EU officials and DPC staff details leaked in Facebook data breach
European justice commissioner and Germany’s chief federal privacy regulator among those affected
Tech View: Glorious failure as LG pulls the plug on smartphones
The exit of the electronics giant from the smartphone business deals a blow to the market’s diversity
Microchip exports increase 500 per cent in five years
Semiconductors, which account for 60 per cent of our trade with China, have now become Ireland’s fourth largest goods export
The chips are up: How Irish companies are cashing in on the microchip rush
Amid a global shortage of microchips, the EU and China are seeking to wrestle back control of their supply chains. And as the silicon wafers are now fundamental to so many industries, Ireland stands to benefit from what has quietly become its fourth-largest export
Siro’s John Keaney: How we can use EU recovery funding to futureproof the economy
Weaknesses in the ecommerce ability of SMEs, inequality in broadband access and gaps in the online delivery of public services must be addressed
Aidan Regan: Living online causes explosion of lucrative data-rich markets
In the online world, data is the greatest wealth-producing asset – and it’s how most tech giants convert their intangibles into an income flow
New platform offers shiftwork flexibility to nurses and carers
Former Press Up operations manager Hugo Nolan has set up Karo.ie to make choosing work easier for part-timers in the healthcare sector
Irish advertisers say they can adapt to Google’s cookie cull
Ad industry says it’s exploring solutions for a post-cookie world as the tech giant rules out replacing third-party data collection
Facebook defends content moderators’ working conditions
Leo Varadkar highlighted concerns of workers who say they suffer mental trauma from nature of job
Varadkar pledges to contact Facebook over concerns of content moderators
Tánaiste has 50-minute Zoom meeting with Ibrahim Halawa and colleague over their pay and working conditions as employees of outsourcing firms
Analysis: Making sense of the GameStop surge
The wild ride of retailer’s share price has naturally led to much head scratching from those unfamiliar with the drama or the idea of a short squeeze, so what does it all mean and what might the repercussions be?
CCPC rejects a notification from banks of their plans to develop a shared payments app
Country’s competition watchdog says not enough information was provided on the project aimed at challenging Revolut and N26
Tyndall National Institute plans to launch 30 start-ups
The Cork tech research centre aims to bring its headcount to 1,000 as part of its plan double in size and impact over seven years
Facebook’s Clegg lobbied Varadkar over data rules
The former politician contacted the Tánaiste in September, days after Facebook launched a legal case against the Data Protection Commissioner
‘We’re not going home until Big Tech’s factory floor is clean’
Last week, 200 workers in Google’s parent company announced the establishment of the Alphabet Workers Union, after years of informal protests at the tech giant. It’s part of a global trend towards unionisation
Former Irish Times editor and son raise €600k for AI project
Conor Brady and his son Neil founded CaliberAI to find hate speech and potentially defamatory content in publications or websites
Many tech firms not planning to increase staff salaries in 2021
Despite a tough year for many companies, competition for staff is likely to remain strong as e-commerce booms
VR firm lands major contract with British wind consortium
Dublin-based Vrai has raised €1.2 million to provide virtual reality training to staff who operate highly complex machinery
IDA hits back at Cloudflare founder’s anti-Ireland tweets
Matthew Prince said multinationals would not base themselves here due to ‘unwelcoming’ people and terrible food and weather
Escaping the social media vortex
It’s an addictive, gamified process, with a reward system that has been proven to chemically alter our brains and bring out the gambler in us, so how can we learn to live better with – or even without – social media?