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Our Dublin-based reporter tries out four major retail outlets only available in the North

Company founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne has had a huge impact on how we relate to consumer technology

As it enters its second half-century, the questions its success prompts become more pressing

Apple Operations International Ltd manufactures and develops everything from the company’s iPhones and iPads to Mac computers

Nearly 60% of stocks underperform one-month treasury bills over their lifetimes and the median stock return is a loss of 6.9%

Amazon reportedly is planning a new phone more than a decade after it’s last attempt fizzled

DarkSword targets phones running specific versions of Apple’s software to steal your data

Innovation culture doesn’t start with brainstorming or a vision statement: if it’s not safe to fail, it isn’t possible to innovate

GrapheneOS has been around for years but is now set to come pre-installed on a Motorola smartphone

Neo is the Goldilocks of the MacBook line-up – not too big, not too small, not too expensive

Tech giant told officials data privacy and security are ‘core values for the company’

New M5 chips and Studio Displays also introduced

Architects Scott Tallon Walker have delivered subtle curves and a muted palette at the tech giant’s Hollyhill Five facility

Ireland is dangerously overdependent on a small number of companies for far too much revenue

Eli Lilly reconfigures Irish operation in anticipation of rapid demand for medicines

We want services funded by multinational corporation tax but won’t own up to the compromises involved

Budgetary watchdog publishes report on State’s highly concentrated corporate tax base

Announcement comes as tech giant officially opens new building in Cork

Inside Politics: A new report warns that reliance on a small number of companies for tax take ‘carries significant risk’

Report by Irish Fiscal Advisory Council highlights ‘exceptionally concentrated’ nature of Ireland’s corporate tax base

Discount retailer trades on multiples that are higher than Apple, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia and Meta

Vinicius dos Santos was sacked for gross misconduct from the tech giant’s offices in Cork last May

Novo Nordisk gained after US firm cancelled competitor to weight-loss drug

Stocks tumble despite strong earnings reports from most Silicon Valley heavyweights

Department of Finance says January is generally the strongest VAT month as it encompasses Christmas trading period

Some devices can be retooled to new uses after manufacturers end support; for others, follow our recycle checklist

What looks like a newfound willingness to speak out is mostly carefully hedged, consequence-free speech

The ‘staggering level of demand’ has constrained the company’s ability to keep up and resulted in low inventory, said Tim Cook

When device makers can switch off ‘smart’ features because they simply no longer make financial sense, why should consumers buy in?

UBTech executive highlights difficulty in replacing workers with machines but manufacturers are still racing to order them

Luxury stocks a drag on European shares

Apple’s latest tracker has a louder speaker and better location ability

Piracy is hurting game as profit from LOITV live broadcasts of matches goes into football

Euronext Dublin finished the day up 1.5% mainly on the back of a surge from Bank of Ireland

Apple trails Google in market cap for the first time since 2019 as Alphabet shares soar 70% over the past year

Putting your head above the parapet in Trump’s America risks sanction

Tánaiste welcomed figures but also pointed to companies frontloading exports in response to US moves

Challenges to Google, Meta, Apple and X will test Brussels’ willingness to stick with digital rule book

US-made device planned for release by end of year hit by recent government shutdown affecting shipments