To my surprise, Apple went from surely-about-to-collapse to one of the most valuable companies everKarlin Lillington: It’s sometimes depressing to look back at columns I wrote 10 or 20 years ago and see the exact same unresolved issues around data privacy, copyright, regulation, control, surveillance, digital access and equalityThu Nov 24 2022 - 11:15
Karlin Lillington: A wild geese of tech scenario keeps Ireland frettingOur twin-track economy — booming multinationals and sometimes struggling domestic economy — must be more closely alignedThu Nov 17 2022 - 06:00
#Mastodaoine: Twitter woes prompt Irish Mastodon stampedeLittle-known platform once the preserve of a few is now adding ‘instances’ in the thousandsThu Nov 10 2022 - 06:00
Karlin Lillington: Ireland’s forgotten computer pioneerOnly in his 20s, Percy Ludgate designed the world’s second computer in the early years of the 20th centuryThu Nov 03 2022 - 05:00
Web of Lies by Aoife Gallagher; The Moderator: Inside Facebook’s Dirty Work in Ireland by Chris GrayFrom rabbit-hole conspiracy theories fuelled by the internet, to torrid moderation for a tech giantWed Nov 02 2022 - 04:13
Billionaire-owned platforms lose sight of the vulnerable Reach of Twitter means we will all be affected by Elon Musk closing the deal as planned this week, even if we are not on the platformThu Oct 27 2022 - 05:00
Joe Biden’s move to accommodate EU data protection laws does not go far enough Transatlantic data transfers ‘are critical to enabling the $7.1 trillion EU-US economic relationship’Thu Oct 13 2022 - 05:00
Smartphone upgrade season shows negligence and hypocrisy of consumersUsing your smartphone for seven years is the best way to reduce its environmental impactThu Oct 06 2022 - 05:00
Apparently, in a world full of terrible conflicts, Irish people are especially deserving of work opportunities in USIreland fought for its US ‘undocumented’ even as the ‘undocumented’ here were deported, and refugees isolated into direct provisionThu Sept 15 2022 - 05:30
Karlin Lillington: Energy-hungry big business should accept paying more for their supplyRegulator's proposal to charge big firms for using electricity at peak times is fraction of government supports given over the yearsThu Sept 08 2022 - 05:00
Don’t expect Meta to pull out of EU if DPC halts data transfers to USMeta's threat to halt services in the EU if data transfers to the US are halted should not be taken seriouslyThu Sept 01 2022 - 05:00
Karlin Lillington: An editorial decision that ensured journalism became my careerDeparting Irish Times editor decided to run this column and that proved to be a pivotal momentThu Aug 25 2022 - 05:45
Will Alex Jones’s $49m penalty prove an effective deterrent to disinformation?Disinformation ruins lives and that needs to changeThu Aug 18 2022 - 05:00
Energy crisis can be no surprise to anyone in ‘official Ireland’The precarious nature of the State’s energy supply infrastructure has been long-standing even as we handed out data centre permitsThu Aug 11 2022 - 05:30
Ireland is facing a competition for chip projects that is based in massive corporate welfare handoutsIreland must win cutting-edge projects not to become irrelevant and at risk of closuresThu Aug 04 2022 - 05:00
Beware the aubergine emoji, it’s fraught with miscommunication potentialSurveys suggests it’s best not to send a peach emoji to your boss, nor the aubergine oneThu Jul 28 2022 - 05:00
Uber Files throw harsh light on lack of transparency in lobbyingWhistleblowing is not a regulatory strategy and influencing needs tighter controlsThu Jul 21 2022 - 05:00
Not enough is being done by governments and business to support those hit by online fraudMy older relative is one of so many to have fallen victim to an expensive scamThu Jul 14 2022 - 05:00
The Digital Republic: Karlin Lillington on a book Irish politicians should read as they try to regulate tech This author packs in many important ideas, says Karlin LillingtonTue Jul 12 2022 - 05:38
Ireland’s slapdash approach to data retention legislation sinks to new lowEmergency legislation has been rushed through with little oversight. European court, here we come (for a third time)Thu Jul 07 2022 - 05:00
Women exposed to lack of data privacy after overturning of Roe v WadeTech sector may virtue signal on protecting women workers but it collects data that leaves them vulnerableThu Jun 30 2022 - 05:00
Internet Explorer’s legacy should be as a cautionary tale and blueprintBrowser’s legal travails nearly broke Microsoft but ultimately may have saved the tech giantThu Jun 23 2022 - 05:45
Karlin Lillington: Sheryl Sandberg honed a toxic income model that brought staggering wealth to FacebookWithout her voice in Zuckerberg’s ear, the platform could have become a fleeting social network wonderThu Jun 09 2022 - 05:30
