Mark Zuckerberg

Amazon, Meta, Alphabet and Microsoft reveal the hefty price tag as they rein in spending

Proposed figure would be largest settlement achieved in a US data privacy class action and biggest paid by Facebook parent

Meanwhile, new content policies draw criticism from detractors and Silicon Valley heavyweights

Meta has spent staggering amounts on creating an immersive successor to the traditional 2D internet. But what has it got to show for it, apart from 11,000 job losses?

They revert under pressure to regressive business models. Metaverse is for everyone, but some of you probably aren’t smart enough to be here

The hiring boom across much of the tech industry came to an abrupt halt this week. But the warning signs have been there for a while

Multibillionaires they may be, but those in charge of Big Tech do not always know what they’re doing

Truth cannot compete with an evermore rapidly spinning toxic brew of tweets, clips and soundbites

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Shares have lost almost three-quarters of their value and are now back at 2016 levels as investor disquiet grows

Reach of Twitter means we will all be affected by Elon Musk closing the deal as planned this week, even if we are not on the platform

It mightn’t matter so much whether Elon Musk bought Twitter if there were clearer rules on interoperability and access to personal data

App now has 100m more users than Twitter and its user base is growing faster than Facebook’s

The Chinese-controlled social media giant potentially could be even more troublesome for the State than its US Silicon Valley peers

We now understand the risks of having billionaires controlling communication channels

Jailed opposition leader urges west to support huge ad campaign in order to break through Kremlin Ukraine war propaganda

Since divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, Scott has been ‘emptying the safe’

Regulators must monitor company’s bid to carve out financial services role in metaverse

Social media group seeks alternative revenue streams as popularity of its main products falls

‘To compel platforms to divulge information at state or law enforcement request is ... insane’

Meta has embraced tactics developed in the money-soaked cesspool of American partisan politics, whipping up fear wherever it can

The dizzying collective response is a reminder that procrastination is underrated

Identical twins are best known for suing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg

Kemp is a celebrity vassal for Bridge of Lies, a whimsical TV entity that has needs

Meta tells workers it will reduce or eliminate some perks amid return to office

Frances Haugen calls for ‘adequate’ funding for DPC at Oireachtas committee meeting

Irish people more likely to say social media plays positive than negative role, Ipsos finds

Short video format is Meta-owned social platform’s bid to challenge TikTok

Planet Business: Boldly going deeper into space than anyone has gone in 50 years

Former British deputy prime minister has worked for Facebook since 2018

Falling growth has led to a huge drop in Facebook parent’s value

‘What worries moralists about the future are the very things that are exciting investors’

Virtual reality, now dubbed the ‘metaverse’, and smart homes will be this year’s big things

Apple soared and Zoom slumped in a year that saw markets surge to record levels

Special exemption allowing for preprogrammed sales is widely used

Planet Business: Chocolate inequality and banishing Christmas stress the German way

Lack of detailed evidence means regulators are in dark on what is needed

One fundamental truth about the hit show – it’s a comedy until suddenly it isn’t

Magazine’s editor says Tesla boss follows a direct line from 1927 winner Charles Lindbergh

Open letter calls on Meta chief to improve research standards on harm to adolescents