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==New links== ==Outages== 3 September 2024 Internet Outage in some parts of Auckland Vandalism behind widespread internet outage in Auckland https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/526909/vandalism-behind-widespread-internet-outage-in-auckland 3 September 2024 If your internet service is down in the Auckland suburbs of Mangere Bridge and Onehunga, here's why https://www.interest.co.nz/technology/129539/if-your-internet-service-down-auckland-suburbs-mangere-bridge-and-onehunga-heres 3rd Sep 24. The screenshot is from https://www.chorus.co.nz/help/tools/internet-outages-map Juha updated his interest.co.nz article at Sept 3 17:13. Speculation in r/newzealand from "Copper services were also affected." in RNZ article that perhaps this was due to copper being stolen. However Juha's article has photo with caption "Chorus contractors splicing and repairing the damaged fibre optic cable under Mangere Bridge. " Wayback machine - Internet Archive - Outage The Internet Archive is under attack, with a breach revealing info for 31 million accounts https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/9/24266419/internet-archive-ddos-attack-pop-up-message Oct 10, 2024, 10:26 AM GMT+13 After Breach, Internet Archive Expects to Return Within 'Days, Not Weeks' https://www.pcmag.com/news/after-breach-internet-archive-expects-to-return-within-days-not-weeks or https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/after-breach-internet-archive-expects-to-return-within-days-not-weeks/ar-AA1s7joo October 11, 2024 Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine under DDoS cyber-attack Posted on May 28, 2024 by Chris Freeland https://blog.archive.org/2024/05/28/internet-archive-and-the-wayback-machine-under-ddos-cyber-attack/ This indicates the latest event isn't the first time it was attacked this year. Internet Archive Is Back Online After DDoS Attacks, But Is Read-Only for Now https://www.pcmag.com/news/internet-archive-is-back-online-in-a-provisional-read-only-manner or https://www.yahoo.com/tech/internet-archive-back-online-ddos-142349610.html October 14, 2024 ArsTechnica says "Wayback is Back" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/the-internet-archive-and-its-916-billion-saved-webpages-are-back-online/ == Scams == Scam Facebook ads targeting media trust https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/mediawatch/531305/scam-facebook-ads-targeting-media-trust Mediawatch, RNZ. 20 October 2024 Pensioner loses $224k after being tricked by AI deepfake Christopher Luxon cryptocurrency investment scam https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/pensioner-loses-224k-after-being-tricked-by-ai-deepfake-christopher-luxon-cryptocurrency-investment-scam/YLG3EQMOAZATVARBL5ITDRL2DA/ NZ Herald. 20 Oct, 2024. ==IRD - taxpayers - privacy== IRD giving anonymised taxpayer details to social media platforms for ad campaigns Inland Revenue giving thousands of taxpayers' details to social media platforms for ad campaigns https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/527419/inland-revenue-giving-thousands-of-taxpayers-details-to-social-media-platforms-for-ad-campaigns 9 September 2024 "Inland Revenue is giving hundreds of thousands of taxpayers' details to social media platforms for marketing campaigns, using an anonymisation tool that top international regulators say is inadequate at protecting people's personal information." IRD data sharing: Safety of anonymising detail to be examined https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/527498/ird-data-sharing-safety-of-anonymising-detail-to-be-examined 9 September 2024 Making a hash of it: The lowdown on Inland Revenue and your data https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528064/making-a-hash-of-it-the-lowdown-on-inland-revenue-and-your-data 15 September 2024 Privacy complaint lodged over IRD's data-sharing with social media companies https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/528112/privacy-complaint-lodged-over-ird-s-data-sharing-with-social-media-companies 16 September 2024 Care is needed with data anonymisation https://privacy.org.nz/publications/statements-media-releases/care-is-needed-with-data-anonymisation/ 17 September 2024 IRD admits supplying Facebook with ‘raw’ data on 268,000 taxpayers https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360474178/ird-admits-supplying-facebook-raw-data-268000-taxpayers November 5, 2024 Inland Revenue Stops Using Custom Audience Lists https://www.ird.govt.nz/media-releases/2024/inland-revenue-stops-using-custom-audience-lists OR https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2411/S00118/inland-revenue-stops-using-custom-audience-lists.htm Press Release: Inland Revenue Department. 