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…

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…

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…

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…

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. …

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…

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 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…

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