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Amazon races to transplant Alexa’s ‘brain’ with generative AI
Rollout of upgraded voice assistant hit by delays as Big Tech group struggles to overcome technical hurdles
Author Neil Gaiman denies sexual assault allegations by multiple women
Accusations against Gaiman include claims of sexual assault, sexual misconduct and coercion
Moves by Meta and Amazon to drop diversity programmes in US unlikely to affect Ireland
Apple, which employs 6,000 here, has asked shareholders to vote against move seen as courting favour with Trump administration
10 great films to watch if you’re stuck indoors
What to watch when it’s too cold and icy to go out? Try It Follows, The Thing, The Fly, Roman Holiday, Up, Uncle Buck and more
Amazon Prime Video’s latest star is Melania Trump
Incoming first lady will be an executive producer of the documentary released by Jeff Bezos-owned streamer
Broadcom becomes the latest tech stock trillionaire
Eight tech giants now hold combined market capitalisation of almost $19trn
Jeff Bezos might not be to blame, but Amazon’s Prime Video has made a mess of a Christmas classic
The streamer’s cut version of It’s a Wonderful Life is an abomination – but perhaps not a woke bowdlerisation of the original
Remote working: ‘We see younger workers in particular saying they don’t want to come back because of the expense involved’
Flexibility in the workplace is still enough of a factor for people to consider cuts to pay or benefits
What we talk about when we talk about the office
Enduring interest in where we work has made it a small talk favourite
Musk leads race to be world’s first trillionaire
Lesson of the 20th century was that when a critical mass of citizens feel the system is rigged against them, we encourage radical politics
Irish WWE star Lyra Valkyria: ‘At its core, we’re storytellers. Everything comes down to good versus evil’
With its mix of larger-than-life faux rage in the ring and genuine connection with fans, it’s not hard to understand the huge popularity of WWE – and it means big business, too, for Netflix
Holyhead Port damage: Have your Christmas present parcels been delayed?
An Post says all the parcels stuck in Holyhead should be delivered by Christmas
Data centre boom under AI growth in Ireland threatening climate targets, report warns
Friends of the Earth calls for ‘moratorium on new data centres and expansion of existing ones until robust legislative framework is in place’
Advertising revenues set to hit $1tn in market dominated by technology companies
Omnicom and Interpublic in talks to merge in $30bn-plus deal to create the world’s largest advertising agency
Blame AI for your gruelling job interview
Efforts to push back against unsuitable mass applications are turning a dispiriting situation into a miserable one
Gadgets for the techie in your life this Christmas
From a Playstation 5 to the Dyson Airstrait, there is something out there at every price point
Central Bank governor more cautious on large ECB rate cuts
Gabriel Makhlouf raises prospect of ‘sharp’ fall in stocks prices amid heightened technology sector valuations
‘It’s cool’ isn’t a good reason for scientists to develop harmful technologies
Unthinkable: Regulating generative AI is important in its own right, but it’s also a dummy run for the existential threat of artificial general intelligence. This will go beyond mimicking human intelligence to conquering it
Margrethe Vestager, the world’s pioneering tech cop, is making her exit
EU’s antitrust enforcer leaves Brussels proud of her tenure but conscious that it had been only ‘partly successful’
A-rated industrial facility in southwest Dublin likely to appeal to occupiers
Shortage of quality stock is likely to spur interest in unit at Greeogue Business Park following refurbishment by Kennedy Wilson
AI bubble: fact or fiction?
JP Morgan sanguine as rising share prices are accompanied by increased earnings among dominant ‘magnificent seven’
Stealth sackings: why do employers fire staff for minor misdemeanours?
Hard line on conduct could prevent bigger lapses but may prompt claims of disguised cost savings
Patrick Freyne: My favourite corporate psy-ops of the season – or Christmas ads, as they’re called in the suburbs
Patrick Freyne: here are my favourite corporate psy-ops of the season – or Christmas TV ads, as I believe you call them in the suburbs
Ex-Mainstream chief’s Aer Soléir signs Greek windfarm deal with Amazon
New purchase agreement meets Amazon commitment to net-zero carbon operations by 2040
Chilean football club owner settles defamation action over Amazon Prime show
Spanish businessman Jorge Segovia Bonet took case in Irish High Court against streaming TV giant over its drama series El Presidente
Surviving a shake-up: is restructuring ever good for staff?
