24 hours?
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@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Mar 08, 2026
@tsturm I should have been clearer... some of the biggest events may have had TV news cameras, but for 15 - 30 second clips. There was no video coverage in the modern sense.
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@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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@tsturm Ha... videos were most certainly NOT a thing at that time. I don't think they became common for launches until at least the late 1990s. It was very low key by modern standards and very, very English more like a morning tea and I think there were probably no more than 20 people in the room, 30 maximum. I don't remember the ZX81 event anything like as well as the Sinclair Spectrum launch, which was much bigger and more lavish, but still restrained by modern standards.
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I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Feb 26, 2026
@nickofnz I’m OK with a city on Mars so long we can send all the people responsible for the other items on your list to live there and it doesn’t destroy any more of our planet getting them there.
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I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Feb 14, 2026
Often when I read about US politics today I think back with nostalgia to that scene where the Blues Brothers drive the Nazis off the bridge.
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@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Bill Bennett
@billbennett@mastodon.nz
I like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. See my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at https://billbennett.co.nz
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Feb 13, 2026
Indieweb for journalists: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2026/02/13/indieweb-for-journalists.html
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