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Children need stronger protection from harmful online crime content, media watchdog says

Coimisiún na Meán will address Oireachtas committee alongside Meta, TikTok and Google, amid concern over dangerous driving videos shared online

Let’s put data miners in a spin

Google fine should make us more vigilant to breaches of our privacy

Google, Meta and TikTok to defend record of policing illegal content at Oireachtas

Media regulator concerned about ‘glorification of dangerous activity’ after fatal M9 crash in August

Explainer: Why it may take years for Google to pay its latest Irish fine

Data Protection Commission has levied about €4.5bn in fines on companies overall, yet barely €20m has been paid so far

Google fine of more than €400m a win for data protection watchdogs

Decison to penalise tech giant related to complaints made as far back as 2018

Irish data protection watchdog fines Google €403m over GDPR breaches

Users may have been ‘unaware’ that location data was being used to ‘influence them with ads’

Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies

Google felt the hacks that occurred in May during a cybersecurity evaluation by an AI-security firm did not require public disclosure

The age of the exciting smartphone launch is over, but is a new sort of device on its way?

Will an audience raised on that endless video scroll really be seduced by a screenless box?

Pinterest appoints new managing director for Britain and Ireland

Fintan Gillespie to oversee company’s business, working with advertisers and partners and the local team

‘Gambling with our lives’: How talk in AI companies is increasingly turning to doomsday

Researchers in big tech firms are sounding the alarm about the dangers of artificial intelligence

OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back calls to put brakes on ‘reckless’ AI development

Rival technology leaders throw weight behind appeal from founder and chief executive of AI company Anthropic

‘Duo is the most pricey iPhone to date’: reactions to Apple’s foldable phone

Prices start at €2,369 and it will not be available in Ireland until late October

Apple changed Lake Ontario name after Trump contact

Apple move to rename lake for US users comes on foot of Trump order; Mapquest refuses to do so and tops Apple’s app list

Ireland can’t be a dumping ground for data centres other countries don’t want

They have become a defining question everywhere – except Ireland. Why?

Canada erects giant ‘Lake Ontario’ sign as spat with Trump over name escalates

Google Maps now shows ‘Lake America’ in US, not Lake Ontario

How the finance sector redeemed itself and what tech can learn from it

From court settlements to increased calls for regulation, the sector has become the new black sheep

Tech giants warn that window to defend against AI attacks is narrowing

Open letter signed by OpenAI and Anthropic among others signals doubt on ability to control AI models

‘We can get rid of them for €3,000’: How small businesses are being targeted by fake reviews

For a wedding photographer, one negative review was all it took for couples to look elsewhere

Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold review: €2,000 will fulfil your need for a folding smartphone

As far as upgrades go, there are only minor differences between last year’s Pixel Fold Pro 10 and this new version

Combilift develops US exports amid strong demand from Tesla and Google

Monaghan fork-lift manufacturer chasing in on boom in data centres and prefabricated construction

Details of Taoiseach’s correspondence with tech giant Apple withheld on security grounds

Some of the world’s biggest technology companies lobbied the Government on AI and online safety before Ireland’s EU presidency

US multinationals call for ‘clearly defined’ funding for energy grid improvements in Budget 2027

AmCham says Ministers should also reduce marginal income tax rates to ‘support talent attraction and retention’

Google unveils AI-enhanced Pixel 11 phones and new wearables

Company looks to win over consumers to its devices by touting the benefits of the advanced technology

EY Entrepreneur of the Year profiles: From push notes to balconies and diamond rings

We profile four of the finalists chosen in the established category for this year’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards

Translation technology is altering the status quo of language education

We must be pragmatic and move with the times

When I first laid eyes on pockets of South Co Dublin my blissful ignorance was shattered

If Shrewsbury Road residents have a neighbourhood WhatsApp, what do they text about?

‘Tell me everything’: chatbot prompt test reveals how proficient firms are at building user profiles

People worldwide are still trying to understand the privacy implications of conversing with AI companions

Why workers are nostalgic for life before artificial intelligence

Many white-collar professionals worry about the tech inhibiting creativity and making errors

Hundreds of Irish writers set to share millions of euro after €1.31bn Anthropic settlement

Artificial intelligence giant settles copyright infringement case

Google’s chatty new home speaker with built-in Gemini AI for €99

Google’s AI bot Gemini is built into the home speaker offering

‘Rainy day’ fund billions should be spent on housing, says Google Ireland chief

`I have young children. Honestly, they’re going to leave unless we have houses and jobs for them’

EU fines Google €890m in test of Donald Trump’s threats to protect Big Tech

EU competition chief says it is bloc’s ‘duty to defend rule of law’ while delivering ‘strong message’ to search giant

Google burns through $6bn in cash as AI spending climbs again

Search giant says it will commit up to $205bn to AI investments in 2026

Google operations add €10bn to Irish economy, research finds

Company unveils latest building in Dublin, The Bakery, and says AI will ‘transform’ rather than threaten jobs

European shares fall amid heightened Middle East tension and Ryanair profit slump

Oil prices wobble as shipping traffic in Strait of Hormuz comes almost to a halt

How will the Government’s Digital Wallet work?

Following a pilot period with up to 10,000 users, the Digital Wallet could eventually store your driving licence, passport and birth cert

The market is learning that the magnificent seven are no longer one

Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla are now behaving like separate companies

Politicians bemoan RTÉ’s failures, then make them worse

No enterprise could absorb an 18-year price freeze on its primary revenue stream while costs keep climbing

RTÉ is straying into areas already well served by private publishers

If journalistic output no longer has to fit anything, how much of it should there be?

AI software that generates ‘rage bait’ developed by Germany’s far-right AfD

Alternita platform uses Google Gemini, OpenAI and Claude to create provocative social media posts

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