Updated: 6pm The State’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has issued Instagram with a €405 million fine over the way in which it handled children’s personal data – the largest fine the authority has ever issued. Instagram’s parent company Meta said in a statement that it plans to appeal the decision.Continue Reading
For her new album, Pre Pleasure, the singer-songwriter dropped her guitar and picked up a new instrument.Continue Reading
A teenage jockey has died during a race meeting in Co Kerry. The incident happened at the popular Glenbeigh races at around 5pm this evening. The young man is said to have fallen from his horse during the event at Rossbeigh Beach and was pronounced dead at the scene. HisContinue Reading
We went to Europe’s big tech showcase, where party fridges and supercharged water bottles ruled the floor.Continue Reading
Online reviews are not always what they might seem. Thapana_Studio via Shutterstock It’s a crime story fit for the digital era. It was recently reported that a number of restaurants in New York had been targeted by internet scammers threatening to leave unfavourable “one-star” reviews unless they received gift certificates.Continue Reading
Flickr/Number 10, CC BY-NC-SA Boris Johnson’s tenure as British prime minister is nearly over, ending a fractious period for parliament and the wider political system. His two and a half years in Downing Street have exposed some of the vulnerabilities of British constitutional norms, demonstrating how the combination of aContinue Reading
In August 2022, Sir David Richards and Lord Lloyd-Jones were respectively appointed and reappointed as justices to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. With the recent retirements of Lady Jill Black, Lady Mary Arden and Lady Brenda Hale, the highest court in the land has once again returned toContinue Reading
Lingtren.com / Shutterstock Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister comes to an end next week, giving us all a chance to consider what his legacy will be. More than his predecessors, Johnson owed his premiership to his reputed ability to persuade audiences other Conservatives couldn’t, through his charisma, unpredictability andContinue Reading
The Alphabet-backed AI firm is using virtual games to help its digital creations move more like humans.Continue Reading
Mikhail Gorbachev was only Soviet leader for a little over six years, from 1985 to 1991, but they were six years that changed both his country and the world. His policies of perestroika (reconstruction) and glasnost (openness) gave ordinary citizens the opportunity to exercise real political freedoms, including freedom ofContinue Reading
