Honest influencers: I have ‘never made any money, ever’ from online content
Some high-profile influencers rarely label sponsored content as required by advertising rules, according to their peers
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Google, Apple face further EU crackdown on Big Tech
Commission risks wrath of Trump with new push to open up platforms
Meta AI to launch in Europe
Users will have access to intelligent chat features in WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Messenger
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An alternative for investors seeking greater global diversification is the MSCI World Equal-Weighted index
How to spot a low performer at work
It’s a lot harder than it should be despite decades of corporate effort
Burke family pays Facebook to promote its video of their Washington DC protest
Family member Josiah Burke has spent more than €45,000 since April 2019 promoting family campaigns on Facebook, data shows
Facebook whistleblower finds mischievous party animal Enda Kenny ‘almost charming’
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Meta wins emergency ruling to temporarily stop promotion of tell-all book
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties condemned the company for seeking, and securing, the emergency order
Meta challenge over €265m fines must go ahead, Court of Appeal rules
Social media platform had brought a statutory appeal over the fines the DPC imposed for breach of EU privacy rules
Salesforce to cut about 50 jobs in Dublin as part of global initiative
Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke received a collective redundancy notification from the software company on February 4th
The man lobbying for data centres in Ireland: ‘Disparaging them means you’re effectively demonising the big tax takes’
Ireland risks being left behind in the digital age by our negative view of data centres, says Garry Connolly, director of industry lobby group Digital Infrastructure Ireland
Confusion over Minister’s ‘contradictory’ remarks about Meta Ireland job cuts
Union urges Peter Burke to ‘fully investigate’ tech giant’s cull of ‘low performers’
Sinn Féin to raise concerns with Meta over Irish job cuts
Party's spokeswoman on employment has written to minister for enterprise about legal questions
Deepseek fears recede as Wall Street eyes Nvidia earnings
Chipmaker now looks cheaper than many of its tech peers, despite boasting stronger growth projections
Meta Ireland staff seek legal advice over latest job cuts at tech giant
Mark Zuckerberg said the cuts were ‘performance-based’ but some employees have queried the legality of the process
Study shows few effective age controls at social media firms
More than 1m underage users of Meta, Snap in Australia, report says, ahead of law banning such users
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Hedge funds are reducing exposure to mega-cap tech stocks
Big tech firms sought early meetings with Michael McGrath immediately after he took office as an EU commissioner
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Ireland’s EU commissioner snubs offer to meet top Meta executive
Michael McGrath dodged request to sit down with Facebook executive Nick Clegg, records show
European shares edge up to record highs
Wall Street’s main indices slipped after hotter-than-expected inflation data
Meta begins to inform Irish staff of ‘performance-based’ job cuts
Facebook owner announced plans to trim 5% of its workforce globally last month
Facebook at 21: a lesson in patience and profits
The hardest part of investing isn’t picking winners; it’s having the stomach to hold them
Trump alarm bells drown out whispers of resistance in Washington
Planet Business: Diageo’s tariff ‘complexity’, Virgin Money’s huffy chatbot and Meta’s sincerest form of flattery
The DEI backlash: employers ‘reframing not retreating’
Most companies looking for middle ground between quitting schemes and provoking conservative activists
How AI will really impact your job
AI is unlikely to directly replace you, but someone who can use the technology might
No one is asking Meta to act as God - just not to pollute the public space with lies
Unthinkable: Meta’s stance on fact-checking resembles a philosophical position known as ‘epistemological anarchy’
Irish advertising market will expand 7% this year, forecasts Core
Growth in television revenues set to be slower than in 2024, while print is expected to decline further
Microsoft, Meta defend hefty AI spending after DeepSeek stuns tech world
Massive spending ‘key’ to staying competitive, tech companies say
Meta agrees to pay Trump $25m to settle lawsuit
Payment relates to suspension of US president’s accounts in wake of Capitol riot
Zuckerberg’s culture shift at Meta could make it hard to find new recruits willing to work in his macho organisation
Invention and product innovation require the best minds in cohesive teams, strong collegiality and respect, regardless of sex, skin colour, or religion
European court dismisses Irish watchdog’s case against EU data board
Ruling likely to fuel further criticism of Data Protection Commission’s enforcement of GDPR against US tech companies
Trump’s tech bros face comeuppance amid DeepSeek panic
There is poetic justice in a small Chinese AI start-up challenging US giants. Washington is shooting itself in the foot with chip export restrictions and clampdown on tech talent visas
OpenAI’s Sam Altman vows ‘better models’ as China’s DeepSeek disrupts global AI race
Executives and investors question valuations and whether vast capital outlays are needed after all
What Ireland can learn from Finnish schools in tackling disinformation
The Nordic country is helping students learn about spotting false information. Is there space in the Irish curriculum to do the same?
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