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Dec 6, 2021

Monday news roundup: December 6th

If you can’t beat them- join them, Trump, while still banned from Twitter and Facebook, decides to start its own social media company. The Trump Media & Technology Group is working on launching the social media company Truth Social. It is expected to go live early next year. A former…

Social Media

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Social Media

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Dec 2, 2021

December 2nd: news roundup

The year was tough for Meta, former Facebook, even the change of the name didn’t bring relief. The troubles started after a whistleblower and former employee, Frances Haugen, took to the stage to reveal the questionable Facebook operation methods, such as allowing hate speech on the platform. “Meta’s horrible year…

Internet

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December 2nd: news roundup
December 2nd: news roundup
Internet

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Nov 12, 2021

“People are to Ireland what Champagne is to France and oil is to Texas”. The wow of Irish politico in global tax reform — with Padraic White, former IDA MD: Transcript

Listen to the podcast about the history of Ireland’s corporate tax regime from minutes 2 to 11. (Geraldine) Padraic, it is an absolute pleasure to have you back again and very timely, given that the headlines at the moment are about tax reform and tax regimes and how Ireland…

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“People are to Ireland what Champagne is to France and oil is to Texas”.
“People are to Ireland what Champagne is to France and oil is to Texas”.

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Nov 5, 2021

A week in tech: Friday, November 5th

In the new Sway episode, Kara Swisher meets a tech reporter Casey Newton to discuss the recent news surrounding Facebook and try to answer whether the problem is Facebook or the Internet. Facebook’s promise to stop using facial recognition on its platform does not apply to Meta. Earlier this…

Technology

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Technology

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Nov 1, 2021

Daily tech news and Florida

By Mahima Badsra — ‘The Problem Is Him’ Kara Swisher on Mark Zuckerberg’s crisis and ours. “He’s not an asshole, and he’s never been an asshole. That’s not the problem here. It’s easy when they’re assholes. When it’s a Travis Kalanick? Simple, just flush the guy down the toilet. When it’s Mark, it’s harder…

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Oct 29, 2021

S2 E5: SHARING IS CARING! COULD DATA SHARE HELP HEALTHCARE?— with Jason Ward, VP & General Manager Dell Technologies Ireland: Transcript

Spotify - Web Player Jason Ward shares his views on how cognitive diversity spawns from avoiding echo chambers filled with yes people…open.spotify.com Listen to the podcast about the differences between the Irish and the Nordic markets and people coaching from minutes 1 to 7. (Geraldine) Jason, just this January, you became VP of medium business in Western Europe while also being VP and general manager of Dell technologies Ireland. …

Dell

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S2 E5: SHARING IS CARING!
S2 E5: SHARING IS CARING!
Dell

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Oct 18, 2021

Monday news round-up: October 18th 2021

Metaverse lately has been attracting much attention, especially after big tech names as Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) and Tim Sweeney (Epic Games) showed their keen interest in it. Metaverse is a virtual world where users will be able to connect to all sorts of virtual environments to meet with other people…

Metaverse

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Monday news round-up: October 18th 2021
Monday news round-up: October 18th 2021
Metaverse

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Oct 13, 2021

Mid-week news round-up: Wednesday, October 13th 2021

Amazon and Google workers publicly condemn the tech companies ties with the Israeli military. According to the employee's open letter, Project Nimbus was set to sell dangerous technology to the Israeli military and government. Project Nimbus is a $1.2bn contract to provide cloud services for the Israeli military and government…

Google

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Mid-week news round-up: Wednesday, October 13th 2021
Mid-week news round-up: Wednesday, October 13th 2021
Google

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Oct 11, 2021

Monday news round-up: October 11th 2021

Google to step into the fight with climate change misinformation. The tech company announced that it would stop the ads running on climate-change-denying Youtube videos. The new policy will apply to content that contradicts the “scientific consensus around the existence and cause of climate change”. It would include such content…

Climate Change

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Monday news round-up: October 11th 2021
Monday news round-up: October 11th 2021
Climate Change

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Oct 7, 2021

Thursday morning reads, Facebook Facebook and More Facebook

By Mahima Badsra — What the Pandora Papers Reveal About Offshore Wealth Facebook Whistle-Blower Urges Lawmakers to Regulate the Company A Few(er) Good Men Why Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t realize Facebook is evil

Facebook

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Facebook

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