5 November 2024 IRD to stop sharing taxpayers' details with social media platforms following backlash https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/532905/ird-to-stop-sharing-taxpayers-details-with-social-media-platforms-following-backlash 5 November 2024 Inland Revenue told to allow taxpayers to opt out of social media data sharing https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/532956/inland-revenue-told-to-allow-taxpayers-to-opt-out-of-social-media-data-sharing 6 November 2024 Inland Revenue's apology for privacy breach of people's details questioned by taxpayers' https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/532986/inland-revenue-s-apology-for-privacy-breach-of-people-s-details-questioned-by-taxpayers 6 November 2024 ==NZ Govt - Space== * New Zealand Space and Advanced Aviation Strategy 2024-2030 https://www.mbie.govt.nz/science-and-technology/space/new-zealand-space-and-advanced-aviation-strategy * NZ Space Agency website https://www.mbie.govt.nz/science-and-technology/space * Judith Collins gave a speech to the 2024 Aerospace Summit on 24 September. Speech https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/speech-2024-aerospace-summit Press release: Government Helping Advanced Aviation Take Off https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-helping-advanced-aviation-take or https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2409/S00219/government-helping-advanced-aviation-take-off.htm * Government plans to launch its own satellite by 2030 https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528884/government-plans-to-launch-its-own-satellite-by-2030 24 September 2024 * Māori Aerospace Group weren't consulted on government's new Space Strategy https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/529004/maori-aerospace-group-weren-t-consulted-on-government-s-new-space-strategy 25 September 2024 * National appears to abandon plans to streamline space launch permits https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528974/national-appears-to-abandon-plans-to-streamline-space-launch-permits 25 September 2024 ==NZ Govt - AI== * Government to launch AI chatbot called Gov-GPT https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527680/government-to-launch-ai-chatbot-called-gov-gpt 11 September 2024 * Government unlocking potential of AI https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-unlocking-potential-ai or https://beta1.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2409/S08580/government-unlocking-potential-of-ai.htm * Callaghan Innovation and Whāriki Māori Business Network develop GovGPT AI chatbot pilot project with Microsoft https://www.interest.co.nz/technology/129681/callaghan-innovation-and-wh%C4%81riki-m%C4%81ori-business-network-develop-govgpt-ai-chatbot 11th Sep 24. * Government chatbot 'ringfenced' to specific websites https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527761/government-chatbot-ringfenced-to-specific-websites 12 September 2024 * ACC trial of artificial intelligence sees boost in quality, speed of work https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528611/acc-trial-of-artificial-intelligence-sees-boost-in-quality-speed-of-work 21 September 2024 ACC using Microsoft's Copilot, a generative AI programme * GovGPT artificial intelligence pilot goes live https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/22/govgpt-artificial-intelligence-pilot-goes-live/ 22/10/2024 * GovGPT Pilot Available Publicly For Testing And Validation https://www.callaghaninnovation.govt.nz/stories/govgpt-pilot-available-publicly-for-testing-and-validation/ or https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC2410/S00030/govgpt-pilot-available-publicly-for-testing-and-validation.htm Press Release: Callaghan Innovation. 