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Tech

Last week
7th September 2025 - 13th September 2025
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Will ChatGPT's new parental controls actually work?
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Last month
August 2025
Union takes its fight against Bank of Ireland's return-to-office policy to the WRC
Dubliners concerned new drone deliveries will disrupt funerals
M&S offers discount to Irish shoppers as online orders remain unavailable after April cyberattack
Debunked: Viral video of Trump berating the Irish government over immigration is fabricated
Has Irish dancing's global success really helped the scene back at home?
OpenAI releases new ChatGPT version with 'PhD level' expertise, but it can't spell 'blueberry'
July
July 2025
Q&A: What we know (and don't know) about the EU-US tariff deal
Project launched to test new tech that sends text messages as they are typed
Workers at AIB told to return to office for three days per week
Thousands of controversial Chinese surveillance cameras installed in public places across Ireland
The Journal Investigates reveals Hikvision is used by councils, hospitals and universities despite bans in other countries.
Most councils use the red-flagged surveillance systems
Devices are installed in courthouses, maternity hospitals and swimming pools
No official Irish advice against using the cameras linked to human rights abuses
Debunked: Deepfakes of Brendan Gleeson, Luke O’Neill, and Sharon Tobin appear in hoax medicine ads
The AI-generated celebs tout a miracle cure which they claim has been banned in Ireland.
TikTok given permission to challenge €530m fine over data transfers to China
TikTok under investigation over claims it misled Ireland's data regulator
Elon Musk's AI chatbot made antisemitic and pro-Hitler remarks (and then deleted them)
Debunked: Fatal floods in Texas spark false claims of weather manipulation amid political blame
Six million passengers' private information breached in cyberattack, Aussie airline Qantas says
This year
2025
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Could you get in trouble for using a dodgy box?
37m
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Why is Google search so bad?
22m
Debunked: Video of Dublin used in false claim about ‘massacre’ on day of Carlow shooting
Quiz: Can you name these billionaires?
Irish MEP used AI to write open letter about Gaza which quoted Swedish House Mafia
Community Notes vanishes from X feeds, raising 'serious questions' amid ongoing EU probe
Debunked: How misinformation swirled about the Liverpool car ramming despite police efforts
Meta warned minister that €200m EU fine last month would harm Irish businesses and consumers
Microsoft cutting almost 3% of global workforce
An old Trump video, re-used Gaza footage, and other fake news from the India-Pakistan conflict
Debunked: Deepfake video appears to show Canadian Prime Minister announcing ban on old cars
Europe seeks to attract US-based scientists with new €500m support package
Explainer: Why is Intel in trouble and what happens next?
Apple and Meta slapped with combined €700m fine for breaching app store and advert rules
FactCheck: Studies of millions of children show there is no connection between autism and vaccines
IMF chief says Irish public should be allowed to be customers of European banks
'All clear': Spotify fixed after streaming service hit by outages
Debunked: A new conspiracy theory claims 14 countries signed a treaty to ban natural conception
What happened in Conor McGregor's failed meme coin launch?
Trade war may reduce buyer pool in housing market due to reliance on rich multinational workers
Impacts on the status of rich multinational workers could have major implications on the, already low, housing market activity.
Leaving Cert examiners offer €100,000 contract to research how AI can be used to correct papers
Apple and Meta face big EU fines this week - and Ireland might have to collect the money
Fianna Fáil seeking to criminalise misleading and deceptive 'deepfakes'