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Apple changed Lake Ontario name after Trump contact
Apple move to rename lake for US users comes on foot of Trump order; Mapquest refuses to do so and tops Apple’…
Apple gives Tim Cook $47m pay packet as company’s executive chairman
Package signals big role for former chief executive as his successor John Ternus gets $58m
Measures to keep young children from accessing online platforms failing, says CyberSafeKids
Account creation on YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram still relies solely on self-declaration of age
Cuban cafe in Belfast hit by US sanctions on Havana
Owner forced to cancel online delivery service due to stoppage in regular payments by US bank
OpenAI says Apple has only itself to blame in trade-secret fight
Dispute is a 'mess of Apple’s own making', AI company says
Airbnb manager said he was unlawfully fired despite ‘very positive’ performance review
Jonathan Pugliese, who led Airbnb’s premium French support team in Ireland, took High Court proceedings agains…
Investors shrug, but Meta’s $17bn payout comes with a reputational cost
Child protection case settlement removes offers certainty on what could have been a vastly larger liability
Derry Girls stars Siobhán McSweeney and Nicola Coughlan back campaign to curb AI voice-cloning
Artificial versions of people’s voices increasingly used online and in advertising, harming artists’ livelihoo…
Tech giants warn that window to defend against AI attacks is narrowing
Open letter signed by OpenAI and Anthropic among others signals doubt on ability to control AI models
Blackspots, bad connections and slow speeds: how to fix your wifi woes
Five tips to get the most out of your wifi without spending a lot of money
AI companies are starting to sound desperate, and that’s not a good look
The big question is how long companies investing billions in the technology can wait for widespread adoption
Chipmaker Analog Devices shifts €5.4bn from Irish operation to US
The company, which has a manufacturing plant in Ireland, books large amounts of global revenues and profits th…
Limerick firm Kneat plans workforce cuts weeks after US private equity buyout
The software firm was acquired in a deal worth more than €400m by Thoma Bravo this month
Meta reaches $16.68bn settlement over social media harms to children
Case relating to alleged failures of child protection was getting under way in California
AI is here to stay, but proceed with extreme caution
Keeping this useful but potentially dangerous technology in check should be the priority