Facial recognition technology: A solution to problems that hardly existSurveilling every person in a building is a hugely disproportionate preventative measureThu Jun 02 2022 - 06:00
Culture shift needed as audiences decline for both real and virtual eventsNet Results: Digital reproductions of the in-person experience will not keep people coming backThu May 26 2022 - 05:00
Farewell iPod, and thanks for all the musical memoriesKarlin Lillington: Now it’s hard to convey just how unique it felt to own oneThu May 19 2022 - 05:30
Toxic data-grabbing environment inhibits real tech innovationThird-party tracking remains ‘a significant and ubiquitous privacy threat’Thu May 12 2022 - 05:30
An anything-goes Twitter? Elon Musk’s fantasy can never come trueNet Results: Law must step up and protect against data power grabs by billionairesThu Apr 28 2022 - 05:30
Net Results: Law enforcement and the digital landscapeIs Ireland not pulling its weight when it comes to applying the GDPR?Thu Apr 21 2022 - 05:30
Pegasus misuse highlights the need for regulation of digital spying toolsGovernments must work together to better delineate uncrossable lines for such softwareThu Apr 14 2022 - 05:30
Graham Dwyer ruling a reminder Ireland lives in a data rights Groundhog DayKarlin Lillington: We just go round and round failing to address serious data issuesThu Apr 07 2022 - 05:30
Karlin Lillington: Ireland misguided in efforts to regulate online abuse‘To compel platforms to divulge information at state or law enforcement request is ... insane’Wed Apr 06 2022 - 05:32
Spyware Pegasus found on hacked mobile phones of four human rights defendersInclusion of several Jordanian women among targets ‘merits special attention’Tue Apr 05 2022 - 10:00
EU-US data transfer deal faces same privacy issues that floored previous accordsKarlin Lillington: ‘In principle’ data protection deals do not have history on their sideThu Mar 31 2022 - 05:30
Ireland’s allure for multinationals is about a lot more than tax ratesKarlin Lillington: Our strength, resilience and openness will keep attracting investorsThu Mar 24 2022 - 05:30
Technology and the green glow of IrelandKarlin Lillington: For a quarter-century, State has been attractive to global tech sectorThu Mar 17 2022 - 05:30
Ireland must be wary about the devastating impact of Russian cyberwarfareKarlin Lillington: People should be taking basic steps to protect against potential cyberattacksThu Mar 10 2022 - 05:30
Data Protection Commission’s Meta ruling could lead to decisive victory for data privacyIf ‘no transfers’ decision gets EU backing, onus will be on US to get its data act togetherThu Mar 03 2022 - 05:30
Pulling the plug on the lucrative business of fake product reviewsNet Results: New laws against false reviews are planned, but will they have any effect?Thu Feb 10 2022 - 05:30
Neil Young may have given Spotify the kick it has long deservedExit by veteran rocker amplifies both streamer’s misinformation and artist exploitationThu Feb 03 2022 - 05:30
Karlin Lillington: Latest instalment in Brexit saga? Free flow of dataIf the UK cannot meet European Union standards, it will become a global data pariahThu Jan 27 2022 - 05:00
Is our open-arms policy on data centres coming back to bite us?Net Results: Data centres’ high energy use may be to blame for loss of chip-making jobsThu Jan 20 2022 - 06:00
Where does hype end and fraud begin in Silicon Valley?Net Results: Rise and fall of Theranos must give the valley and connections pause for thoughtThu Jan 13 2022 - 05:55
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari: Social media, technology and why you can’t pay attentionBook review: An accessible piece of work that sometimes veers into TED Talk territorySat Jan 08 2022 - 06:00
Big Tech faces groundhog day as 2021's challenges set tone for 2022From chip shortages to employee power and calls for regulation, 2021 was a year of concern for the sectorMon Jan 03 2022 - 05:45
Karlin Lillington’s biggest technology stories of 2021: NFTs, Meta and moreNet Results: From mRNA vaccines to discontent with Data Protection CommissionersThu Dec 23 2021 - 05:00
Social media's data key to keeping young people safe onlineLack of detailed evidence means regulators are in dark on what is neededThu Dec 16 2021 - 07:37
DPC needs an overhaul of funding, structure and leadershipNet Results: Inability to take data protection seriously is damaging Ireland’s reputationThu Dec 09 2021 - 06:00
Academics express concern to Zuckerberg over potential Meta harmOpen letter calls on Meta chief to improve research standards on harm to adolescentsMon Dec 06 2021 - 06:18
Graham Dwyer case: Government arrogantly ignored European Court of Justice ruling from 2014Net Results: In light of phone data case Ireland has a cheek telling UK to abide by ECJThu Nov 25 2021 - 05:00
