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A whole new ballgame

With interest in esports growing worldwide, Emmet Ryan examines Ireland’s position on the digital field of play

Public cloud gets an unexpected tailwind

With pressure on corporate spending arriving at a time when businesses need to invest in new technologies, could public cloud adoption gain even more momentum

Buyer’s Guide: Get smart

Samsung and Oppo have both started 2023 with a bang as Emmet Ryan breaks down the best smartphones on the market

‘Big tech companies helped make Ireland a multicultural society’

Sandra Healy is founder and chief executive of Inclusio, a diversity and inclusion employee management platform which recently raised €6.2 million and announced plans to create 80 jobs. A trained organisational psychologist, Healy spent 20 years working in the telecoms sectors for companies that include Vodafone, Telefonica, O2 and Eir. She is also founding director of the DCU centre of excellence for diversity and inclusion

Driving things forward: How car tech is coming of age

Smart interfaces will change the face of driving long before self-driving arrives

Banking on it: How close is Europe to getting a digital currency?

As the EU weighs up plans to introduce a digital euro, Jonathan Keane looks at the hurdles that need to be overcome

AI chat bots: Beware the hype surrounding the ‘next big thing’ in tech

These bots are exciting but they introduce as many problems as they solve

Start-up of the month: Bounce Insights

Trinity College graduates set up firm to design market research to woo users

Distinction between digital and real lives ever more blurred, study finds

Droga5 research shows people increasingly don’t see a difference between online friends and those they meet in person

Raising Generation Google

Without Jessica McCarthy, your day wouldn’t go so smoothly. Emmet Ryan spoke to Google’s head of engineering in Dublin about her wish to change the face of the tech sector

Easy listening: the buyer’s guide to the best headphones and earbuds

Emmet Ryan breaks down the best options for those seeking to improve the way they listen to music and podcasts

Jess Kelly: Fact checking is critical for content creators

With so many people getting information from online sources such as TikTok, we need to ensure content creators aren’t misinforming audiences

Chip wars ramp up for an unsavoury battle

A US-China trade war is the latest sign of the faltering globalisation project – and semiconductor microchips are becoming weaponised, writes Jason Walsh

Preparing for the worst when the cybercriminals strike

A potential large-scale data breach has highlighted the threat to Irish businesses. But some organisations are still failing to be GDPR compliant, writes Jason Walsh

Delivering on digital transformation

The ‘low-code/no-code’ revolution promise a lot but can it deliver true digital transformation for business? Jason Walsh investigates

A gift for every occasion

Three has got Christmas covered with so many great ideas to improve your space

Ireland ‘could lead on AI’ globally

AI Ireland founder praises steps taken to make state a global leader in artificial intelligence

Microsoft aims to help resolve supply chain issues

New platform combines AI, collaboration, low-code, security and SaaS applications

Does Ireland risk becoming a surveillance society?

As technology makes it ever easier to monitor society, there is growing concern about the potential for abuse, Alex Meehan reports

Inventor of the Web looks to fix internet

Having invented the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee is now focused on fixing it. Charlie Taylor caught up with the legendary computer scientist, and cybersecurity expert John Bruce recently to discuss how they are getting on with ‘reshaping the internet’