I am an award-winning journalist with an unquenchable passion for technology who has written across a wide range of subjects during 30 years of media reporting in print, online and broadcast media.

Mainstream media roles include Consumer Affairs Reporter, Legal Affairs Reporter, City Hall Reporter, Assistant Chief of Staff, Deputy News Editor online, Media Development Editor and for 10 years as Senior Technology Journalist at The Australian newspaper. Recent specialities include artificial intelligence, telecommunications, digital copyright and consumer product reviews, including reviewing all forms of modern electric transport. If it moves, I’m on it, or in it – and spruiking it.

I’m available for special projects such as freelance news and feature writing, newspaper, TV and radio commentary, technical report writing, media training and strategies, MCing and conducting classes around using specific consumer technology. Feel free to contact me at crgriffo@gmail.com.

How to drive an EV without worrying about running out of charge: MG HS +EV review

Posted on June 30, 2022November 27, 2023 by Chris Griffith

Have you ruled out an electric vehicle because you take the occasional long trip? A plug in hybrid like the MG HS +EV may be the answer.

Rode releases a podcasting wizard

Posted on June 16, 2022November 27, 2023 by Chris Griffith

Rode’s RodeCaster Pro II lets everyday consumers create professional sounding audio podcasts and live broadcasts.

Mark Zuckerberg shows off new VR headsets, but do we buy his Metaverse?

Posted on June 15, 2022November 18, 2023 by Chris Griffith

Mark Zuckerberg has displayed prototype VR headsets that make the metaverse look as real as reality itself.

Cisco runs US pilot for 3D holographic video chat

Posted on June 1, 2022November 27, 2023 by Chris Griffith

I’m at Cisco’s Sydney office chatting across a table to Mohammad Hadi. Actually he’s 12,000km away.

Russia’s crypto apps rake in money from the west

Posted on April 14, 2022November 27, 2023 by Chris Griffith

The theatre of war in the eastern separatist region of Ukraine has been linked to cryptocurrencies and apps that are available today in Apple and Google app stores.

AI expert dismisses Russian weapons’ claim as bogus

Posted on April 6, 2022November 28, 2023 by Chris Griffith

An Australian professor of artificial intelligence has dismissed a claim that Russian antipersonnel mines can distinguish between soldiers and civilians.

Hydrus underwater drone combs the ocean for hours

Posted on April 1, 2022November 27, 2023 by Chris Griffith

Meet Hydrus, a small fully autonomous underwater drone that can comb an ocean at up to 3000 metres below the surface for 3 hours.

Inside Conti, the world’s most feared ransomware gang

Posted on March 7, 2022November 27, 2023 by Chris Griffith

The leaking of more than a hundred thousand internal messages at the world‘s biggest ransomware gang has offered explosive insights into how it attacks its victims which include Australian companies.