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Tech

Last week
20th April 2025 - 26th April 2025
Opinion: AI is changing how we connect – but we still need each other as human beings
Finian Murphy
Apple and Meta slapped with combined €700m fine for breaching app store and advert rules
This year
2025
Beyond the screen: Rethinking screen time for families — the key is balance
Afif El-Khuffash
Global tech shares fall as China AI chatbot DeepSeek rattles Silicon Valley
Last year
2024
Opinion: AI is already altering reality, but it doesn’t have to end in doom
Ciarán O’Connor
When Elon came to Dublin: An excerpt from Catherine Sanz's new book about the Web Summit
Catherine Sanz
Major tech outage causes worldwide havoc - airlines and broadcasters among those affected
This app will help you find your best match - a candidate in the European elections
Tired after a long day of video calling for work? It might be because of your face, study says
TikTok to cut over 250 jobs today, with some staff criticising ‘insensitive’ handling of layoffs
TikTok says the move is part of a ‘restructuring’ of the company.
Opinion: Fed up with the endless email bombardment? Me too
Sarah Geraghty
Google agrees to delete billions of user records collected in Chrome private browsing mode
With Silicon Valley 'visionaries', profits are prioritised over true technological progress
Peter Bloom
All time
Former OpenAI boss Sam Altman to join Microsoft following shock sacking
Author: 'There is a magic to literary translation, it matters'
Carolina Schutti
Meta and Google become latest major companies to pull out of Web Summit
EU opens disinformation probes into Meta and TikTok over spread of Israel-Hamas content
TikTok dismantles operation that targeted Irish users with 'divisive views' on nationalism
Elon Musk's plans to charge everyone for Twitter send users running for Bluesky
X's subscription service, formerly Twitter Blue, now allows users to hide their blue ticks
Poll: How often do you use Spotify?
Analysis: Generative AI won’t replace human creativity, but it will change it
Constance de Saint Laurent & Vlad Glaveanu
Man who lost his arm above the elbow moves individual fingers with bionic limb in world's first
Explained: Why have thousands of Reddit forums gone dark and what does AI have to do with it?
Poll: Should parents withhold smartphones from primary school-aged children?
Elon Musk announces new Twitter CEO
Musk announces recruitment of new Twitter CEO
Poll: Are you worried about the growth of AI technology?
Microsoft to cut additional 60 jobs from Irish workforce
Meta is reportedly planning to cut thousands of jobs
Ireland 'over the worst' of job cuts at multi-national tech firms in Ireland, Coveney says
Students urged to steer clear of ChatGPT essays as bot reopens debate on college assessment
Emails of some eircom.net users have been permanently deleted in error, company says
Intel offers workers at Kildare plant voluntary unpaid leave in effort to cut costs
Opinion: As a former Twitter employee, I'm horrified by what Elon Musk is doing
Declan Cashin
'Too much too soon': Irish tech 'unicorn' to cut workforce by 40%
Musk tells staff to brace for ‘difficult times’ as he warns of Twitter’s demise
Tech companies expanded ‘a little too quickly’, Varadkar says
EU lawmakers impose single charger for all smartphones from 2024
Opinion: Securing the world’s data - Ireland’s rising role as a global data hub
Jacky Fox