Covid tracker apps show technology is not always the answerTech solutions to complex issues can be adopted too quickly on scarce evidenceThu May 13 2021 - 05:30
Texit: Why are some tech companies leaving for Texas?Whatever about ‘quality of life’, the state’s tax rates of just 1 per cent must be notable drawThu May 6 2021 - 05:30
Silicon Values: The knotty problem of ‘free speech’ in the virtual worldTo Jillian York, the central conundrum of social media is how to address hate speechSat May 1 2021 - 06:00
Where did Sinn Féin’s nuanced understanding of data protection issues go?Party’s history of being well informed over privacy issues makes database saga bafflingThu Apr 29 2021 - 05:30
Vaccine passports far more complicated than they might appearKarlin Lillington: Rights, security and formats all make documentation challengingThu Apr 22 2021 - 05:30
Amazon union battle is only the beginning of a bigger conflictKarlin Lillington: Dehumanising surveillance in tech sector is leading to group actionThu Apr 15 2021 - 05:30
Ireland will not fall over if the crutch of low corporate tax is kicked awayNet Results: Ireland’s attractiveness to US multinationals is built on far more than taxThu Apr 8 2021 - 05:30
Ann Riordan showed a woman’s place was at the topNet Results: Impact of Microsoft leader in shifting mindsets cannot be underestimatedThu Apr 1 2021 - 05:30
Struggling to get your head around NFTs? So is the rest of the worldGrowing market for NFTs are a boon for digital artists, most of whom sell work for considerably less that $69mThu Mar 25 2021 - 05:30
Video conferencing is exhausting, and that's officialKarlin Lillington: New study suggests simple ways to help you get through virtual meetingsThu Mar 18 2021 - 05:30
Fake online reviews of products a booming industryNet Results: Investigation by Which? found millions of misleading reviews on Amazon and GoogleThu Mar 11 2021 - 05:30
Technology really can be stranger than fiction at timesThe changes that replaced landlines with powerful pocket computers were neither obvious nor a foregone conclusion in the 1990sThu Mar 4 2021 - 05:30
Why do we turn a blind eye to gig economy injustices?Karlin Lillington: Having lost a protracted legal battle in the UK, Uber is now trying to lobby EUThu Feb 25 2021 - 18:06
Karlin Lillington: Why were groundless doubts on vaccine retweeted by believers in fact?Confusion arose over claim in German media the AstraZeneca vaccine had very low efficacy in people over 65Thu Jan 28 2021 - 05:00
The depressing role of technology in the Trump years must be fixedThe Biden administration must grasp the nettle of malign misuse of techThu Jan 21 2021 - 05:00
The System: how the internet works and what is wrong with itBook review: James Ball calls for urgently-needed regulatory and structural changeSat Jan 16 2021 - 06:00
Facebook’s three-cup trick with WhatsApp data moveRegulators should block integration of Facebook’s three platforms pending decision on antitrust actionThu Jan 14 2021 - 05:00
Big tech will be sweating over prospect of worker unionisationKarlin Lillington: Is an in-house union for Google the start of a wider rebalancing of power?Thu Jan 7 2021 - 05:00
No promise of a happy new year for Big Tech as EU and US lawmakers bear downGrowing antitrust and regulatory moves will change how big platforms do businessTue Jan 5 2021 - 05:50
Are we any better for a year of Zoom meetings?The pain of my Zoom learning curve still inflicts sporadic, cruel stings on othersThu Dec 24 2020 - 05:00
Twitter’s modest fine for data breach highlights watchdog’s weaknessesNet Results: EU regulators considering other mechanisms to route around Irish DPCThu Dec 17 2020 - 05:00
EU legislation is coming that could greatly improve the webThe eradication of surveillance capitalism across Europe would be a great leap forwardThu Dec 10 2020 - 05:00
Social media needs to get its act together on news and transparencyPublic frustration is growing, yet it’s still the main source of news for half of Irish people aged 18-44Thu Dec 3 2020 - 12:29
Karlin Lillington: How I managed to cut my mobile phone bill by at least halfNet Results: There is one question every consumer with a phone should ask themselvesThu Nov 26 2020 - 05:00
Concern over Graham Dwyer phone records case a crisis of State’s own makingNet Results: Government has known data retention framework is unlawful for yearsThu Nov 19 2020 - 07:55
