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By: Niall Kitson
The European Commission considers that Meta's binary decision to force citizens to either pay or give up their data to use the service does not comply with the Digital Market Act (DMA), the bloc's landmark law that aims to rein in the power excesses of Big Tech companies and ensure fairer competition in the digital world.
Elon Musk is facing legal action from the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding his 2022 acquisition of Twitter. The SEC alleges that Musk delayed disclosing his ownership interest in Twitter beyond the legally required threshold of 5%. This allowed him to buy additional shares at a lower price, according to the SEC. The [&hellip
By: Niall Kitson
I've always wanted to start a column with “As Oscar Wilde once said”. It's quite possible that, considering how many years I've been writing them, I have already done and forgotten about it, but who's to know. So let me realise that ambition now.
Nearly three-quarters of office workers believe their employer holds staff personally responsible for cyber security incidents, according to a survey by Censuswide on behalf of IT.ie and SonicWall. Furthermore, The poll of 1,000 office workers based in Ireland found more than a quarter (29%) of respondents reported at least one person in their company had been fired for accidentally causing a breach in the last 12 months.
Ireland has placed in the top five out of 34 countries, in the EU Open Data Maturity Assessment rankings for 2024. Ireland's position has improved by four places since the 2023 rankings and the country now sits alongside France, Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia in the top ‘trendsetter' group for making public sector information available and stimulating its reuse to drive innovation and public service transformation.
By: Niall Kitson
Big Tech bends the knee to Trump and developing trust in data Ivor Buckley, Dell The new Irish government has big plans for tech.
Outgoing US President Joe Biden took a clear swipe at Facebook and its owner Meta Networks this week. In his farewell address as he prepares to vacate the office to make room for his successor Donald Trump, Biden warned of the death of the free press and an “avalanche of misinformation and disinformation” before taking [&hellip
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Technology Ireland Digital Skillnet has announced the launch of a community of excellence for product management sector at the Next-Gen Product Management Conference hosted at TU Dublin. The initiative aims to centralise best practices, foster continuous learning, and equip professionals with the tools needed to thrive in a rapidly evolving industry. Building on the success [&hellip
Digital Business Ireland (DBI) has welcomed a commitment by the incoming coalition governement of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Independents promising to develop AI across educational and professional networks.
Stablecoins are fast becoming a dominant force in cryptocurrency crime, accounting for 63% of all illegal transactions, according to Chainalysis’s 2025 Crypto Crime Report. This shift is a significant departure from Bitcoin’s previous dominance in the criminal landscape. Although stablecoins are increasingly used for illicit purposes, they are not universally attractive to criminals. Issuers of [&hellip
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