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Internet use linked to higher wellbeing, study suggests

Across more than 33,000 different statistical models and subsets of data, researchers found that 84.9% of associations between internet connectivity and wellbeing were positive.

<p>Previously, tech companies such as Apple and Google loaded phones with default settings that included their preferred services, such as the voice assistant Siri for iPhones. Changing these settings required a more complicated process. File Picture</p>

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EU's new tech laws are working - small browsers gain market share

<p>The consultation on the Online Safety Code is open for responses until Friday, January 19, 2024. File Picture: iStock</p>

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Public's views sought on new safety code to protect users from harmful online content

Asian Chinese little girl playing smartphone at outdoor cafe

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China proposes to limit children’s smartphone time to maximum two hours a day

John Whelan: Business counts cost of delays to full 5G rollout

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Excessive internet use by children can lead to behavioural issues, new study finds

Onus is on Government to prevent spread of hate online, committee hears

An 'enormous amount of misinformation' is circulating online, exacerbating hostility towards migrants and asylum seekers in Ireland

Tue, 21 Feb, 2023

National Broadband Plan contractor hit with sanctions for failing to meet targets

The contractor delivering the €2. 7bn National Broadband Plan has been hit with sanctions of more than €150,000 for failing to meet its targets this year, with the programme 12 months behind schedule.

Fri, 30 Sep, 2022

TikTok acts following Kerry principal’s plea to remove harmful content about students

The school has experienced problems with "a small minority" of students in younger years bullying other students with videos posted under fake profiles.

Wed, 23 Mar, 2022

Worried woman watching bad online content on smartphone

Irish Examiner View: Beware of doomscrolling

We need to exercise more online discipline in our media consumption habits in order to protect our own mental health

Mon, 14 Mar, 2022

Lack of complaints mechanism a 'major gap' in plan for online regulator

Minister says the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill paves the way for a powerful new regulator 'with real teeth'.

Thu, 13 Jan, 2022

Global tech experts race to fix ‘fully weaponised’ software flaw

A software vulnerability exploited in the online game Minecraft is rapidly emerging as a major threat to internet-connected devices around the world.

Fri, 10 Dec, 2021

Most Irish internet users see 'doubtful or untrue' information online

CSO data reveals younger people are far less likely to take information at face value than their older peers

Mon, 06 Dec, 2021

Fergus Finlay: We’ve got the fibre, but have still made a meal of our connections

Trying to get to talk to someone in Open Eir is a recipe for a complete emotional meltdown, writes Fergus Finlay

Tue, 09 Nov, 2021

Google market value passes $2tn mark on back of share rally

The share-price advance puts the company in an exclusive club alongside Apple and Microsoft.

Mon, 08 Nov, 2021

Candidates for State boards asked to sign declaration about their social media activities

The move is part of efforts by the Public Appointments Service to 'further enhance its assurance procedures with regard to candidate suitability and qualification'.

Thu, 07 Oct, 2021

Google gets fresh complaint at EU over search engine tweaks

Google is on a collision course with advertisers and publishers who fired off a fresh antitrust complaint with the European Union in the run-up to the US tech giant’s court fight over a record $5bn (€4. 28bn) antitrust fine.

Tue, 28 Sep, 2021

Phone call from unknown number late at night. Scam, fraud or phishing with smartphone concept. Prank caller, scammer or stranger

Irish Examiner View: Are mobile phones the enemy within?

Already faced with fraud and phishing scams, the latest revelations about Pegasus spy software dent public confidence even further

Tue, 20 Jul, 2021

Companies around the world hit by brief internet outages

A wave of brief internet outages has hit the websites and apps of dozens of financial institutions, airlines and other companies across the globe.

Thu, 17 Jun, 2021

Alison Curtis: How the internet can be a force for good in our children’s lives

Each day, my daughter's knowledge of how to navigate the internet is growing; she is now showing me things

Thu, 03 Jun, 2021

Microsoft to finally retire browser Internet Explorer in 2022

Microsoft is putting the final nail in the coffin of Internet Explorer, revealing that the legacy web browser will retire for good in summer next year.

Thu, 20 May, 2021

National Space Centre speed upgrade for low earth orbit communications

The Cork campus is home to more than a dozen Irish space start-ups and EU-headquartered space enterprises

Tue, 20 Apr, 2021

Colm O'Regan: The founder of Twitter sold his first tweet for a few million euro

From selling recordings of farts to Whatsapp messages and Youtube clips, having digital proof that you own a digital thing is the latest way to make money

Mon, 29 Mar, 2021

Anu Bradford: Consumer to benefit as the Brussels Effect comes for Big Tech

Because the EU is one of the world’s largest consumer markets, most multinational corporations accept its terms of business as the price of admission, writes Anu Bradford

Mon, 21 Dec, 2020

Kim Kardashian West at 40: All the times she broke the internet

It’s hard to believe it, but Kim Kardashian West is 40 years old.

