Blogs A little elegy for low-tech cars From heat as a service to built-in snooping, car tech is getting out of hand, says Jason Walsh 14 Sep
Blogs A tale of two Techs Startups are struggling to get finance while Big Tech lies in a bath of cash, writes Jason Walsh 8 Sep
Blogs Big Tech deferring to Europe demonstrates remote work is no fad Microsoft’s unbundling of its collaboration software shows that hybrid and remote work are here to stay, says Jason Walsh 1 Sep
Blogs EU bares its fangs to tech giants The EU Digital Safety Act is another sign that Europe wants to rein in data gobblers, says Jason Walsh 25 Aug
Blogs School smartphone bans are a rational response to reality Technology has an important role to play in education, but it should not be the lodestone for learning, says Jason Walsh 18 Aug
Blogs WeWork’s story a mix of blank cheques and empty space signifying nothing The looming collapse of WeWork does not mean there is no future in offices. They just shouldn’t be confused for ‘tech’, says Jason Walsh 11 Aug
Blogs Super scepticism required for superconductor claims The idea of ambient superconductivity is fascinating, and would have major implications for technology, transport and energy. But we should stay... 4 Aug
Blogs Chips with everything: Europe’s bid to build a different kind of silicon valley The EU Chips Act hopes to more than double Europe's chip production, but will this belated move be enough to undo decades of slump, asks Jason Walsh 28 Jul
Blogs Zuckerberg/Musk drama more pulling at Threads for attention The clown-like battle of the CEOs is a morbid symptom of the fall of social media, says Jason Walsh 14 Jul
Blogs Government’s mass surveillance plan unlikely to hold up to EU scrutiny Ireland’s metadata retention regime is a curious move in light of the fact that the country is already angering its EU peers on the right to... 30 Jun
Blogs No news value Facebook has banned news from its platforms in Canada following a demand for payment. It’s too late, says Jason Walsh 23 Jun
Blogs The Freud in the machine Ireland’s anxiety about data centres reveals a deeper uncertainty about technology and our lives, says Jason Walsh 16 Jun
Blogs Big Tech’s products allow us to work remotely so why are they banning it? Jason Walsh asks why the push for workers to back into the office is gaining pace 9 Jun
Blogs The best way to resist Internet lies is to refuse to rush to judgement All is not lost in the battle aginst the Internet's sea of biases, blindspots and lies, argues Jason Walsh 19 May
Blogs Europe has a long way to go when it comes to technological sovereignty The EU needs to develop a technology policy that can compete with US venture capital and Chinese state support, says Jason Walsh 5 May
Blogs Nowhere to hide spending as accountants peer at the cloud The slowing of cloud growth points to leaner times ahead as businesses struggle to get costs under control, says Jason Walsh 28 Apr
Blogs Cybersecurity is not a game A new EU research report has called for a common approach to cybersecurity. Sadly, it suggests remedying this with ‘gamification’, laments Jason... 20 Apr
Blogs Mac decline proves the magic has left the PC The crash in PC sales is just the normal rhythm of the market but computers are no longer objects of fascination and desire, says Jason Walsh 14 Apr
Blogs The call for an AI halt disguises the real problems with tech The open letter calling for a pause in the development of artificial intelligence only contributes to hype about AI’s capabilities, writes Jason... 31 Mar
Blogs PL-AI time asks real questions of audiences Games are fun, but interactivity is the opposite of art, says Jason Walsh 3 Mar
Blogs There is no liberation technology Technology helped us survive lockdown but let's stop pretending it is a cure all, says Jason Walsh 24 Feb
Blogs Under the influence Numbers of video game streamers cratering since the end of the Covid lockdowns are just one more sign playtime is over, says Jason Walsh 17 Feb
Blogs The language model battle reignites old animosities Finally something tangible has come out of the sudden AI growth spurt: a good old-fashioned business war, says Jason Walsh 10 Feb
Blogs AI will accelerate the ‘kippleisation’ of the Internet Artificial intelligence is still stupid. Unfortunately it may not matter, writes Jason Walsh 1 Feb
Blogs Tech layoff avalanche intensifies as businesses batten down for 2023 IBM and SAP are just the latest tech businesses issuing P45s, and the news suggests tougher times ahead, writes Jason Walsh 26 Jan
Blogs A year of diminishing returns With a recession looming, the IT sector is more important than ever to the Irish economy. But change is in the air, says Jason Walsh 13 Jan
Blogs Meta fine includes a meta lesson for every business Facebook being hit with a €250m fine not only shows regulation has finally caught up with the internet, but that data really is the new oil, spills... 2 Dec
Blogs The ‘tech-cession’ is a return to reality For the first time in a decade, the tech industry's myth-making is falling on deaf ears, writes Jason Walsh 3 Nov
Blogs Remote workers must resist the tech panopticon New legislation is expected to create a stronger right to work remotely but Jason Walsh argues we should beware the intrusion of workplace technology... 26 Oct
Blogs The US China chip ban signals a new geopolitical era While war in Ukraine, inflation and political chaos in Britain have dominated the headlines, relations between the US and China have cooled to the... 20 Oct
Blogs The threat of recession is not luring techies back When it comes to finally escaping the workplace, gone fishin’ really does mean gone, says Jason Walsh. 12 Oct
Blogs Will Europe ever take tech truly seriously? It is not clear just what technological sovereignty would look like, but it is obvious that Europe does not have it, says Jason Walsh 7 Oct
Blogs Budget bonanza relies on tech The 2023 budget demonstrates tech’s contribution to the country is enormous, so should we worry about a ‘techcession’, asks Jason Walsh 28 Sep
Blogs AI art isn’t a bridge too far, it’s just bad Getty was right to set the jazz police on AI images, writes Jason Walsh 22 Sep
Blogs Taking the heat on data centres News that the data centre ban is having a negative economic impact must be weighed against other energy needs, but it should not be ignored, writes... 21 Sep
Blogs The chip war is heating up A new CPU breakthrough has been promised, but Arm’s lawsuit could throw Qualcomm into the frying pan, says Jason Walsh 7 Sep
Blogs A little elegy for the native application Most, if not all, applications are destined to end up on the Web. This is a mistake, says Jason Walsh 31 Aug
Blogs Apple’s western promise A China crisis has loomed for a year but has not yet materialised. Is trouble still looming on the horizon, asks Jason Walsh 24 Aug
Blogs The cyber crime heatwave demands a security rethink Cyber criminals don’t take summer holidays, so the rest of us need to have a long, hard think about security, says Jason Walsh 10 Aug
Blogs Making a real effort Maker culture’s celebration of creativity reminds us of what was interesting about technology in the first place, says Jason Walsh 3 Aug
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