16 October 2024 * NZ joins UK initiative for AI safety https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/nz-joins-uk-initiative-ai-safety OR https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2410/S00185/nz-joins-uk-initiative-for-ai-safety.htm 23 October 2024 ** The Bletchley Declaration by Countries Attending the AI Safety Summit, 1-2 November 2023 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-safety-summit-2023-the-bletchley-declaration/the-bletchley-declaration-by-countries-attending-the-ai-safety-summit-1-2-november-2023 ** GPT-4 takes a look at the Bletchley Declaration on AI safety for us, now that the NZ govt is joining it https://www.interest.co.nz/technology/130392/gpt-4-takes-look-bletchley-declaration-ai-safety-us-now-nz-govt-joining-it 23rd Oct 24 * Note: NZ Govt press release on AI is usually from Hon Judith Collins KC, Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology, and for Digitising Government. She has many portfolios (at the time of this note 28 Oct 2024) including Attorney-General, Defence - Minister, Digitising Government - Minister, GCSB - Minister Responsible, NZSIS - Minister Responsible, Science, Innovation and Technology - Minister, Space - Minister, Government’s Response to the Royal Commission’s Report into the Terrorist Attack on the Christchurch Mosques - Lead Coordination Minister * NZ is encouraging the use of AI – but it’s largely outsourcing the risks and societal costs https://theconversation.com/nz-is-encouraging-the-use-of-ai-but-its-largely-outsourcing-the-risks-and-societal-costs-240666 OR https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC2410/S00053/nz-is-encouraging-the-use-of-ai-but-its-largely-outsourcing-the-risks-and-societal-costs.htm BY Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato and Amanda Turnbull, Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato NCSC / NZ cybersecurity NZ officials silent on questions over Temu and cybersecurity https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/529903/nz-officials-silent-on-questions-over-temu-and-cybersecurity 5 October 2024 NZ Tech Nelson AI Sandbox https://aisandbox.org.nz/ fb https://www.facebook.com/nelsonaisandbox/ AI Sandbox: A Community Hub for AI Education and Innovation https://uniquelynelson.nz/2024/03/26/ai-sandbox-a-community-hub-for-ai-education-and-innovation/ Self-driving boat on show in Nelson https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/528753/self-driving-boat-on-show-in-nelson 23 September 2024 Marine AI https://www.marineai.nz/ Kitmap NZ https://www.kitmap.govt.nz/ Kitmap resource platform launched, seeks to optimise use of Aotearoa New Zealand's scitech research infrastructure https://www.interest.co.nz/technology/129837/kitmap-resource-platform-launched-seeks-optimise-use-aotearoa-new-zealands Kitmap to improve access to science infrastructure https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/kitmap-improve-access-science-infrastructure or scoop https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2409/S00197/kitmap-to-improve-access-to-science-infrastructure.htm 20 September 2024 Kitmap: Supporting A Thriving Science, Innovation And Technology Sector by Calaghan Innovation https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC2409/S00045/kitmap-supporting-a-thriving-science-innovation-and-technology-sector.htm Elon Musk's SpaceX Starlink satellite broadband provider deemed liable for Telco Development Levy for the first time https://www.interest.co.nz/technology/130414/elon-musks-spacex-starlink-satellite-broadband-provider-deemed-liable-telco 24th Oct 24 Starlink To Contribute To Telecommunications Development Levy For The First Time https://comcom.govt.nz/news-and-media/media-releases/2024/starlink-to-contribute-to-telecommunications-development-levy-for-the-first-time Press Release: Commerce Commission. 24 October 2024. scoop: https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU2410/S00412/starlink-to-contribute-to-telecommunications-development-levy-for-the-first-time.htm ==Robots== Serving robots * The robots already working in New Zealand hotels https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/530109/the-robots-already-working-in-new-zealand-hotels 8 October 2024 2019 Robots in China - Perhaps call them room service or concierge robots 17 March 2019 Food delivery robot for a building. Michelle Dickinson with vid of robot delivering food to her hotel room in Guangzhou, China https://www.facebook.com/michelle.dickinson/videos/10161824784395495/ Cycle delivery courier put food into the robot when they arrived at the building. Robot takes it up to the room. 20 November 2019 Anna Fifield - twitter video https://x.com/annafifield/status/1196952444640661504 "I called for more coffee pods in my Shanghai hotel room and this is how they came to me" 2022 Robots cooking and