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Most employees will receive 5% less in equity rewards after bigger cuts a year before

Coalition plans to consult EU and ‘like-minded countries’ to promote Europe-wide measures that could keep children off social media

Meta CEO claims Meta has improved identifying underage users

The tech giant included the proposal in a submission to the Government on Ireland’s upcoming EU presidency

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Data Protection Commission has imposed billions in fines in recent years, but has collected only a fraction so far

Complaint not taken seriously by State agency, says Irish Property Owners Association

Companies claim they were given ‘invoices’ instead of the ‘appropriate notices’ by Coimisiún na Meán

Discount retailer trades on multiples that are higher than Apple, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia and Meta

The first in a series of legal cases to allege that Instagram, YouTube and other platforms are dangerously addictive is on trial

Almost all of Meta’s revenue comes from ad sales, while ads still make up about three-quarters of Google's revenue

ECJ overturns decision of lower court in legal victory for Meta-owned messaging app

Irish users encounter fewer scam advertisements than those in other countries but lost more to scams than others across Europe

Many high-profile political aides have taken up lucrative post-government careers elsewhere

Stocks tumble despite strong earnings reports from most Silicon Valley heavyweights

Ireland’s position is particularly precarious

X criticised by rival social media groups over snub to Oireachtas committee after controversy over Grok nudification feature

Refusal of X to appear labelled ‘deeply disappointing’ by media committee chairman

‘Supply is not currently close to matching demand levels at this stage,’ report says

Almost 20,000 more people are out of work last month compared with December 2024

Microsoft says cloud sales growth slowed in second quarter

Luxury stocks a drag on European shares

Euronext Dublin finished the day up 1.5% mainly on the back of a surge from Bank of Ireland

Parents worry about toxic social media and their children accessing inappropriate content but they are not powerless in limiting access

Country’s largest local authority undertakes review of social media platform use as others sign out for good

Coco’s Law bans sharing of intimate images but does not appear to criminalise generating them

State-driven attempts to shut down a corner of the public realm are wrong

Staff, who review material on social media networks for safety, seek union recognition, better redundancy terms

‘Deepfake’ intimate picture of former TV presenter shared online during unsuccessful 2024 election campaign

Impact of AI on productivity is apparent but is still relatively small compared to the considerable investments in the technology to date

EU executive tried to keep correspondence between union’s tech enforcer and US multinationals under wraps

Damage caused by US tariffs has so far been muted but that won’t last

Meta contractor announced 420 job losses last year but subsequently reduced that number

Challenges to Google, Meta, Apple and X will test Brussels’ willingness to stick with digital rule book

Valuations may be spectacular and a bust could come — but while there’s exuberance there is no mania or irrationality

Tech giant facing third US tax court case in recent years related to transactions from 2010

Data Protection Commission proposes levy over user’s personal data being held in digital warehouse

If 83% of Irish children have access to the internet at night, that means the entire online world has access to 83% of Irish children at night

Lip-BU Tan’s background as an investor has complicated his role as head of Intel