Investors shrug, but Meta’s $17bn payout comes with a reputational cost
Child protection case settlement removes offers certainty on what could have been a vastly larger liability
Child protection case settlement removes offers certainty on what could have been a vastly larger liability
Could the Norman knight who built Drimnagh Castle in 1240 have imagined it would one day sit near an Aldi?
The big question is how long companies investing billions in the technology can wait for widespread adoption
Potentially seismic lawsuit draws comparisons to 1990s pursuit of tobacco industry
Locals expect Facebook founder to keep to himself in west Waterford
Is the Meta chief executive familiar with the concept of working remotely?
Lawsuit against social media giant was filed jointly by 29 US state attorneys
Meet the billionaire boys’ club snapping up Ireland’s finest country homes
‘Gasping shrieks’ of victims could be heard from the fortress that once stood on the land of Strancally Castle, Co Waterford
Tech billionaire and wife acquire Strancally Castle in off-market transaction
Meta’s Muse Glimmer offers consumers and business localised AI but can it overcome reputational scepticism
If Meta loses case it may face financial penalties of as much as €970m and court orders that could force changes in how it operates its platforms
Document said young users ‘are the best ones’ while another stated teenagers are ‘hooked’, landmark court case hears
Legal experts describe trial as ‘existential’, with Meta saying damages could reach $1.4 trillion
AI is cited as the latest threat to Hollywood’s survival, yet box office revenues are at record levels
The irony is that investors seeking shelter from expensive AI bets have turned to another expensive stock
Social media chief defends strategy based on personalised bots as costs rise and revenue projections disappoint
Since The Social Network first screened in 2010, Facebook has changed beyond recognition
Under Irish law, companies must offer a minimum of two weeks of normal pay per year of service, plus an additional week’s payment
More cuts expected as roll-out of artificial intelligence technology takes its toll
Latest round of cuts much worse than initial 10 per cent feared for Ireland
The tech giant will have cut close to half its Dublin numbers after latest round of job losses. So where does it end?
Irish-based staff at parent of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram to lose jobs as part of global restructuring
A recent report found the US was experiencing its sharpest decline in democracy, citing pressure on the media as a key factor
Mark Zuckerberg is training and testing his own character as part of wider push to develop ‘personal superintelligence’
The real win from this case will be if tech firms are forced to change the way their products are designed
A US jury has found Meta and YouTube liable for harm caused by the design of their products
A landmark trial found Instagram and YouTube are dangerously addictive. The verdict could reshape social media – and the internet itself
Verdict comes from first bench trial to find social media giant liable for acts committed on its platforms
Facebook and Instagram parent has reportedly offered huge pay packages to attract top AI staff
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
Most employees will receive 5% less in equity rewards after bigger cuts a year before
Coalition plans to consult EU and ‘like-minded countries’ to promote Europe-wide measures that could keep children off social media
Meta CEO claims Meta has improved identifying underage users
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
Failing to speak out about the US president’s ever more egregious actions is more dangerous than it appears
Impact of AI on productivity is apparent but is still relatively small compared to the considerable investments in the technology to date
EU executive tried to keep correspondence between union’s tech enforcer and US multinationals under wraps
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
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
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
If you’re a billionaire, she asked, why are you a billionaire?
‘Cable cowboy’ also owns two large estates, at Humewood in Wicklow and Castlemartin in Kildare, and regularly stays at both
Latest book from Harvard psychology professor feels like 100 pages of original material stretched into a volume three times that length
Welcome to the new White House events venue, where dignity is inversely proportional to the quantity of gold
Tech giant wants impacted workers to apply for other internal positions
Countries are increasingly looking to retain control over sensitive data rather leave it in the hands of private operators driven by profit
Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg showed off three new pairs of smart glasses at Meta Connect
I found myself asking what had happened to the concept of f**k you money – but only momentarily
Heads of Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Apple back AI initiative spearheaded by first lady Melania Trump
Tough enforcement continues even as tech bosses court the president
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?
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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