The recent outage of the social media giant shows how dangerously over-reliant we’ve become. I know a couple of people who don’t use Facebook. I never remember their birthdays, tend to forget to stay in touch because they’re not in my face, and view them much the way I once […]
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There’s Something Rotten In New Zealand
Two recent examples show New Zealand has a very long way to go in how we treat victims of sexual assault, says PAT PILCHER.
Backlash As Gillette Asks People To Be Nice
The shaving cream is flying as social media fires up over a new Gillette campaign. PAT PILCHER takes a look.
Facebook/Cambridge Analytica: Dirty Deeds Done On The Cheap
There’s more to be concerned about in the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica debacle than Facebook’s lax attitude to data harvesting. PAT PILCHER backgrounds the issue – and what we should really be concerned about.
Dumb All Over
Are gadgets making us gullible? Are smartphones making us stupid? Is Google turning our brains to noodles? Long-time technology observer PAT PILCHER on the new idiocracy.