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Inventor of the internet looks to fix it

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’

Editor’s picks: Sit down with the best of our big reads

Our editors handpick the best writing in this week’s Business Post – including a new look at the phenomenon of Nimbyism, and the lowdown from an underwhelming Web Summit

Uber whistleblower urges Ireland to take on big tech

Irishman Mark MacGann calls for state to not let reliance on corporation tax stop it from tackling tech companies

Web Summit: Zelenska’s powerful address lends bright spot to lacklustre conference

Ukraine’s first lady received a standing ovation in Lisbon, although the technology conference seemed like a bit of a slog this year, and event co-founder Paddy Cosgrave’s dig at the government didn’t gain much traction

Web Summit at ‘maximum capacity’ in Lisbon, Cosgrave warns

More than 70,000 attendees are at Web Summit in the Portuguese capital this week

Paddy Cosgrave plays host to disinvited far left website at Lisbon dinner

The Grayzone has been accused by Ukrainians of pushing Russian propaganda about the invasion of Ukraine

Web Summit opens with plea to ‘use tech to save lives not to take them’

First lady of Ukraine the keynote speaker as the annual tech-focused conference kicked off in Lisbon

Web Summit apologises ‘for the hurt’ as it pulls invitation to far-left news site

The tech conference said it had reconsidered the presence of Grayzone after listening to other attendees

Tinder co-founder among backers of new $40m Web Summit funds

Some founders of Twitter, N26 and Checkout.com have also invested in Paddy Cosgrave’s venture capital operation which will be split into two separate arms

What’s eating Paddy Cosgrave? Three days with the ‘anti-establishment’ entrepreneur

The Web Summit founder has developed a reputation as an online activist who has been successful in using Twitter to make his views known. But is it ego or ethics that drives him to continuously needle those in power? The Business Post followed him to Collision to find out

Collision course: Tech downturn casts shadow over web summit

The mood was subdued at Collision, the Web Summit’s sister event, with tech giants’ valuations plunging and concerns rising over climate change

Climate & Environment

‘We’ve got the equipment to fight climate change, but not the political will’ — Margaret Atwood

Booker Prize winning author says the technology exists to combat climate change but it must be advanced by global leaders

Cosgrave’s Web Summit back in black as sales double post-Covid

Revenues at technology company hit €31m in 2021 but are still lagging behind pre-pandemic levels

Cosgrave’s Web Summit launches new venture capital fund

It is understood the company is a management vehicle for the Web Summit Ventures Fund, which will be an American-based venture capital fund

$50m VC fund rebrands to avoid name row with Web Summit

The Semble Fund II is now known as Tapestry following a dispute with Paddy Cosgrave over rights to the name

Web Summit expands to Brazil with event in Rio de Janeiro

Chief executive Paddy Cosgrave said the business aims for it to become the largest tech event on the continent after signing three-year deal

Former Web Summit employee says Paddy Cosgrave defamed him in ‘reprehensible’ tweets

The Web Summit founder is involved in a number of lawsuits in this country and the United States involving former colleagues, suing or being sued

Paddy Cosgrave denies former Web Summit directors were co-founders and says they were given the ‘vanity’ titles as a ‘soother’

The Web Summit chief executive is embroiled in a legal dispute over alleged minority shareholder oppression and profit-share agreements

US judge rules Paddy Cosgrave must enter arbitration over fund dispute

California judge rejects arguments made by Web Summit co-founder’s lawyers in a case he has taken against former business partners

Web Summit made ‘baseless and irrelevant’ arguments, say lawyers for Cosgrave’s former partners

A US court will decide this week whether chief executive Paddy Cosgrave will be compelled to enter arbitration in the lawsuit he filed against former business partners