The election of the US president appears to have driven seismic policy changes at Meta. Meanwhile, evidential barriers and practicalities stymie efforts to regulate social media for children.
Australia's outright ban on social media for those under-16 is due to take effect this year as other regulators armed with new powers foist more obligations on the world's biggest tech firms.
Provisional liquidators from Interpath have been appointed to the Irish arm of Digital River, a US e-commerce tech company. The move comes days after the CEO told US staff it was shutting down.
The reversal of a decision to shut down the NDRC is the most visible aspect of a shift towards indigenous start-ups and scale-ups in the Programme for Government, despite a lack of other concrete details.
SwiftComply now works with 300 cities in North America. Led by Michael O’Dwyer, it has just taken in growth capital allowing investors exit and setting the firm up to scale more.
The serial entrepreneur from Northern Ireland raised over $40 million from the likes of Peter Thiel and the Collison brothers for his LinkedIn rival. As he winds it down, he has already set his sights on his next venture.
Backed by leading Irish investors, the Dublin tech start-up has been locking horns with a client in a New York court. After nearly four years, settlement talks are in play.
Specialist recruitment firm SilverBack provided skilled technicians to Northvolt’s gigafactory. It is now monitoring the Swedish company’s bankruptcy and restructuring.
There has been little detail about Monzo's Irish ambitions since CEO TS Anil announced that Ireland would be the fintech's "gateway to European markets". But recent job postings give an insight into its plans.
Gardaí and Gsoc have sizeable contracts with Cellebrite, a company with links to Israel’s security forces.
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