ComCom's annual telco monitoring report is out, Dotcom fights to stay in NZ, the amazing Roto VR chair, and Google's new Pixel phones

kick him out dot com he lied on his immigration application when he came here in the first place then he insulted us as well when he said  we bowed to the USA when we have extradition treaties that work both ways .His other partners pleaded guilty so why does he think hes not.A pure w**ker

The German big sausage is finally gave in. He's early adopter of cloud storage and a bit of a cowboy in his dealing towards copyrights.

Kind of feeling sorry for him in some ways 

Does Dotcom resemble Benny Hill.

I see local tech company Aware Group has been bought too, by HSO. They were NZ leaders in the AI space...

I don't like him but what crime did he commit while living in NZ? If he did commit a crime here then prosecute him here. What crime did he commit while living in the USA? Even if he is the world's most evil man why does it take over a decade to process an extradition in NZ? What is wrong with our bureaucracy?

Adios Kim / Kym

New Pixel phones abet missing a key update for now (and hopefully not for too long):

"Google's master software for some Android phones includes a hidden feature that is insecure and could be activated to allow remote control or spying on users, according to a security company that found it inside phones at a U.S. intelligence contractor."

"The feature appears intended to give employees at stores selling Pixel phones and other models deep access to the devices so they can demonstrate how they work, according to researchers at iVerify who shared their findings with The Washington Post. The discovery and Google's lack of explanation alarmed the intelligence contractor, data analysis platform vendor Palantir Technologies, to the extent that it has stopped issuing Android phones to employees, Palantir told The Post. "Mobile security is a very real concern for us, given where we're operating and who we're serving," Palantir Chief Information Security Officer Dane Stuckey said. "This was very deleterious of trust, to have third-party, unvetted insecure software on it. We have no idea how it got there, so we made the decision to effectively ban Androids internally." The security company said it contacted Google about its findings more than 90 days ago and that the tech giant has not indicated whether it would remove or fix the application. On Wednesday night, Google told The Post that it would issue an update to remove the application. "Out of an abundance of precaution, we will be removing this from all supported in-market Pixel devices with an upcoming Pixel software update," said company spokesperson Ed Fernandez. He said distributors of other Android phones would also be notified."

Once that Roto VR Explorer chair swivels in two planes ... I want one. (Being developed as we speak, btw. They're having problems stopping people from falling out forwards.)

 Isn't it surprising.  About a month after Luxon's US visit an extradition order is signed on Kim Dotcoms. Luxon kowtowing to the US. And what do we get in return? The Steel and Aluminium sanctions via high tariffs still remain in place. What else is the US screwing us on?