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# Computers

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2022
Opinion: Artificial intelligence can no longer be ignored - we need policies to deal with it
Fianna Fáil senator Malcolm Byrne says AI tech is advancing at pace and politics must move to meet it.
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Sep 4th 2022, 7:00 AM
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Bill and Melinda Gates announce they are ending their marriage
The couple have been married for 27 years.
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May 4th 2021, 7:17 AM
Researchers discover new security flaw in Intel chips
The flaw could let hackers pry information from supposedly secure virtual vaults in Intel chips.
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Aug 15th 2018, 6:57 AM
Apple confirms all Mac and iOS devices affected by Meltdown and Spectre security flaws
The Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities could allow hackers to access sensitive data on most computers.
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Jan 5th 2018, 8:39 AM
People being warned to check systems as Intel reveals 'serious flaws' in its computer chips
Researchers said any fix for the bug could slow computers down by 30% or more.
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Jan 4th 2018, 8:15 AM
There have been lots of cyber attacks on State websites that the public aren't even aware of
There have been calls for the Garda cyber crime unit to be beefed up.
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May 16th 2017, 6:15 AM
Trinity breakthrough means a computer hard-disk’s capacity could be increased by 1,000
The discovery could revolutionise computing as we know it.
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Mar 5th 2017, 8:30 AM
The government brought in word processors in the 1980s - and civil servants weren't too happy
One civil servant had to routinely work through lunch and late in the day to catch up on work.
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Jan 3rd 2017, 7:00 PM
Trump: 'No computer is safe - if you have something important, write it out'
Trump rarely uses email or computers despite his frequent tweeting.
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Jan 1st 2017, 1:37 PM
'It's not social to be on social media': The Irishman moving off-the-grid for a happier life
An RTÉ documentary airing tonight explores how much our digital fingerprint is telling the world about us.
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Nov 17th 2016, 6:05 AM
"Hack-back vendors" and private security firms could be used to fight cybercrime
The debate around how to strike back against hackers is ongoing around the world.
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Nov 6th 2016, 8:00 AM
This Mac malware will let hackers take over your computer
The malware is disguised as an application called EasyDoc Converter and gives an attacker complete access.
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Jul 7th 2016, 2:29 PM
These are some of the odder training methods used to make smarter computers
Training up artificial intelligence takes a lot of work, and it means putting it in sometimes unconventional situations.
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May 16th 2016, 2:02 PM
'A tour to the past of 15 years ago': Turning off technology for a weekend
A group of people will be meeting at a hotel in Donegal next weekend for a digital detox.
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Jan 16th 2016, 10:00 AM
Cutting-edge Irish research to help people control objects with their minds
The implications are startling, from a paralysed person controlling a wheelchair to an amputee operating a prosthetic limb.
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Sep 24th 2015, 6:00 PM
Samsung laptops are blocking Windows updates leaving them open to attack
A piece of software blocks Windows updates, which regularly include important security updates.
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Jun 24th 2015, 4:28 PM
Police are poking around Fifa's headquarters again
‘IT data’ has been seized.
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Jun 10th 2015, 7:34 PM
When buying a laptop, what factors should you consider?
It can be confusing at the best of times, but there are a few things worth keeping in mind.
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May 31st 2015, 11:00 AM
Intel says 50 years of Moore's Law has transformed our lives
In 1965, Gordon Moore made a prediction that would set the pace for a digital revolution.
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Apr 20th 2015, 10:49 AM
New national DNA database to become operational this year
IT improvements for the gardaí are on the way said Minister Frances Fitzgerald.
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Jan 2nd 2015, 7:00 AM
Opinion: Survival strategies for parents to get through long dark winter weekends
On overcast, rainy weekends, it can be tough to keep them occupied.
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Dec 28th 2014, 7:00 PM
Irish computers are being attacked by one of the most sophisticated viruses ever
The virus named Regin is thought to have been created by a government in the last six years.
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Nov 24th 2014, 7:33 AM
Apple maps and 8 other times Apple got it wrong
Music subscription services? Bankrupt, sez Jobs.
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Oct 11th 2014, 4:00 PM
Unlock your car, share contacts or log into your computer. It's all possible with human microchipping
The microchip the size of a grain of rice can be implanted into a person’s thumb.
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Aug 16th 2014, 10:15 AM
14 things people who grew up with the internet will never understand
Oh, to be young.
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Jul 7th 2014, 9:30 PM
7 ways to astound your mates with computer wizardry
Everyone loves a shortcut.
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Jul 6th 2014, 1:00 PM
Opinion: I’m 15 years old and I've set up my own company – here's why
We can’t continue to just lament the shortage of highly skilled IT graduates; we need to re-think the way digital skills are taught in the classroom.
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Jun 25th 2014, 1:00 PM
These kids reacting to technology will make you feel ancient
Who do these little pups think they are?
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May 26th 2014, 8:30 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 It’s finally the weekend – and here’s everything you need to know as we start the day.
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Apr 5th 2014, 8:16 AM
Jennifer Aniston learning about Windows 95 is the most 90s thing ever
No one told her and Matthew Perry life was going to be this way.
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Feb 20th 2014, 4:29 PM
Code-breaker who broke Nazi Enigma code given posthumous pardon
Alan Turing was criminally convicted for being gay and underwent forced hormone treatment to extinguish his sex drive.
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Dec 24th 2013, 11:15 AM
Steve Jobs' childhood home has been given historical protection
Jobs built some of his first computers in the house in Los Altos, California.
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Oct 30th 2013, 2:19 PM
Column: Why are so few computer science graduates getting jobs?
The Government and higher education system could be nurturing our potential world-changers much more effectively, writes Paddy Cosgrave.
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Oct 6th 2013, 8:45 AM
Intel chooses Ireland to design new micro chip
The Quark SoC X1000 and the Galileo board were both designed at the company’s plant in Leixlip in Co Kildare.
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Oct 4th 2013, 10:26 AM
300 jobs to be created at new Dell bank
The headquarters of computer giant’s latest venture into financial services will be located in Cherrywood.
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Sep 26th 2013, 12:28 PM
75 new Irish jobs announced in software testing company
Up to 30 of these positions are expected to be recruited before the end of this year.
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Sep 18th 2013, 9:53 AM
Microsoft shares surge as CEO announces he is quitting
Steve Ballmer says he is stepping down to allow a more “long-term” successor steer the company into the world of tablets and smartphones. Investors reacted as enthusiastically as Ballmer at a tech conference.
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Aug 23rd 2013, 3:27 PM
One of the world's most advanced computers is only as smart as a four-year-old
The machine scored highly in vocabulary but lacks even the basic commonsense of a young child.
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Jul 16th 2013, 9:45 PM
Here's how people are using wireless printers to freak out their neighbours
The wily pranksters.
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Jul 15th 2013, 2:39 PM
Inventor of the computer mouse dies at 88
Doug Engelbart had the idea for the mouse back in the 1960s.
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Jul 4th 2013, 12:36 PM
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