Is sovereign AI the answer for Ireland?
Countries are increasingly looking to retain control over sensitive data rather leave it in the hands of private operators driven by profit
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Meta unveils new smart Ray-Ban glasses with augmented reality display
Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg showed off three new pairs of smart glasses at Meta Connect
I should enjoy watching the ritual humiliation of Silicon Valley’s top CEOs. But not like this
I found myself asking what had happened to the concept of f**k you money – but only momentarily
Big Tech bosses court favour with Trumps at White House dinner
Heads of Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Apple back AI initiative spearheaded by first lady Melania Trump
Trump administration doubles down on Big Tech antitrust cases despite Google setback
Tough enforcement continues even as tech bosses court the president
As dating apps lose their appeal, the race is on to create real-world experiences
Can VR and AI rekindle the world of tech-aided matchmaking or are we starting to see a return to the old days of face-to-face meet-ups?
For years this neighbourhood was the dream. Then Mark Zuckerberg moved next door
‘Billionaires everywhere are used to just making their own rules – Zuckerberg and Chan are not unique, except that they’re our neighbours’
Intel chief executive learns the art of staying in Trump’s good books
Lip-Bu Tan’s initial sin was not cultivating a personal relationship with Trump, says one analyst
Big Tech’s spend on generative AI still a staggering shot in the dark
Stellar results from Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta cannot yet be attributed to the technology’s usefulness
Zuckerberg’s ‘mercenary’ AI binge is paying off on Wall Street
Investors are showing a more forgiving streak after the damp squib that was the metaverse
Ireland is exposed as Maga right attempts to take on Big Tech regulation
Concerns are growing that EU officials regulating Big Tech could face US visa bans
Meta shares jump on strong results as Zuckerberg sets out ‘superintelligence’ goals
Stock rises 10% after-hours as profits and revenues beat Wall Street expectations
Posting photos of your children online just got a lot riskier
Meta is trying to work out how it can use the billions, if not trillions, of photos and posts people have uploaded to Facebook and Instagram going back decades to train its AI
Meta trial becomes test of board culpability over corporate scandals
Delaware court to hear testimony from Mark Zuckerberg, executives and directors in rare case that begins this week
‘Like a train slamming into you’: Laura Bates on being the victim of deepfake pornography
Róisín Ingle interviewing Laura Bates on The Women's podcast
Meta introduces advertising to WhatsApp in push for new revenues
US tech giant reverses ‘no ads’ stance at world’s most popular messaging service
Blackpilled: Incels, Media and Masculinity by Meadhbh Park and The New Age of Sexism How the AI Revolution is Reinventing Misogyny by Laura Bates
Two deeply researched, brave and fascinating new books explore how AI-powered tools are remaking old sexist channels for the exploitation and abuse of women - and what could be done about it
Want to understand what money does to your brain? Look at this photo
Almost everything shaping US politics in 2025 has been about the pursuit of money
Zuckerberg saying AI will cure loneliness is like big tobacco suggesting cigarettes can treat cancer
It’s a solution that can only lead to a deeper emptiness and to a lonelier, less human world
Zuckerberg takes pop at Apple during Stripe Sessions talk
In discussion with Stripe cofounder John Collison, Facebook founder addresses AI potential and failure of digital currency Libra
Kamala Harris’s speech of condemnation and Trump’s of braggadocio underscore where US is at after first 100 days
One speech of condemnation and another full of braggadocio underscore where US is at after president’s first 100 days
Careless People: The controversial book is shocking and reveals Facebook is far worse than we could have suspected
Sarah Wynn-Williams’ shocking Meta exposure is a scream-fest for anyone who cares about democracy
Mark Zuckerberg haunted by old emails in high-stakes US trial
Meta founder’s antitrust defence rests on showing that TikTok is rapidly expanding in his main market
Instagram’s co-founder testifies Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg withheld resources
Kevin Systrom backs US Federal Trade Commission’s case in monopoly trial
There is no way that big tech can avoid being pulled into the transatlantic trade war
Despite Ireland’s best efforts, the digital tech companies will be pulled into the conflict - this will threaten jobs and could have implications for the way we all use the internet
What if Mark Zuckerberg had not bought Instagram and WhatsApp?
