The US Justice Department plans to propose changes to a legal shield enjoyed by companies such as Google and Facebook amid criticism that the tech platforms carry material that promotes illicit conduct and suppresses conservative opinions.

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg will meet the EU’s digital and industry commissioners next week, days before the EU presents proposals to rein in US tech giants and Chinese rivals.

US Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren went after big tech during the Democratic debate on Tuesday night but brushed off rival Kamala Harris’s challenge to join her in calling for President Donald Trump’s suspension from Twitter.

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A pizza delivery by drone in three minutes may sound like something from a sci-fi movie, but tech entrepreneur Bobby Healy insists it will be a reality across Ireland by next year.

Google is poised to pay a modest $13m (€11.6m) to end a 2010 privacy lawsuit that was once called the biggest US wiretap case ever and threatened the internet giant with billions of dollars in damages.

Amazon faces a full-blown EU probe as the region’s competition chief Margrethe Vestager prepares for a summer finale to her five-year crackdown on US technology giants.

Amazon faces a full-blown EU probe as the region’s competition chief Margrethe Vestager prepares for a summer finale to her five-year crackdown on US technology giants.

In early 2018, in a complex of low-rise buildings in the Australian capital, a team of government hackers was engaging in a destructive digital war game.

US stock indexes edged further into record territory today following more signs that the economy is growing in the way that investors love.

Gerard Pique’s focus as his team took a valuable 1-0 advantage in Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg at Manchester United was particularly impressive, given the many potential distractions inside the Barcelona defender’s head.

The wider aim of the EU crackdown on Google is to give more space to startups or competitors to offer the same kinds of services on a more level playing field, writes Lionel Laurent.

It’s one of the biggest bets going in the world of cars: Since May, General Motors (GM) and its Cruise self-driving car unit have landed €4.35bn in investment commitments from Japan’s SoftBank and Honda Motor to develop a robot taxi service that could safely navigate the city streets of San Francisco by the end of next year - putting it ahead Alphabet’s Waymo self-driving car unit, Uber and Lyft.

Author Deirdre Sullivan and illustrator Karen Vaughan have won the Children’s Book of the Year (CBI) Award with the fairytale Tangleweed and Brine.

Finding billionaires in Silicon Valley isn’t hard. But tracking down members of the three-comma club at Apple is a less fruitful endeavour.

Facebook plunged to its worst loss in four years on Monday and led a rout in technology companies.

US stocks finished mostly lower in another choppy day of trading after a midday rally faded.

US stocks slumped on Friday, dragging down the Dow Jones industrial average by more than 650 points and handing the market its worst week in two years.

Google parent company Alphabet reported a steady revenue increase for the last quarter as the company released its financial results.

Google faced a deadline yesterday to defend changes to its shopping service that left old foes clamouring for a new wave of EU anti-competitive fines.

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US stocks have set more records in quiet post-holiday trading as technology companies again did much of the heavy lifting.

US stocks slipped today after Senate Republicans surprised Wall Street by proposing a delay in cutting corporate taxes.

Apple briefly became the first $900bn (€772bn) in the US on the day its stores around the world were inundated with customers trying to get their hands on the new iPhone X.

Some of the biggest companies in the world had their best day in years on Friday as Microsoft, Google and Amazon soared following strong third-quarter results.

Google parent company Alphabet reported a strong last quarter in its latest financial results, announcing a revenue increase of more than five billion US dollars (£3.8bn) on the same period last year.

Google has agreed to buy part of HTC’s engineering and design teams for $1.1 billion (€923m), taking on a cadre of veterans that worked on the Pixel phone and could bolster its nascent hardware business.

Google has offered to display rival comparison shopping sites via an auction, as it aims to stave off further EU competition fines, four people familiar with the matter said.

Google is facing a new US lawsuit accusing it of gender-based pay discrimination.