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Politicians love comparing NZ’s economy to Singapore or Ireland – but it’s simplistic and misleading

Hard labour conditions of online moderators directly affect how well the internet is policed – new study

African media are threatened by governments and big tech – book tracks the latest trends

Google searches for information about cancer lead to targeted ads from alternative clinics

Meta’s new AI chatbot is yet another tool for harvesting data to potentially sell you stuff

Google, antitrust enforcement and the future of European digital sovereignty

Efficiency − or empire? How Elon Musk’s hostile takeover could end government as we know it

Do big tech companies have a ‘duty of care’ for users? A new report says they do – but leaves out key details

Why building big AIs costs billions – and how Chinese startup DeepSeek dramatically changed the calculus

Big tech firms like Meta forced to pay for news, under Albanese government’s ‘news bargaining incentive’ charge

There is reliable evidence social media harms young people – debates about it are a misdirection

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