The metaverse represents a profound leap forward in human communication, echoing Marshall McLuhan’s prophetic vision of the "global village." McLuhan, whose ide...
The term "metaverse" was first introduced in a fiction novel written in 1992. While Neal Stephenson's vision of the metaverse was far ahead of its time, today's...
This week, Eoin and Pete riff on crypto exchange FTX’s partnership with Visa enabling users to spend crypto anywhere Visa is accepted, Google Cloud enabling customers to pay in crypto in partnership with Coinbase, the state of ‘community fintech’ thr...
This week, Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend riff on Pete’s trip to the US last month with the sheer ridiculousness of the 8 different combinations of point-of-...
A record level of online sales by Irish retailers is expected this Christmas, as Meta publishes new research that shows Irish shoppers are using social media to...
Teenagers and supporters protested outside Facebook Headquarters in Dublin before marching to the Dáil to present an Open Letter calling on Ministers Catherine Martin and Robert Troy to lead on stronger rules to rein in Facebook and other social medi...
