Ireland’s corporate tax receipts hit €156bn
Department of Finance figures show revenue from business levy advanced by more than 300% since 2015
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‘Really scary territory’: AI’s increasing role in undermining democracy
Artificial intelligence was used in 80% of elections globally last year, scientists say; more than two-thirds of those uses were characterised as harmful
Canada scraps tech tax to advance trade talks with Donald Trump
US president had described levy as ‘direct and blatant’ attack on the country
Donald Trump says he is terminating US-Canada trade talks over ‘egregious’ tax on tech firms
Digital services tax will hit companies including Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb with a 3 per cent levy on revenue from Canadian users
‘Like a train slamming into you’: Laura Bates on being the victim of deepfake pornography
Róisín Ingle interviewing Laura Bates on The Women's podcast
Meta wins AI copyright case in blow to authors
US court finds using online books to train artificial intelligence models without writers’ consent is ‘fair use’
Tech jobs shake-up echoes post-Covid cuts, but with AI twist
Toll of job losses in sector in recent months may be far higher than announced
Are WhatsApp adverts the tip of an iceberg?
From this week, the platform’s users will start to see advertising in the app
Meta introduces advertising to WhatsApp in push for new revenues
US tech giant reverses ‘no ads’ stance at world’s most popular messaging service
Are Ireland’s tech layoffs down to an AI rout?
TikTok, Stripe, Workday and Salesforce are among companies to record layoffs in Ireland this year
How social media firms used the ‘like’ button to turbocharge their business models
New book charts the psychology of the like button in the digital world and looks at its future in the world of AI
Tech giants’ indirect emissions rose 150% in three years amid AI growth, UN says
Indirect carbon emissions from Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta, rose on average by 150% from 2020 to 2023
Illegal or fake weight-loss drugs seized by medicines watchdog this month almost five times 2024 total
Authority says it never endorses or lends its logo to brands or products
European Union risks becoming the ‘museum of the world’, says Meta privacy chief
Erin Egan says social media group is working to comply with regulation to unlock the benefits of AI but ‘the puck keeps moving’
How to stop your posts, photographs and other data from being sucked into AI machines
There are ways to ensure your data is not used by social media and search platforms to train their artificial intelligence models
Taoiseach tells Apple chief Ireland will cut ‘regulatory burden’ facing businesses
iPhone maker, which has European HQ in Cork, previously warned of ‘aggressive competition’ from countries trying to lure multinationals
Blackpilled: Incels, Media and Masculinity by Meadhbh Park and The New Age of Sexism How the AI Revolution is Reinventing Misogyny by Laura Bates
Two deeply researched, brave and fascinating new books explore how AI-powered tools are remaking old sexist channels for the exploitation and abuse of women - and what could be done about it
Can AI agents replace office workers? We put them to the test with some routine tasks
Apps from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and more were asked to write emails, book travel and summarise the news. Here’s how they fared
Zuckerberg saying AI will cure loneliness is like big tobacco suggesting cigarettes can treat cancer
It’s a solution that can only lead to a deeper emptiness and to a lonelier, less human world
Zuckerberg takes pop at Apple during Stripe Sessions talk
In discussion with Stripe cofounder John Collison, Facebook founder addresses AI potential and failure of digital currency Libra
‘Tariffs’ is about to become the excuse for absolutely everything we don’t like
My vote for the next pet peeve to be thrown into the semantic black hole of ‘tariff’ would be the hidden fees we pay on everything in the app economy
Tech earnings defy expectations but the future is uncertain
Tech bosses’ public display of loyalty to Trump should have earned them more than being cannon fodder
‘The threat of the US kneecapping itself is real’: tech insiders voice fears over global AI race
Tariffs and threat of new duties on chips and computing infrastructure could frustrate American ambitions
Playing ‘whack-a-mole’ with Meta over my fraudulent avatars
How is it possible that a company with such huge resources, including artificial intelligence tools, cannot deal with this?
Microsoft and Meta both beat Wall St expectations on earnings
Anlayst focus is on company’s performance in artificial intelligence and how they care coping with tariff-related volatility
Facebook content moderators cannot sue for psychological injuries in Ireland, court rules
Moderators were employed by companies in Germany and Spain to which Facebook/Meta outsourced content moderation work
Meta introducing service to protect public figures from fake ads
Tech giant will use facial recognition technology to help detect and prevent scam ads on Facebook and Instagram
Irish universities take millions of euro from big business. Are they too close for comfort?
Many higher education institutions now rely on industry-sponsored professorships, research centres and scholarships to plug State funding gaps
Credit union movement named most reputable organisation in Ireland
Meta, X (formerly Twitter), RTÉ, FAI and Uisce Éireann were the organisations with worst reputations
Trump tariffs could hit profits at Irish banks
Liquidators unable to find Xerotech buyer; Fine Gael TDs back tourist tax; Meta office value slumps; and a €525m planning bill
Can AI make my life easier? I spent a week living and working with chatbots to find out
Artificial intelligence isn’t going to take over our lives just yet, but it can make certain jobs quick and easy
Alphabet’s sales beat estimates on Google search ad business
AI changes to search decimate traffic to independent websites
Careless People: The controversial book is shocking and reveals Facebook is far worse than we could have suspected
Sarah Wynn-Williams’ shocking Meta exposure is a scream-fest for anyone who cares about democracy
Mark Zuckerberg haunted by old emails in high-stakes US trial
Meta founder’s antitrust defence rests on showing that TikTok is rapidly expanding in his main market
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