2+ hour, 5+ min ago  (487+ words) THE EUROPEAN UNION has accused Meta of breaching its social media law by designing Facebook and Instagram to get users hooked, and demanded it disable "key addictive features" such as infinite scrolling. The EU's executive arm issued a fresh set…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1004+ words) WITHOUT FAIL, ONE of my most hated regular smartphone notifications is the screen time ping on a Monday morning. Most of the time I clear it before I can fully berate myself over what is usually an eye-watering number of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (202+ words) WHATSAPP USERS WILL soon no longer need to give out their phone numbers to chat on the messaging app, with the app gearing up to roll out usernames. You will instead be able to give someone your username for them…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (467+ words) BUMBLE IS GETTING rid of swiping and instead matching users using artificial intelligence." The dating app will undergo a root and branch transformation, departing from the system used by competitors Tinder and Hinge. Bumble has had financial difficulties in recent…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (363+ words) IRELAND'S MEDIA REGULATOR has launched two investigations into Meta over concerns about how users interact with its social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram. Coimisi'n na Me'n said the probes will examine whether Facebook and Instagram may have breached parts of…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (526+ words) PLANS TO ALLOW for the private development of electricity wires should include more safeguards than currently exist, the Oireachtas climate committee has recommended." Members of the Oireachtas climate committee are concerned that the legislation is being developed "primarily for large…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (391+ words) A tablet connecting to Starlink on an Aer Lingus flight. Eoin Mc Girl Eoin Mc Girl AER LINGUS HAS begun rolling out complimentary Wi-Fi across its fleet using the Elon Musk-owned Starlink system that led to a squabble between Musk…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (10+ words) Will you go to any gigs this summer? The Journal...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (318+ words) AN EMPLOYEE OF University College Dublin has been arrested and charged in connection with a widespread cyber crime hack of students at the institution. The man, who is in his 50s, was arrested for the purpose of charge this morning and…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (502+ words) (This article is produced by our Gaeltacht team. You can read the original'Irish version'of this'piece'here) IF YOU'RE visiting a friend in the coming days, don't be surprised when you ring the doorbell to receive an answer in Irish with a…...