The big ticket deals were derided at the time, but the apps are now two of the most important parts of Meta’s business
Meta’s Zuckerberg says TikTok is a major competitive threat
US Federal Trade Commission looking to unwind Facebook’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp in 2012 and 2014
Meta’s Zuckerberg admits he bought Instagram because its camera was ‘better’
Admission appears to bolster allegations by US antitrust enforcers that Meta used a ‘buy or bury’ strategy to snap up potential rivals
Zuckerberg says Meta has more competitors than FTC claims
US government is arguing that Instagram acquisition should be unwound
The American counter-revolution is being led by Dow Jones, S&P and Nasdaq
The most effective pushback against Donald Trump right now is a plunging financial graph
The WhatsAppification of work has ruined my work-life balance
A dividing line between work and social life has been breached
Facebook exposé Careless People is a gruesome update to The Social Network
Sharks, wasps and billionaires combine to make this memoir by Sarah Wynn-Williams the blueprint for a much-needed sequel to The Social Network
How to spot a low performer at work
It’s a lot harder than it should be despite decades of corporate effort
Facebook whistleblower finds mischievous party animal Enda Kenny ‘almost charming’
Plus: James Dyson could be in for a land in Waterford; the Irish master of plaster; and the NCH’s bonus buyout
If men were killing beetles at the rate they’re attacking women, something would be done
They were daughters, mothers, sisters, aunts, women with histories and plans for the lives they had yet to live
Why women are having fewer babies, in Ireland and worldwide
In Ireland, during 2024 the birth rate fell to 1.5 per woman – even lower than the United States rate of 1.6
Salesforce to cut about 50 jobs in Dublin as part of global initiative
Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke received a collective redundancy notification from the software company on February 4th
Meta Ireland staff seek legal advice over latest job cuts at tech giant
Mark Zuckerberg said the cuts were ‘performance-based’ but some employees have queried the legality of the process
Ireland’s EU commissioner snubs offer to meet top Meta executive
Michael McGrath dodged request to sit down with Facebook executive Nick Clegg, records show
Meta begins to inform Irish staff of ‘performance-based’ job cuts
Facebook owner announced plans to trim 5% of its workforce globally last month
Facebook at 21: a lesson in patience and profits
The hardest part of investing isn’t picking winners; it’s having the stomach to hold them
No one is asking Meta to act as God - just not to pollute the public space with lies
Unthinkable: Meta’s stance on fact-checking resembles a philosophical position known as ‘epistemological anarchy’
Trump is a throwback to days when destitute Ireland gazed at Haughey and thought he’d make us rich
The worship of mammon and mammon-makers has brought us to the point where a rich felon purports to rule the world and carve it up to his liking
Meta agrees to pay Trump $25m to settle lawsuit
Payment relates to suspension of US president’s accounts in wake of Capitol riot
Housing delivery forecast to ‘stagnate’
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Zuckerberg’s culture shift at Meta could make it hard to find new recruits willing to work in his macho organisation
Invention and product innovation require the best minds in cohesive teams, strong collegiality and respect, regardless of sex, skin colour, or religion
Tech bros welcome masculine energy back to workplace. It’s news to me it ever went away
There was overreach after the #MeToo movement but the backlash against women we’re seeing now is ferocious
Trump’s tech bros face comeuppance amid DeepSeek panic
There is poetic justice in a small Chinese AI start-up challenging US giants. Washington is shooting itself in the foot with chip export restrictions and clampdown on tech talent visas
OpenAI’s Sam Altman vows ‘better models’ as China’s DeepSeek disrupts global AI race
Executives and investors question valuations and whether vast capital outlays are needed after all
How Silicon Valley’s tech moguls discovered a new toy they could fight over: the American president
The digerati developed a monopoly on Americans’ attention, creating division, distrust and envy under the innocent guise of connecting us and making our lives better
Holocaust survivor: ‘I saw normal people in Auschwitz and I saw sadists there who killed people’
As Europe faces a new wave of extreme nationalism, one of the last survivors of Auschwitz looks back
More corporate chiefs fall in line behind Napoleonic Trump
Former Trump critic Sam Altman of OpenAI suddenly reckons the US president ‘will be incredible for the country in many ways’
Mr Cook goes to Washington and other tales from Trump’s inauguration
Planet Business: Executive order recap, the man who designed Melania Trump’s hat and how the television ratings compared to previous ceremonies
Apple share slump amid iPhone woes should sound caution for new Government
Tech giant’s international operation in Cork believed to be largest taxpayer in Republic
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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