preparing meals. scmp fb video https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3171988979725238 recorded in Shanghai, China in December 2021. posted on 22 February 2022 New Zealand: 27 November 2019 fb video https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2619567201466268 The earliest I've seen so far of a robot waiter in NZ. 108 Tastes, a chinese restaurant at 100 Carlton Gore Road, Newmarket, Auckland. According to 2 comments made in the 1 Jan 2022 reddit post, Miracle Asian restaurant in Nelson has a robot waiter too. Looked it up on fb and found this 2 Oct 2021 vid announcing its presence https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1534967213519882 "Welcome to the newest member of our team! ✨”Mira Robot ✨our indoor Service Robot @ Miracle Asian Restaurant on 200 Hardy St,. Nelson. 🎉🎉 Come in and say hello 🤩🤩 " What it does is allow one person to make one trip when multiple trips to ferry dishes to the table. A more recent clip shows it delivering a sundae while playing Happy Birthday song. Cha Cha robot at Chai Yo restaurant in Nelson on 26 September 2021 https://www.facebook.com/chaiyorestaurantrichmond/posts/1829016750637343 About on their website shows both Miracle and Chai yo owned by same couple. Stuff article on Dec 12 2021 - Bamboo Garden, Blenheim: Inside the Kiwi restaurant with a robot waiter https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/nz/marlborough/300475264/bamboo-garden-blenheim-inside-the-kiwi-restaurant-with-a-robot-waiter Same sort of robot as the 2 in Nelson (Well one nelson and one Richmond, Nelson) So someone (business or person) has brought in a few of these and selling or leasing them out? Cobb & Co Rotorua 1 Jan 2022 reddit post https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/rt7oxf/cobb_and_co_rotorua_has_a_robot/ "He found it for sale in China a month ago, spent $25,000 on it and it was installed two weeks ago. A team of people came to help map out the restaurant, so the bot knows which table is where. It works like this: waiters simply place food on it, then enter the table number it’s going to. Batteries last most of the day. It’s never dropped anything. No one’s tried to steal it. Yet." Piece by Seven Sharp on TV1 on the Cobb and Co bots on 11 May 2022 Cobb & Co Rotorua add robots to the staff roster https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/05/11/cobb-co-rotorua-add-robots-to-the-staff-roster/ Bella-bots cost $26,000 each. "... a Facebook ad caught his attention..." I still think they need cloches to cover the food especially with the attention the bots were getting from kids etc. * West Auckland restaurant Bikanervala Henderson, 214 Universal Drive, Henderson https://www.bikanervalahenderson.co.nz/ ‘No hassles, no sickies, this is the future’: Can robots solve the restaurant crisis? https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/28-02-2022/no-hassles-no-sickies-this-is-the-future-can-robots-solve-the-restaurant-crisis February 28, 2022 * "At Paihia restaurant Green's Thai Cuisine, the BellaBot means wait staff can spend an average of 11 to 12 minutes longer at each table, owner Vikas Sharma​ said." Robot waiter helps ease staff shortages in busy Northland restaurant https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-drink/127500316/robot-waiter-helps-ease-staff-shortages-in-busy-northland-restaurant Jan 14 2022 == Insecure robovac == Insecure Deebot robot vacuums collect photos and audio to train AI https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-05/robot-vacuum-deebot-ecovacs-photos-ai/104416632 5 Oct 2024 We hacked a robot vacuum — and could watch live through its camera https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-04/robot-vacuum-hacked-photos-camera-audio/104414020 4 Oct 2024 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-04/naus_spyingrobotstwt_0410/104433002 ===Robovac hacked=== * Hackers took over robovacs to chase pets and yell slurs https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/12/24268508/hacked-ecovacs-deebot-x2-racial-slurs-chase-pets Oct 13, 2024, 6:23 AM GMT+13 "Ecovacs blamed a “credential stuffing event” for Deebot X2 Omni robot vacuums that were commandeered to spew hateful words." * Hackers take control of robot vacuums in multiple cities, yell racial slurs https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-11/robot-vacuum-yells-racial-slurs-at-family-after-being-hacked/104445408 Oct 11, 2024 ==Australia== esafety and X/twitter