Net Results: Dangerous call for ‘back doors’ to encryptionEU set for data access exposing everyone to pernicious risk of information breachesThu Nov 12 2020 - 05:00
California moves cruelly on gig economy workersProposition 22 hits rights, health and dignity of many of workforce’s most vulnerableThu Nov 5 2020 - 05:00
Can Big Tech’s backing install Biden in the White House?Net Results: The Democratic candidate has support of tech industry and its biggest criticsThu Oct 29 2020 - 05:00
Google's incredible power is the result of decades of regulatory failureNet Results: US lawsuit is locking the barn door long after the data-guzzling horse has boltedThu Oct 22 2020 - 05:00
Women human rights defenders face onslaught of threats onlineNet Results: The arts are offering marginalised activists a crucial way of finding a voiceThu Oct 15 2020 - 11:07
Leaving Cert: Why the Government deserves an F for algorithmsNet Results: Invisible code has a significant – and often negative – impact on all our livesThu Oct 8 2020 - 05:00
Karlin Lillington: Ireland spent months discussing pubs but not arts venuesOnline innovation should benefit arts industry when Covid-19 pandemic recedesThu Oct 1 2020 - 05:00
Will Facebook walk away from European market after data protection 'hissy fit'?Tech giant’s threat to walk away from European market is a ridiculous tantrumThu Sep 24 2020 - 05:00
Ireland is quietly allowing private firms to gather and monetise Irish DNAConsent issue in Beaumont brain tissue study highlights need for national genomics programmeThu Sep 17 2020 - 09:10
Democrats are magnets for donations from tech sectorAnti-big tech rhetoric from the candidates hasn’t proven an obstacle to fundraisingThu Sep 10 2020 - 05:00
Algorithms fail the test in exams debacleUnconscious bias a risk as coders are more often white, male and from higher income backgroundsThu Aug 20 2020 - 05:00
Digital pollution: ‘We have a pandemic of data and 90% of it is crap’Net Results: Web pioneer Gerry McGovern warns about digital’s burden on the planetThu Aug 13 2020 - 05:00
US Congress shows big tech’s business model is everyone’s problemChief executives fail in their one job during the video call on antitrust: damage limitationThu Aug 6 2020 - 04:10
EU needs to start enforcing data protection laws properlySchrems ruling: Subset of smaller groups in adtech industry may also be affectedThu Jul 30 2020 - 05:00
Schrems II: there's no way to transfer data to US and comply with EU lawKarlin Lillington: ECJ ruling has essentially invalidated business model of digital giantsThu Jul 23 2020 - 07:57
Blockbuster Schrems decision to impact nearly every businessCourt in effect ruled that personal data is not, as US companies generally view it, an assetThu Jul 16 2020 - 14:08
Technology has used Covid-19 lockdown to show us who’s masterNet Results: There’s nowhere to hide my ineptitude in world of Zoom conference callsThu Jul 16 2020 - 06:00
Transatlantic data transfers once again in the dockKarlin Lillington: ECJ highly unlikely to accept US claim of adequate protection of dataThu Jul 9 2020 - 06:00
Use Covid tracker app if you wish, but be sure to wear a face coveringThere is scant evidence that apps are effective, but mounting evidence masks areWed Jul 8 2020 - 05:00
Could your old car be giving away all your secrets to its new owner?Karlin Lillington: New survey underlines risks in our increasingly connected worldThu Jul 2 2020 - 06:00
Artists need to put a stop to the firehose of ‘free’Net Results: Online performances have been welcome but could undermine industryThu Jun 25 2020 - 06:00
Beware surveillance technology in combating CovidEU-wide survey shows a varying degree of concern about sharing private informationThu Jun 18 2020 - 06:00
Next government needs to create a national public genome projectNet Results: There is a lack of transparency over consent for usage of brain tissue DNAThu Jun 11 2020 - 06:00
It's time to fact-check FacebookNet Results: How much longer do we let monolithic speech arbiters like Facebook and Twitter operate with little limitation?Thu Jun 4 2020 - 06:00
Enforcement proves the Achilles heel for GDPROnly two years in, landmark EU regulation on data protection needs rebuilding to deliver on objectivesThu May 28 2020 - 06:00