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. I was also founding editor of indigenous newspaper Land Rights Queensland.
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.

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Posts
Could Trump make a play for telco giants Nokia, Ericsson?
Europe has been pondering whether Donald Trump might make a purchase of Nokia or Ericsson part of a tariff deal?
YouTube TV growth is a warning to Australian TV stations
TV has surpassed mobile as the primary device for watching YouTube in the US. It’s a development that will worry Australian free-to-air stations.
Old smart devices will be a massive security risk
Your smart lights, smart fridge, home router and smart TVs will become a security threat when they no longer qualify for updates.
Space junk threat derails record-breaking rocket launches
A record of five rocket launches in 24-hours was scuttled due to fears about possible collisions with space objects.
Lowkey Digital ID rollout avoids Australia Card 2 mayhem
Bill Shorten says the government has no plan for a publicity campaign to formally promote and explain the new Digital ID framework.
AI agents to be unleashed in Workday upgrade
Around 10,000 companies will gain access to new staff recruitment software enhanced by Workday’s artificial intelligence.
Oracle mulls nuclear energy for powering a data centre
Oracle is designing a data centre with three small nuclear reactors, its cofounder Larry Ellison says.
EV charger maker eLumina unfazed by Tritium’s spectacular collapse
eLumina has showed off its new manufacturing centre at Yatala where it will employ 300 staff to build EV chargers and community batteries.
Companies build AI tools that talk to each other
SAP’s initiative to interconnect generative AI systems heralds an age where artificial intelligence networks and agents swap information.
Big tech joins forces to build SAP’s Gen AI capability
The world’s biggest tech firms are carving out new levels of cooperation to build generative AI systems.