Wed, 21 Oct, 2020

Father and son, office desk with laptop and tablet

Could you do without devices for 24 hours?

No judgements here, says CyberSafeIreland's Philip Arneill — the first annual Cyber Break campaign is simply a way that families can volunteer to put the screens away, reconnect, and foster a better offline/online balance.

Thu, 08 Oct, 2020

Half of all parents want online safety taught to junior infants

Almost all parents think online safety should be a compulsory part of the school curriculum, and more than half of those who responded to a survey conducted by Barnardos said it should start as early as Junior Infants.

Tue, 22 Sep, 2020

Poor broadband access impacting one-in-six third level students

With more courses now to be delivered online due to the pandemic, initial research has found a significant number of college students come from areas with poor broadband coverage.

Wed, 16 Sep, 2020

European Union’s top court supports net neutrality rules

The European Union’s highest court has given its support to the bloc’s rules that stop internet providers from charging customers for preferential access to their networks.

Tue, 15 Sep, 2020

'Digital age of consent is not working' says report

The 2019 annual report from CybersafeIreland also shows that 31% of children have gamed online with people they do not know and 30% of children have friends or followers on social media platforms who are strangers

Thu, 10 Sep, 2020

‘Game-changing’ quantum breakthrough paves way for safer online communication

The technique applies a principle called entanglement which Albert Einstein described as “spooky action at a distance”

Wed, 02 Sep, 2020

Petition for revenge porn to be made illegal receives 11,000 signatures

More than 11,000 people have signed a petition calling for 'revenge porn' to be made illegal at this time of writing.

Tue, 04 Aug, 2020

Suzanne Harrington: It's like the Dark Ages but with smartphones

My theory is that the internet is like fire. When our ancestors discovered how to make fire, they probably burned themselves a lot

Mon, 03 Aug, 2020

Regular internet use linked to better mental health in older people

Using the internet more regularly can improve mental health among older adults, new research indicates.

Mon, 27 Jul, 2020

Irish Examiner view: Internet must work to benefit all

It is unlikely that any Kremlin decision-makers — if there are more than one — will filter their work through what might be called The Lenin Perspective.

Tue, 23 Jun, 2020

Workers driven to working from church carpark due to crash in broadband speeds

Up until a few months ago, salesman Tony Cullinane’s colleagues used to laugh about how bad his internet connection was during conference calls.

Tue, 23 Jun, 2020

Irish Examiner View: 5G conspiracy theories are simply wrong

In 1890, not so very long ago, the Ghost Dance spread across America’s Great Plains. Shamans told a broken Native American culture the dance would eradicate white people and that dead Indians would rise from the dead and return to their former idyll. The belief spread but, unsurprisingly, lost its verve when its prophecies were not realised.

Tue, 14 Apr, 2020

Record levels of internet traffic recorded in Ireland

Internet exchanges in Ireland have seen a 20% jump in traffic since the Covid-19 pandemic measures were put into place.

Wed, 25 Mar, 2020

Ireland is a tech hotspot but rural areas left in cold

The speed at which work and employment is changing caught up with me at the weekend. I was delighted to hear a young relative of mine secured a job with a software company. He studied in Cork, travelled the world and is now settling down in Europe.

Tue, 28 Jan, 2020

Here are the first 35 areas to get high-speed broadband

The first 35 areas to get high-speed internet under the National Broadband Plan have been revealed.

Sat, 07 Dec, 2019

Doctors despair as patients present with internet-derived diagnoses

Doctors found it irritating to have to cope with patients who arrive in their rooms with self-diagnoses derived from time spent googling, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 21 Oct, 2019

6% of Irish internet users have lost money to cybercrime, CSO reveal

Almost one-sixth of internet users here say they have received fraudulent or phishing emails and some 6% of people say they have experienced a financial loss as a result of such activity.

Fri, 18 Oct, 2019

Children put at risk online: Parents facing a huge challenge

Today’s parents are the first to have to consider the prospect that their children might spend more time with strangers online than they are spending with them.

Tue, 10 Sep, 2019

TDs question rural broadband timeline

Concerns about the long-term ownership of the rural broadband network and the length of time to complete the planned €5bn project are among findings in revealed in an Oireachtas committee report.

Mon, 22 Jul, 2019

Court orders internet providers to block illegal streaming of live football matches from next month

People who watch live English Premiership football matches on illegal streaming sites on their computers, set top boxes and other devices will find the service blocked when the 2019/20 season kicks off next month following a court order.

Mon, 15 Jul, 2019

The net minders: How would policing the internet work?

If there was any doubt about the Government’s view on the proliferation of hateful and harmful content on the internet, you’d need only to sit quietly for a moment and wait for the echo that has been making its way around the corridors of power to reach you.

Sat, 29 Jun, 2019

Denis Naughten surprised by Eir's claim about completing broadband plan