# Sony

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# Snap Snap

10 stunning photos from Sony World Photography Awards' Open competition

The categories include Natural World, Portraiture, Landscape and Architecture.

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Mar 2nd 2019, 8:00 AM

# Ballyvourney

The world's best photographs have been announced - and a shot of Ireland is part of the winning entry

British photographer Alys Tomlinson won Photographer of the Year at the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards.

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Apr 20th 2018, 11:44 AM

# Game of Thrones

Hackers demand millions in ransom for stolen HBO data

They’ve threatened to upload entire series and sensitive proprietary files.

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Aug 8th 2017, 11:21 AM

# a picture paints...

Wars, brothels and passionate love: Images from some of the best photographers in the world

Irish photographer Ivor Prickett is among those shortlisted for a Sony World Photography award.

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Mar 4th 2017, 9:00 PM

# we can work it out

Paul McCartney is suing Sony to get the rights to Beatles songs back

Duran Duran lost a similar case in December.

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Jan 19th 2017, 7:07 AM

# suspicious messages

Britney Spears claimed to be dead in suspected 'hack' of Sony Twitter account

A Bob Dylan account also tweeted that Spears was dead.

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Dec 26th 2016, 2:58 PM

# smartphone

Sony has a new smartphone range, but does X mark the spot?

The Xperia gets a new range of smartphones, but is the X the beginning of something new and better?

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Jun 5th 2016, 7:30 PM

# eyeful

The simple contact lens could be the next place for your camera

The latest patent awarded to Sony describes a contact lens that can take photos by recognising deliberate blinks.

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May 3rd 2016, 3:17 PM

# Court Case

Taylor Swift donates $250k to help Kesha's 'financial needs'

A judge refused to end the singer’s six-album contract with Sony.

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Feb 22nd 2016, 8:07 AM

# tech review

Sony's Xperia Z5 Compact is the best sub-5-inch screen smartphone around

The mid-range series has been a highlight in Sony’s smartphone portfolio, and it’s still going strong.

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Dec 21st 2015, 8:30 PM

# Will Smith

Sony deny that new movie was changed to keep the NFL happy

Leaked emails appeared to show some of the script was softened.

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Sep 2nd 2015, 7:29 PM

# prototype

This is the Nintendo PlayStation that never saw the light of day

Both Sony and Nintendo had a partnership during the early 90s, but disagreements over licensing saw them go their separate ways.

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Jul 6th 2015, 12:34 PM

# fundraiser

Sony wants to raise €3.2 billion so your phone can take better pictures

The company hopes to return to long-term profit by boosting its production on image sensors for smartphone and digital cameras.

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Jun 30th 2015, 12:35 PM

# fan favourites

Sony surprised everyone at E3 with two blasts from the past

And it only took 18 years for one to become a reality.

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Jun 16th 2015, 11:05 AM

# James Bond

This is how much Sony offered Daniel Craig just to hold its new phone

But the star resisted because Bond ‘only uses the best’.

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Apr 24th 2015, 9:53 AM

# finding your roots

Ben Affleck wanted to hide his slave-owning ancestor from documentary

It was for a show about his family’s past.

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Apr 19th 2015, 3:54 PM

# Wikileaks

Here's what the leaked Sony Pictures emails reveal about Irish actors

And directors. And authors. And TV shows.

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Apr 17th 2015, 6:30 PM

# Data dump

Wikileaks has published thousands of leaked Sony emails

And it’s all in a searchable archive. Handy.

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Apr 17th 2015, 1:08 PM

# pick of the bunch

Some great smartphones were announced this week, but what are they like?

All the big players revealed their latest editions at Mobile World Congress this week, and it’s quite a lineup.

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Mar 5th 2015, 7:30 PM

# 2k display

Sony ditches the flagship (for now) to focus on creating a standout tablet*

*Also, it announced a mid-range smartphone, the M4 Aqua, to keep that business ticking along.