X fails to avoid Australia child safety fine by arguing Twitter doesn’t exist https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/x-loses-appeal-of-400k-australia-child-safety-fine-now-faces-more-fines/ 4 October 2024. Australian Federal Court Judgement released yesterday 4 October 2024. X Corp v eSafety Commissioner [2024] FCA 1159 eSafety Commissioner statement (includes a link to the judgement) https://www.esafety.gov.au/newsroom/media-releases/esafety-statement-federal-court-judgment or https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2024/2024fca1159 X Corp loses court challenge over fine for child abuse material notice allegedly on Twitter https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-04/x-corp-loses-court-challenge-over-child-abuse-notice/104434580 AAP / ABC (Aust). 4 October 2024 == Social Media == Facial recognition / Meta / Facebook Will Meta's new facial recognition technology put a dent in the number of celebrity scams on Facebook? https://www.interest.co.nz/technology/130365/will-metas-new-facial-recognition-technology-put-dent-number-celebrity-scams 22nd Oct 24, 12:01pm How your social media posts are training AI: What you need to know https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-need-to-know/526521/how-your-social-media-posts-are-training-ai-what-you-need-to-know RNZ 29 August 2024 ==Australia to export solar power to Singapore== World’s ‘largest solar precinct’ approved by Australian government https://apnews.com/article/australia-singapore-solar-sun-cable-22dc0b31f4105411bc837a724977a8be 4:53 PM GMT+13, August 21, 2024 S’pore gives conditional nod to import solar power from Australia via 4,200km of subsea cables https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/s-pore-gives-conditional-nod-to-import-solar-power-from-australia-via-4200km-of-subsea-cables Updated Oct 22, 2024, 12:49 PM EMA Grants Conditional Approval of 1.75 GW of Electricity Imports from Australia https://www.ema.gov.sg/news-events/news/media-releases/2024/ema-grants-conditional-approval-of-one-point-seven-five-gigawatts-of-electricity-imports-from-australia Media Releases 22 Oct 2024 EMA is Energy Market Authority of Singapore Singapore grants conditional approval for Sun Cable to import 1.75GW of electricity from Australia https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/electricity-imports-australia-singapore-suncable-solar-power-undersea-cables-ema-4688131 22 Oct 2024 10:29AM (Updated: 22 Oct 2024 01:06PM) Australia-Asia Power Link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia-Asia_Power_Link NANOG Ethernet at NANOG 92 in Toronto in October 2024 https://blog.apnic.net/2024/11/01/ethernet-at-nanog-92/ By Geoff Huston on 1 Nov 2024 NANOG 92 meeting materials are available online. https://nanog.org/events/nanog-92/agenda/ Tech Companies Flag Piracy Blocking as Threat to the Open Internet & Digital Trade https://torrentfreak.com/tech-companies-flag-piracy-blocking-as-threat-to-the-open-internet-and-digital-trade-241030/ 30 October 2024. USTR Significant Foreign Trade Barriers 2025: i2Coalition Comments https://i2coalition.com/significant-foreign-trade-barriers-2025-i2coalition-comments/ October 24, 2024 Acronym and names: i2coalition is Internet Infrastructure Coalition, USTR is Office of the United States Trade Representative, i2Coalition Internet Infrastructure Policy Brief: October 2024 https://i2coalition.com/i2coalition-internet-infrastructure-policy-brief-october-2024/ October 29, 2024 Alphabet / Google use of AI Google CEO says over 25% of new Google code is generated by AI https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/google-ceo-says-over-25-of-new-google-code-is-generated-by-ai/ 31 Oct 2024 Many other articles. Widely reported because "CEO Sundar Pichai said on the company’s third quarter 2024 earnings call." Q3 earnings call: CEO’s remarks https://blog.google/inside-google/message-ceo/alphabet-earnings-q3-2024/ Oct 29, 2024 ------ ==Old contents of Misc page== last updated 2015-11-25 17:55 below ==Community Fruit Harvesting== * [[Citrus for Christchurch]] * [[ClearGlassBottles]] == Misc Pages == * [[Service]] * [[PublicHolidays]] - List of Cafes/restaurants/eateries public holiday policies (that we know of) * [[Meetings]] - List of venues with food, drink, wi-fi, * [[Kids]] - List of venues suitable for kids. * [[Easter2010]] - List of Cafes/restaurants/eateries and their Easter 2010 info [[ToDo]]

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