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 • 24 Mar
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 • 19 Nov 20
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
Why you should never use Microsoft Excel to count Covid cases This is the latest in the UK government's embarrassingly long history of spreadsheet horror stories Coronavirus • 08 Oct 20
Why we need a technological dialogue around climate change How people will use new and existing technologies must be considered to avoid unintended negative consequences Transport • 01 Oct 20
The man who invented the mobile phone 'People say that was a historical moment, but the only thing that I thought about was 'is this thing going to work'?' History • 19 Aug 20
Why do so many older adults share and believe fake news? Research shows that a lack of digital literacy could be a major factor in the sharing of fake news by older adults Fake News • 17 Aug 20
Is GPT-3 the big leap forward for AI? Tech minds are being blown by a new machine-learning system which will have a big impact technology • 12 Aug 20
5 reasons why self-driving cars are still not on our roads Despite what Elon Musk might think, there are still obstacles ahead for fully autonomous cars Brainstorm • 10 Aug 20
Why have over a million Irish people downloaded the Covid-19 app? Social and community bonds in Ireland remain strong and people see the app as an individual and collective response to the pandemic Covid Tracker App • 20 Jul 20
How technology is improving cancer surgery The rapid development of new technology is helping with critical decisions in colorectal cancer surgery Health • 15 Jul 20
How green does Ireland look from space? Images taken by satellites can inform us about plant growth and how this varies with climate events Climate Change • 23 Jun 20
How technology can help reduce risky behaviour around the virus A new online tool allows you to estimate and evaluate your risk of getting and spreading Covid-19 Coronavirus • 29 May 20
