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Users will have access to intelligent chat features in WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Messenger

Ireland risks being left behind in the digital age by our negative view of data centres, says Garry Connolly, director of industry lobby group Digital Infrastructure Ireland

On a frightening afternoon last weekend, our diverse community came together in shared confusion and concern

Company to rely on ‘community notes’ in free speech pitch

Country has a track record of curbing online accessibility by banning social media sites or shutting the internet off entirely

Friend had already sent money via Apple Pay when ruse was discovered

Storing thousands of images and videos, most of which you will never look at again, is slowing down your phone and costing you money

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

And how can we avoid falling victim to them?

As more people question their smartphone use, some are consciously turning their backs on the virtual world in favour of real life

Online safety charity says there is ‘vital need’ for online safety education in schools

Most employees are untrained in competition law and need guidance from regulators and employers

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

Diversity, equity and inclusion programmes are implemented in a spirit of political correctness and woke

Length of adjournment in Data Protection Commission case likely to be short, court says

Appeal court had ruled that materials seized under search warrant could not be used in disciplinary process absent legislation

Does it matter if the paragon of the scientifically-optimised existence is actually kind of a jerk in real life?

Internet regulator orders delisting of two Meta-owned apps over ‘national security concerns’

Control options that apps and platforms have already put in place allow us to shield children, and, ourselves from the worst the online world has to offer

Disappearing WhatsApp messages will be a problem for future historians

Researching goods and services surpassed online banking as the second most popular internet use this year

‘The internet is a giant hypodermic, and the content, including social media like Meta, are the psychoactive drugs’

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Ask the Expert: Having a rule of ‘no phone until secondary school’ is a very reasonable goal, though frequently this decision is not just an individual family one

Meta-owned firm’s after-tax profit totalled €41.1m last year, up from €1.8m a year earlier

US regulators hit Wells Fargo and BNP Paribas for staff unofficially using of the service

Facebook-owner expecting quarterly income of up to $34.5bn, compared with analysts’ average estimate of $31.3bn

Journalist says biggest platform where fake news spreads is WhatsApp followed by Facebook

Group complains about social media platforms’ handling of personal data under certain article of the GDPR

With a war being waged on end-to-end encryption, here are ways to keep your communications under wraps

Taoiseach says State will offer job search and training support to impacted workers ‘if they need it’

Function is being rolled out by Meta-owned messaging service and should become available in coming weeks

DPC had imposed fines for GDPR breaches by Facebook and WhatsApp, and over Meta’s operation of Instagram services

Social media giant’s attempts to work around previous court rulings on data transfers and privacy are seen to have fallen short

Some excellent insights and details, but work let down by limp editing

Facebook parent company notified managers to prepare to announce job cuts on Wednesday

Author of The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is says aspects of it are damaging us, as individuals and societies

In ways we never quite credit, amid the relentless beeping, perhaps there is a virtual village in the making

Take your time and be sceptical of anything that comes as a surprise or from a site you do not recognise