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
Australia’s geekiest politician
His greatest success could be his QR code check-in system during the pandemic.
Trapped in a Google vortex
Google’s threat to block its search engine in Australia reminds us how increasingly powerful and assertive big tech is.
Samsung S21 flagship is Ultra capable
Samsung has gone full bore to ensure its flagship Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G scorches all the competition in 2021.
Apple Fitness+ beats lockdown blues
It’s New Year’s resolution time and getting fit after being in lockdown, stressed and mostly at home is more important than ever.
Calling time on the COVIDSafe app
The COVIDSafe app has delivered an abject lesson that with computer solutions, complexity isn’t better than simplicity.
Gravity defying virtual reality
I try free roam virtual reality at Zero Latency VR’s new Sydney centre.
NeuroNode technology creator Control Bionics to list on ASX
A cutting-edge Australian-US tech firm in the disabilities sector will list on the ASX.
Time for a new piece of Pi
The little credit-card sized Raspberry Pi computer is back in its fourth iteration.
M1 chip jet propels Apple’s MacBook Pro
Apple has delivered power in its new 13-inch MacBook Pro equivalent to a premium model costing $1000 more.
NSW mandating QR codes is a game changer
The decision by NSW to mandate QR codes at venues and centralise the collection of check-in data is a major new step in using digital contact tracing.