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A Dutch regulator has taken Netflix to task over the streaming service's harvesting of user data and its opaque reasons for doing so. The Personal Data Authority (AP) found that between 2018 and 2020, Netflix did not give customers enough information about what the company does with their personal data. The streaming service was fined €4.75 million for the practice and Netflix has since improved the provision of information.

Ireland has entered into a voluntary agreement to co-operate with other bodies, internationally, to improve the sustainability of ICT procurement. Known as the Circular and Fair ICT Pact (CFIT), this voluntary initiative is an international procurement-led partnership with a remit to accelerate circularity, fairness, and sustainability in the ICT sector. The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications has joined the CFIT Pact as a coordinating participant.

Dr Mani Dhingra is a senior postdoctoral researcher with Research Ireland centre Adapt and smart city digital twin manager at Maynooth University. In this interview she talks about how ethics inform technologucal solutions to urban challenges. Can you tell us about your background? I am an architect, urbanist and innovator with a master’s degree in [&hellip

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So here we all are heading into the closing stages of 2024. Does it feel like nearly a year has gone by since last Christmas? I suppose it all depends who you are and what's happened to you.

Investor enthusiasm for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) continues to grow, with venture capital investment in the sector expected to top $45 billion globally for the year, almost double the figure for 2023 ($24 billion) and more than five times the total VC investment in 2022 ($8.7 billion). That's according to EY Ireland's

As Nasa prepares to retire the International Space Station in 2030, the agency has outlined its vision for sustaining the human presence in low Earth orbit. This strategy, developed through extensive collaboration with industry, academia and international partners, focuses on advancing science, technology and exploration in microgravity for the benefit of all.

From the dramatic fall of crypto kingpin Sam Bankman-Fried to the challenges facing electric vehicle adoption in Ireland, get ready for a no-holds-barred analysis of the year's most compelling tech stories. We unpack everything from the impact of brand new AI regulation to streaming economics, the shifting landscapes of digital innovation and much more.

Debuting in February 2023, micro-blogging social media platform Bluesky, originally an internal project at Twitter, has seen explosive growth since Donal Trump's victory at the polls in November.

Nearly 40 British creative groups, including publishers, authors and photographers, have called on the government to protect billion-dollar copyright rules from AI companies.