Meta to alert parents if teens ask AI chat bots about suicide or self-harm
Parents to be alerted when topics such as self-harm and suicide are raised
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Meta employees who sought leave were tagged by AI for mass lay-offs, lawsuit claims
Action filed in California alleges AI tools and keystroke- and activity-monitoring data were used to pinpoint who to lay off
Politicians bemoan RTÉ’s failures, then make them worse
No enterprise could absorb an 18-year price freeze on its primary revenue stream while costs keep climbing
RTÉ is straying into areas already well served by private publishers
If journalistic output no longer has to fit anything, how much of it should there be?
Facebook parent Meta launches legal challenge to Coimisiún na Meán investigations
Meta Platforms seeking court order halting inquiries started in May, relating to recommender feeds on Facebook and Instagram
EU warns Meta over Facebook and Instagram’s addictive feeds
Brussels says tech group has failed to adequately assess and mitigate risks that could have a negative impact on users
Live Register total rises amid concern labour market is slowing
The 25-34 age cohort made up the largest group on the register, accounting for 24.2% of the total
At least 60 jobs expected to go at Microsoft’s Irish operations
Software company is reducing global headcount by 4,800
Unemployment rises to 5% amid tech job cuts
Seasonally adjusted number of people classified as being unemployed was 145,100 in June
Not so magnificent: the mag seven become the lag seven
Microsoft has seen especially heavy falls, shedding a fifth of its value in June
Irish tech sector continues to grow at fast pace despite waves of job cuts
Fastest expansion recorded since November, AIB index shows
WhatsApp is changing. Here is everything you need to know
Usernames are designed to keep your details private. But are there any downsides?
How accurate are AI chatbots when we ask them a medical question?
Dr Muiris Houston: A fifth of answers in test involving ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Meta AI and DeepSeek were ‘highly problematic’
‘Nearly as bad as X’: Meta must be challenged for amplifying homophobic comments, Dáil hears
Facebook's participation in Dublin Pride parade should trigger a ‘look at themselves’, says TD
Graham Norton secures court order forcing Meta to disclose those behind ‘harassing’ posts
Broadcaster told California court he intends to take legal action in the UK over content on The Westminster Wire
The Social Reckoning trailer: Aaron Sorkin’s latest take on Facebook’s fortunes
Since The Social Network first screened in 2010, Facebook has changed beyond recognition
Facing redundancy? Here are the smart money moves to make before you leave
Getting your finances in order is vital if you are looking at time unemployed
UK to ban social media access for children under-16s
Hardline measures will prevent young users from being able to talk to strangers on gaming apps
Betting on football is hard – betting on World Cup stocks is harder
Using the World Cup as a read-through for picking shares is of questionable value
EU orders Meta to open WhatsApp to rival AI agents
Emergency action aimed at protecting competition in rapidly expanding market for autonomous agents
New US corporation tax regulations could put Ireland in Trump’s crosshairs
The US’s biggest companies must list country-by-country tax payments, including vast sums paid to Irish Exchequer
Is the tech jobs market really as bad as we think?
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Employment in tech sector rose at steepest rate for a year in May despite Meta cuts
Year-ahead outlook ‘improved further’, according to AIB data, despite fears of job displacement from AI
Meta scores a rare win on EU regulation
EU’s general court rules Facebook Marketplace should not be regulated under bloc’s Digital Markets Act
In a time of sky-high oil prices, should Ireland go nuclear?
Advocates say new, smaller reactors could deliver ‘abundant, cheap and clean power – the Holy Trinity’
Media lost its first two battles with Big Tech. It’s unlikely to win the third one, either
Artificial intelligence is latest technology that challenges traditional news distribution and publishers’ copyright
Singapore mobilises international response over fears seabed becoming global battlefield
Underwater fibre-optic cables carry more than 95 per cent of intercontinental data traffic
AI is moving fast. Official Ireland is not
Looking at the AI boom now recalls the chaotic dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, though there is little doubt that jobs are on the line
Are falling loans for home purchase a canary in the property coal mine?
Economic realism starts to weigh on monthly figures published by the banking sector ahead of high profile tech job losses
Ireland’s great AI job displacement: ‘Every employer, every worker should be talking about this’
Employers and unions think the Government needs to do more to mitigate what many believe will be a big upheaval in the jobs market
AI is coming for tech jobs, but what will it mean for the Irish economy?
In the News podcast: Meta staff in Ireland face cull of 350 jobs and more firms may follow suit
When God and Mammon agree on AI’s dangers then it’s time to pay attention
If predictions on job losses come true, the State’s accommodation of corporate America will be tested
Economy ‘dangerously dependent’ on tech giants, Dáil told
Government frightened they will pull investment and move jobs elsewhere, Labour leader Ivana Bacik says
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