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Meta faces 29 states in US court in biggest test yet of youth social media litigation
Legal experts describe trial as ‘existential’, with Meta saying damages could reach $1.4 trillion
Of course Hollywood is dying. It’s been dying for nearly 80 years
AI is cited as the latest threat to Hollywood’s survival, yet box office revenues are at record levels
Apple’s $5tn moment shows investors are questioning the AI race
The irony is that investors seeking shelter from expensive AI bets have turned to another expensive stock
Meta shares tumble as Mark Zuckerberg tries to sell his vision for AI ‘agents’
Social media chief defends strategy based on personalised bots as costs rise and revenue projections disappoint
The Social Reckoning trailer: Aaron Sorkin’s latest take on Facebook’s fortunes
Since The Social Network first screened in 2010, Facebook has changed beyond recognition
Four months of pay, healthcare benefits: what Meta is offering redundant staff
Under Irish law, companies must offer a minimum of two weeks of normal pay per year of service, plus an additional week’s payment
Meta Ireland staff shrinks 50% from Covid peak
Latest round of cuts much worse than initial 10 per cent feared for Ireland
Fears grow in Government over further tech job losses after Meta cuts 20 per cent of Irish workforce
More cuts expected as roll-out of artificial intelligence technology takes its toll
What lies ahead for Meta in Ireland?
The tech giant will have cut close to half its Dublin numbers after latest round of job losses. So where does it end?
Meta to lay off 350 staff from its Irish offices
Irish-based staff at parent of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram to lose jobs as part of global restructuring
How Trump transformed America’s media order
A recent report found the US was experiencing its sharpest decline in democracy, citing pressure on the media as a key factor
Meta builds AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to interact with staff
Mark Zuckerberg is training and testing his own character as part of wider push to develop ‘personal superintelligence’
Addictive by design: this is the verdict every parent has been waiting for
The real win from this case will be if tech firms are forced to change the way their products are designed
Q&A: It’s been a bad week for social media. What happens now?
A US jury has found Meta and YouTube liable for harm caused by the design of their products
Meta and Google case: Is this social media’s ‘big tobacco’ moment?
A landmark trial found Instagram and YouTube are dangerously addictive. The verdict could reshape social media – and the internet itself
Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation and safety case
Verdict comes from first bench trial to find social media giant liable for acts committed on its platforms
Meta ‘planning sweeping lay-offs’ as AI costs mount
Facebook and Instagram parent has reportedly offered huge pay packages to attract top AI staff
Chuck Feeney, the billionaire who gave Ireland $1.93bn, was the opposite of Trump
Atlantic Philanthropies made 1,616 grants to the island of Ireland totalling $1.93 billion. Its departure left a void that has been hard to fill
Meta cuts staff stock awards for a second straight year
Most employees will receive 5% less in equity rewards after bigger cuts a year before
No legislation being prepared to ban social media access for under-16s, says Government
Coalition plans to consult EU and ‘like-minded countries’ to promote Europe-wide measures that could keep children off social media
Zuckerberg defends Meta in landmark social media trial over teen mental health
Meta CEO claims Meta has improved identifying underage users
Investors are stockpiling gold. I’m stocking up on Aldi torches
That DoD leaflet soon to pop into your postbox is about preparing for extreme weather emergencies. Maybe we need to be be thinking more broadly - invasion, war, climate disaster, nuclear fall-out, AI
Even the most powerful business leaders stay quiet because they fear Trump
Failing to speak out about the US president’s ever more egregious actions is more dangerous than it appears
With €520bn expected to be invested in AI this year, can it ever really deliver artificial general intelligence?
Impact of AI on productivity is apparent but is still relatively small compared to the considerable investments in the technology to date
The European Commission does not want you to read this article
EU executive tried to keep correspondence between union’s tech enforcer and US multinationals under wraps
We already had a perfectly good term for ‘rage bait’ – it’s hate speech
Look at the tech bros lined up at Donald Trump’s inauguration: their cumulative wealth has increased from $40 billion to $1 trillion in 13 years
Facebook Ireland former boss Gareth Lambe: ‘It gave us the ick, seeing Zuckerberg cosy up to Trump’
As Gareth Lambe builds online GP services group Medihive into a major medtech player, he says trust is the key to making the most of technology
Phone zombies are everywhere. What does this mean for us as a society?
So much of the social order depends on the mutual attention inherent in normal sensory experience. When we funnel 90 per cent of our working attention down into screens, we miss a lot
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg should take Billie Eilish’s question seriously
If you’re a billionaire, she asked, why are you a billionaire?
The ‘Cable Cowboy’: The US billionaire who made Ireland his home-from-home
‘Cable cowboy’ also owns two large estates, at Humewood in Wicklow and Castlemartin in Kildare, and regularly stays at both
When Everyone Knows that Everyone Knows by Steven Pinker: Padded out and repetitive
Latest book from Harvard psychology professor feels like 100 pages of original material stretched into a volume three times that length
If Trump’s ‘big beautiful ballroom’ goes to plan it will be capable of staging an Irish wedding
Welcome to the new White House events venue, where dignity is inversely proportional to the quantity of gold
Meta cutting hundreds of AI jobs as firm aims to move faster
Tech giant wants impacted workers to apply for other internal positions
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
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
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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