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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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