Chief executive defends Apple’s tax record on visit to Dublin but Taoiseach avoids the issue

Much of rural Ireland needs high-speed broadband – and quickly – in order to survive. Expect voters to bear that in mind at the ballot box on February 8

The search engine giant’s promise to phase out third-party trackers is like a pre-emptive plea bargain

Microsoft’s lightweight laptop is the best possible combination device for home, travel and work use

The Amazon-owned platform is being sued by a Russian company over illegal streams of English football, and the International Olympic Committee has it in its sights too

DCU venture highlights the gap between the law and the growing popularity of a technology that could help to reduce congestion

The tech giant is attempting to break its digital assistant’s dependence on the mains, but the new Echo Input’s weight and battery life will be key

Jack Welde’s deep interest in languages, piqued by a youth spent living in numerous different countries, was the spur that led him to set up software translation outfit Smartling

The satirical website has been enlisted by the social media giant to assist in drawing up rules to differentiate satire from hate-filled content

The news that a Maximum Media podcast’s hits had been artificially inflated sheds fresh light on the dubious practices of web-based ‘click farms’

The right to access the internet must be enshrined in law to prevent other governments acting as Iran's did last week

As more players enter the streaming space, Netflix faces competition for subscribers. Meanwhile, TV remains the strongest medium for brand building

Microsoft's Teams tool now has 20 million users, compared to Slack's 12 million. Can the original survive and thrive?