Can chatbots help companies deal with social distancing measures? Chatbots may be a way for the aviation, tourism and hospitality sectors to deal with interactions between staff and customers technology • 23 Jul
Why do some ads follow me around online? Our online activity is monitored and monitised by marketers who deliberately make it difficult for us to stop being tracked technology • 22 Jul
Can space tourism become more than just a joyride for rich lads? The real excitement will occur when Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin and Space X open their doors to more than just millionaires Space tourism • 20 Jul
The cable connecting Ireland to the Americas The first transatlantic cables which went from Valentia, Co Kerry to Newfoundland in Canada were a major engineering challenge History • 17 Jun
Can the EU's proposed rules on AI eliminate underlying biases? The EU is seeking to protect its citizens from bad decisions made by high-risk AI information technology systems technology • 15 Jun
To pay or not to pay: how victims deal with ransomware demands The choices are not straightforward for those organisations who face blackmail demands from cybercriminals technology • 31 May
I run a small business - should I be worried about cybersecurity? With attacks on the rise, small businesses are vulnerable to some of the same cyber threats as large businesses Cybersecurity • 17 May
How ransomware became a disruptive & lucrative form of cybercrime Ransomware gangs are running riot online and staying one step ahead of cybersecurity efforts technology • 14 May
Here's what hackers can do with your mobile phone number Having your mobile phone number freely available significantly increases your vulnerability to cyber-attacks technology • 11 May
Why future-proofing is not all it's cracked up to be The speed of change the world is experiencing means that predicting and proofing ourselves from any future is a flawed concept technology • 24 May
The challenge in striking the right balance with Covid apps When society begins to open up and the virus is less pervasive, a more nuanced approach towards contact tracing apps may be appropriate, but even ... technology • 12 Apr
Can you sue your robot? Creating a legal personality and classification for robots raises a number of interesting issues technology • 25 Mar
Why password rules and restrictions don't work Organisations need to do more on password security rather than making the user remember strings of characters and numbers technology • 01 Jun
Are computers really able to tell if you're happy or sad? Emotion recognition technologies currently show low levels of accuracy so there's a way to go before they can read your emotions technology • 19 Mar
How will the EU's new act deal with online lies and fake news? The new act represents incremental progress, but it remains far from clear whether its provisions will improve anti-disinformation efforts law • 05 Feb
Why maintaining software is like updating War & Peace Those who maintain the software which runs our computer systems and apps face many unseen trials and tribulations technology • 03 Feb
Why 61% of us are willing to share personal data to save lives A new study has found that Irish attitudes to privacy and the Covid-19 tracker app have changed during the pandemic Privacy • 03 Feb
What your emojis say about you People who rate themselves as agreeable, pleasant and likeable are more likely to use emojis Communication • 02 Feb
How the Donald Trump years have changed Facebook The relationship between the outgoing US president and Mark Zuckerberg is one based on financial and communicative co-dependency Facebook • 19 Jan
Why your sleep tracker isn't as accurate as you think Researchers have found that sleep trackers are often only accurate 38% of the time Sleep • 20 Jan
Here's why the internet crashes thousands of times a year The internet is currently a cyber Wild West, but its outlaw days may be slowly coming to an end technology • 10 Dec 20
Why Ireland needs to appoint a Chief Software Officer Given the increasing reliance on software for public administration, do we need a government-wide figure to provide advice and guidance? technology • 23 Nov 20
The biggest lie online: why we ignore legal terms and conditions We all instinctively click the box which says 'I have read and understood the terms and conditions', but should we read the fine print? Consumer Affairs • 07 May
Who controls the internet? Regulation of the internet is something too important to be left to armchair experts and large companies technology • 12 Nov 20
As Leaving Cert students have found out, algorithms can be flawed Algorithms increasingly rule our world, but most of us are not sufficiently trained or knowledgeable to know about how they work technology • 08 Oct 20
