Even tech libertarian Elon Musk warns against the power of unregulated AI software — fears that will be heightened as Kuwait News unveils its first AI-generated news presenter

Of the top five PC makers analysed in the reports, Apple saw the largest drop with a fall of more than 40%. That was followed by Dell with a drop of around 31%

After announcing the largest rounds of layoffs in their history, US big tech companies are now learning how difficult it is to reduce headcount in Europe.

The research also identified a "significant gender gap", as 70% of Leaving Cert computer science students and 60% of Junior Cycle coding students were male.

Artificial intelligence is the buzziest of buzz words for analysts. Apart, that is, for the two firms that are seen to be at the cutting edge of the technology.

Google's artifical intelligence chatbot delivered an inaccurate answer that was spotted just hours before a launch event for Bard in Paris.

Shares momentum followed Facebook owner Meta’s surprisingly positive results, which improved the sentiment among investors

Apple, which is growing its advertising business, could be a winner if Google ads become less effective

High-tech exhibits range from electric motorcycles that can go 0-100kph in 3 seconds to a colour-changing fridge which can even be the Pantone 2023 colour of the year, viva magenta

Enforcement action under the Digital Markets Act may see EU officials conducting so-called “dawn raids” on Big Tech HQs in Ireland

While the double-Irish structure impacted tax payments, it did not do so in Ireland, in other European countries.

Creators of Fortnite fined over child privacy rules

Google has been sued by a group of British website publishers who allege the US company and its parent Alphabet abused their dominant position in online advertising, depriving them of revenue.

Google said its Android mobile operating system gave users a greater choice of apps and app stores than any other mobile platform.

Jeff Bezos announced that he plans to give much of his fortune to charity — just as Amazon announces 10,000 layoffs

As the tech bloodbath continues, Alan Healy looks at the implications for Ireland

Damages claims amounting to €25bn are being filed against the tech giant in British and Dutch courts 

Google, Facebook-owner Meta, and Apple are among nearly 70 companies filing a brief with the US Supreme Court in support of affirmative action programmes being challenged at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.

The new body could add muscle to the European Commission's bid to make tech and social media giants comply with the law

The Digital Markets Act is set to force changes in companies' businesses, requiring them to make their messaging services interoperable

Research in 2020 from Edith Cowan University (ECU) found that online symptom-checkers are only accurate about a third of the time

Commission for Regulation of Utilities received a detailed submission from the tech giant warning against mooted moratorium 

Company’s messages and Dialer apps, used by millions of Android phone users globally, currently send huge amounts of data to Google every time a text is sent or a phone call is made, Trinity College study found

Protestors called on the employees of the social media giants to consider their role in this crisis, carried signs and had a mobile billboard reading ‘Stop Putin’s Lies, Save Ukrainian Lives'

The delistings bring the number of Irish Examiner pieces on the Quinns removed since late last year to 37

iPhone Tap to Pay will revolutionise how retailers trade — but its anticipated launch puts the spotlight on competition issues

Microsoft has also signalled that it is entering the virtual reality world, in its workplace collaboration software

"One study from Carnegie Mellon University that Hari cites in his new book found that we have lost about 20% of our brain power because of our online living"

With government backing, the regulator has stepped up scrutiny of the power wielded by tech groups

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

Number of ads blocked or removed increased by more than 500,000 in September and October compared to the previous period, EU report report shows

The tax payment was for "adjustments for corporation tax of prior periods", according to the latest statement for its Ireland-based company.

It gives us no great satisfaction to point to the accuracy of our prediction, made in 2017, that society was sleepwalking into an era where digital records will be removed to protect reputation and vested interests

Articles will remain online but will be less easily found by readers after family's successful move under the 'Right to be Forgotten'

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

I make them and listen to them — and yet, I feel a strange ambivalence about podcasts and their proliferation in our private lives

Microsoft also beats Wall St expectations as demand soared for cloud-based services from businesses adopting hybrid work models

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.

The European Commission fined Google in 2018, saying that it had used Android since 2011 to thwart rivals and cement its dominance in general internet search

iPhone and Android users have long complained about using different chargers for their phones. The former is charged from a Lightning cable while Android-based devices are charged using USB-C connectors

Some 98% of the 164 data protection cases of 'European significance' referred to the Data Protection Commission 'remain unresolved', according to a new report by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Bipartisan antitrust legislation aimed at Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google could hurt US competitiveness and give foreign adversaries access to sensitive information, new report claims

Big tech is fighting back against tough new laws aimed at curbing their powers

Almost 800,000 Irish viewers tuned into the explosive interview, while the country's most popular Google searches related to Covid, with a particular surge of interest in the reopening of retail stores