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Mar 2nd 2015, 6:00 PM

# eyesore

Is this weird Sony contraption better than Google Glass?

Yet they’re not exactly stylish, are they?

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Feb 17th 2015, 6:00 PM

# Workout

Sony claims watching Whiplash burns 375 calories... same as a 2.5k jog!

It’s a physically exhausting movie.

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Jan 22nd 2015, 3:50 PM

# HIDE MY IP

North Korea made a schoolboy error when they hacked Sony, says FBI

The FBI says they “got sloppy” and sometimes didn’t block their IP addresses.

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Jan 7th 2015, 10:30 PM

# all eyes on kim

Sony hacks were 'extortionist efforts by criminals who attacked us': CEO

But the company’s boss didn’t make any mention of North Korea in his first public comments about the cyber attacks.

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Jan 6th 2015, 1:45 PM

# sliver lining

Playstation 4 gives Sony something to shout about as sales top 18.5 million

More than four million PS4 consoles were bought during the year-end holiday season, while game sales remained strong.

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Jan 6th 2015, 10:36 AM

# tensions

North Korea is really unhappy with the US over those new sanctions

North Korea said the US is focused on ‘inveterate repugnancy and hostility’. Ouch.

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Jan 4th 2015, 11:35 AM

# sweetener

Sony is hoping discounts and extensions will make up for PSN's Christmas outage

Playstation Network went down over the Christmas period after a group called Lizard Squad allegedly performed a cyberattack on it.

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Jan 2nd 2015, 9:42 AM

# North Korea

Hacking, war and talks with South Korea... Kim Jong Un gave a New Year's Day speech

A summit between the two countries has not been held since 2007.

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Jan 1st 2015, 1:26 PM

# fun and games

Who was playing games in 2014? Half a billion people...

From virtual to reality, what do gamers look like in 2014?

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Dec 29th 2014, 10:00 PM

# let the games begin

Sony's Playstation network is up again as the company admits it WAS attacked by hackers

No direct link is being made to the cyber attack over ‘The Interview’.

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Dec 28th 2014, 12:05 PM

# Review 2014

A year in red and black ink: 2014's biggest winners and losers from world of business

There was no escaping Michael O’Leary, Irish Water or Apple’s world domination.

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Dec 27th 2014, 4:00 PM

# kim kringle

Did Kim Dotcom save Xbox and Playstation users from a game-free Christmas?

A hacking group claimed responsibility for another attack on both the systems.

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Dec 26th 2014, 3:08 PM

# don't believe the hype

So after all that hassle is The Interview actually any good?

The reviews are mixed to say the least.

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Dec 26th 2014, 9:55 AM

# Pay Per View

The Interview can now be streamed on Youtube (with a little help from Ireland)

Payments for the US-only rental are being powered by Stripe.

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Dec 24th 2014, 8:06 PM

# pr money can't buy

Sony is now going to release The Interview to "the largest possible audience"

Only 200-300 cinemas are, however, expected to show the film.

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Dec 23rd 2014, 9:20 PM

# Hacking

US to review North Korea terror status after Sony hack

President Barack Obama said the hacking incident was not an act of war.

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Dec 21st 2014, 7:40 PM

# proposal

North Korea: 'We had nothing to do with the Sony attack'

Pyongyang warned the US of “grave consequences” if the proposal for the joint investigation was rejected.

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Dec 20th 2014, 7:50 PM

Voices

Opinion: Sony has capitulated to terrorist demands – it will have a chilling effect on freedom of speech

Pretty much any nefarious tin-pot dictator can pay hackers to go do a job for them. Will the people of the free world just throw their hands up in surrender?

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Dec 20th 2014, 8:00 AM

# the interview

Obama: 'We will respond' to North Korea hack

Sony said it still plans to release The Interview… but in a different format.

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Dec 19th 2014, 10:52 PM

Cinemas now can't even show Team America: World Police

Boo.

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Dec 19th 2014, 9:11 AM