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Staff given daily meal allowances for breakfast, lunch and dinner as a perk common in Big Tech companies

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Increasingly confident investors looking beyond tech giants, suggesting reign may be over — for now at least

Row centres around claims that critical facility engineers had rostering arrangements changed without consultation

Developer has a history of legal battles with his collaborators

Meta accused of ‘extraordinary’ approach to disclosure of details of ad account holders

Gavin Newsom agreed with leading AI companies that the legislation would have stifled innovation

Social media group inadvertently stored certain passwords of social media users in ‘plaintext’ on its internal systems

The great migration from Elon Musk’s X has seen users, especially progressives, retreat into one particular silo at Bluesky

The system must be changed so victims don’t have to campaign for decades to get justice and redress and so those liable can be held to account

California’s Gavin Newsom has until September 30th to decide whether to sign legislation that will reach far beyond the state

Brussels claims Facebook is breaking the law and undermining rivals with its free Marketplace services

Big tech companies have differing requirements when it comes to attending work in person

iPhone maker Apple recorded revenue of just under €200bn; while Google, Microsoft and Meta are all ranked in the top five

Chief executive Danny McCoy says O’Leary has deep understanding of global business landscape in Ireland and has worked closely with SMEs

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp parent company’s oversight body says phrase has multiple meanings and ‘context is crucial’

Indictment of Telegram founder Pavel Durov raises the stakes in evolving debate over responsibility for online content

Berkshire Hathaway shares up almost 30% this year ahead of the S&P 500 more than all but two of the ‘magnificent seven’ stocks

Buyer to acquire East Wall Road building at 65% discount to price paid by South Korean bank in 2018

Government should declare smartphone and social media use by the young as public health emergency, says Irish Medical Organisation

Mark Zuckerberg expresses ‘regret’ at parent company Meta’s handling of content moderation during pandemic

Global advertising spend set to reach $1tn this year, with even traditional media managing an increase thanks to impact of US presidential election

Investigators linked activity to same network blamed for hacking incident reported by Trump campaign

Irish entity lost €8.2m after tax last year, down from profits of more than €41m in 2022

Revenue from the business tax generated €23.8 billion last year, equivalent to €5,000 for every man, woman and child in the State

There are powerful tools to counter the amplification of extreme material. We just need to use them

A virtual Ikea store without any products might seem like good advertising – but is it any fun for the consumer?

Businessman pursuing people behind fake and misleading advertisements on Meta social platforms

Tech companies invest in renewable energy but cannot fully control how polluting their data centres are

Financials and tech stocks worst hit as indices show a sea of red

The apartments can be modern and low maintenance but you may have to pay extra for car parking and be tied into a certain utility provider

Irish market ends the day down, with Dalata and Glanbia the big fallers

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Outsized influence meant poorly-received results can drag markets down disproportionately

Ryanair the standout stock as banks retreat

Llama 3.1 is ‘state of the art’ Mark Zuckerberg says

The pan-European Stoxx 600 index closed 0.9 per cent higher, coming off a five-day losing run

Nvidia alone lost over $200bn in market value on Wednesday

META-FINES (UPDATE 1):UPDATE 1-Nigeria fines Meta $220 million for violating consumer, data laws

Choppy trading in New York sees brief rally in chipmaker stocks give way to losses