As companies from Amazon to Citi overhaul management, experts warn that savings from job cuts can be overtaken by unintended consequences
Core’s Aidan Greene: ‘Amazon.ie will be a gamechanger for Irish advertising clients’
The marketing communications group grew its net profit to more than €4m last year and has expanded again in 2024
It turns out your air fryer might be listening, sending data to China
UK consumer protection advocates Which? found that certain air fryers gather personal data that has little or no relevance to the functioning of the product
New standard backed by Amazon’s climate fund may help restore peatlands
Certification to help farmers and landowners prove benefits of bog restoration projects and attract investment
Corporate giants back down as Donald Trump election win in prospect
This US election, compliance risks becoming a calculated bet on the rise of authoritarianism
Donald Trump’s deportation agenda overlooks immigration’s role in US success
Infusing new people into the workforce is ‘not just desirable’ but ‘economically necessary’, says chief executive
Amazon revenues jump on back of AI-fuelled cloud demand
Market capitalisation more than doubled over past five years from growing cloud and advertising businesses as well as expanding margins in retail
Satellite wars: Elon Musk’s Starlink faces competition for global communications network
Amazon’s Kuiper has big plans but both groups face costly ongoing satellite replacement programmes
Mr Eason: The Meath accountant who turned a bookshop chain into a cash cow
Having survived Brexit, Covid and competition from Amazon, Liam Hanly has a new plan to grow profits
Will nuclear really power the AI boom?
Microsoft, Google and Amazon are all eyeing nuclear power to supply their data centres with low-carbon energy
Managers and the research disagree about hybrid work. What is this all about?
‘Leadership is a lot less fulfilling and a lot less fun when you’re doing it remotely’
Investors look beyond Nvidia and the magnificent seven
Increasingly confident investors looking beyond tech giants, suggesting reign may be over — for now at least
Amazon to increase number of advertisements on Prime Video
Ecommerce group attempting to win over more brands as it steps up push into ad-funded streaming services in 2025
California governor vetoes bill to regulate artificial intelligence
Gavin Newsom agreed with leading AI companies that the legislation would have stifled innovation
Lidl good, Ryanair not so bad, banks awful: What I’ve learned from 20 years writing Pricewatch
Pricewatch has been counting the pennies on your behalf for two decades. Here’s what we’ve learned
Regulator says Irish Water will miss key targets this year
Seen & Heard: Eamon Waters planning woes, Foreign investment complacency, and SimpleStudy secures new funding
Uber’s next act is to take on Amazon. But does it risk spreading itself too thin?
The company is in expansionist mode again and wants to become consumers’ main portal for every aspect of their lives
Schools abuse report shows how the legal system hurts victims and must change
The system must be changed so victims don’t have to campaign for decades to get justice and redress and so those liable can be held to account
The Irish Times view on Amazon’s return to the office diktat: Irish employees like their flexible working
Ireland has one of the highest percentages of employees working from home in the EU
Watch as these bellowing beasts – the three kinds of ageing Englishman – roam the plains one last time
On The Grand Tour: One for the Road, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May bow out of their Prime Video car show
Amazon rejects staff claim return-to-office policy is aimed at cutting jobs
Big tech companies have differing requirements when it comes to attending work in person
Amazon CEO asks staff to return five days a week, plans management cuts
Company had previously required staff to attend office three days a week
Intel to make custom AI chip for Amazon, delay German plant
AWS win is boost for Pat Gelsinger’s plan to turn around embattled chip company
James May reckons the car is at ‘most interesting part of its history since it was invented’ as trio sign off on The Grand Tour
The three presenters turn off their engines after one last epic trip
Apple’s warnings and gripes are part and parcel of a multinational’s close contacts with Government
Multinationals’ expressions of concern part and parcel of foreign direct investment but some feel fears for further inflow not without foundation
Ireland should not be blocking data centres, we need more of them
We need to find a win-win solution based on engineering which is far more ingenious than a simple black and white, yes or no to data centres
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