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From Tralee to Croke Park, summit season gets into full swing over the coming weeks
Social media narrows collective attention span- study
Crisis stems from a ‘fear of missing out’ on social media and 24-hour breaking news
Google and Apple kowtowing to China unmasks hypocrisy of free speech claims
Hypocrisy of free speech claims exposed by pandering of Silicon Valley giants to Beijing
European copyright overhaul rejected by MEPs
Partial win for internet companies after halt to update intended for digital age
Wikipedia co-founder embarks on mission to fix ‘broken’ media
Jimmy Wales says WikiTribune aims to bring communities into news reporting
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales to tackle ‘fake news’ at Dublin event
Wales recently set up a new online platform WikiTribune to help beat rise of fake news
Wikipedia founder to fight fake news with ‘Wikitribune’
Crowdfunded online publication to pair journalists with volunteer contributors
Irish fintech firm Kyckr raises over €3m after IPO in Australia
Compliance company also acquires Waterford-based Global Business Register
The war on rote learning just doesn’t add up
Opinion: Can you teach skills without facts? For students to apply their skills to knowledge outside their experience, we have to teach that knowledge and encourage problem-solving ability based on facts
Wikipedia group sues NSA over surveillance claims
Wikimedia and rights groups file lawsuit alleging agency programme violates privacy
WikiGalaxy’s connected constellation of knowledge
A visually appealing interactive galaxy by developed by a French computer science student
Innovation must address the big social challenges
Renowned thinker Charles Leadbeater believes we should focus on ‘frugal’ innovators solving real-world problems
Innovation Talk: Heartbleed exposes the vulnerability of internet
It would appear that everyone thought somebody else had checked the source code. Since almost everyone else was using it, everyone assumed it thus must be safe
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