Tracking the path of the internet revolution
Alongside the technology sector’s many benefits have come new and insidious threats, damages and dangers
Karlin Lillington columns
Alongside the technology sector’s many benefits have come new and insidious threats, damages and dangers
Incoming US president will not be all the tech industry is hoping for once he is in power
UK consumer protection advocates Which? found that certain air fryers gather personal data that has little or no relevance to the functioning of the product
Reconciling the GDPR with the AI Act poses issues, but I think they are minor compared to the hard problem of making the new safety code work in any realistic way
No other minister would have had the interest, much less stubbornness, to push through the first undersea fibreoptic cable deal
Scepticism is justified as these days the online variety is the one almost certain to be wearing the data dunce cap
The €13bn tax case, while unwelcome, always related to times long past with no real impact for any of the players going forward
If Elon Musk has hurt his car company’s brand, it’s not showing yet
Legislators are struggling to balance protection on the one hand and with the need to avoid disproportionate restriction on the other
Intel’s struggles, doubts over potential of AI and Google’s humbling in federal antitrust suit all point to a potential inflection point for the sector
Facts and truth can be fluid both in the world of the bitcoin bros and the former president Trump
We have yet to be given clear reasons why we need facial recognition technology even though a Bill relating to it is meandering through our political process
Too many vested interests have undermined the effectiveness of the EU’s key data protection law
Step intended to combat child sexual abuse online has been widely condemned as ineffective and in breach of fundamental rights
When the US president Bill Clinton used Baltimore Technologies ‘strong encryption’ service, it opened the way to much wider use of the technology
Finland’s Eurovision Song Contest entry Windows95man′s hard drive issues entertain
Passkeys are more secure but tech firms are doing little to encourage us to use them
Tech giant firing staff for political protest is among the biggest lobbyists of government and not averse to very ‘political’ business
US intelligence agencies raise flags over WuXi and its links with Chinese government and national security
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Plans for air taxis are either impractical or likely to be prohibitively expensive for all but the very rich, or both
Donald Trump’s social media network is trading at valuations that make some of the most successful listed businesses in history look pedestrian
Silicon Valley has not changed that much since Mike Lynch was in his pomp
Watered down legislation still puts Europe ahead on regulating AI but enforcement could be held back by technological gaps
While other firms have been caught in the bloc’s regulatory crosshairs, the iPhone maker had broadly escaped until now
Ireland has an opportunity to be the Digital Services Act’s model regulator. But some chances have already been squandered
Though generally targeting enthusiasts on personal laptops, the operating system dominates the enterprise market
We need to prevent our online future from concentrating further into the hands of a few billionaires and their mega-companies
Current technology won’t accomplish Coimisiún na Meán’s ‘gold standard’ proposals to verify users accessing inappropriate internet content
Karlin Lillington: The strange hybrid Coimisiún na Meán faces great challenges and one mooted porn registry idea is mega-scale bonkers
Apple’s Mac has been around since 1984, and is still getting better
My generation didn’t grow up with games involving microchips, a likely factor. And I was like a lot of girls and women in disliking the majority of titles
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