US stocks drop sharply as Democrats win raises fears about AI investment
Tech stocks lose 6.4 per cent in a day of chaotic trading
AI: Artificial intelligence
Sony profits soar on the success of new Spider-Man movie
Film division revenues soar 48% in second quarter as Japanese group raises annual outlook
Former Musk aide urges Ireland to modify its approach to data centres
Dex Hunter-Torricke added that Ireland can play an important role in shaping global AI regulation
From photo to online shop in three minutes: Irish start-up harnesses AI
E-commerce veteran using his inside knowledge to ease the operational pain for large e-commerce retailers
Fine Gael motion to distinguish party from ‘woke left’ rejected for ardfheis
Motion sought to affirm party as centre right in ‘European Christian Democratic tradition’
What an old Leaving Cert poetry book taught me about thinking
We were forced to think for ourselves because there were no other options
Internet of everything gives me the chills after SuperValu attack
Must everything be connected, and controlled, via the web?
Memo to AI: Remember when secretaries were seen as the biggest threat to jobs?
The typewriter and shorthand created new efficiencies but show how tech can constrain as well as liberate
Fine Gael considers ‘AI dividend tax credit’ for businesses
Party TD James Geoghegan proposes citizens’ assembly on technology’s trade-offs
Ryanair and pilots differ on pay, and pension top ups
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How graduates can turn AI to their advantage in a job hunt
Both graduates and employers are now using AI during the job application process
Most compliance experts think AI now being used for financial fraud
Artificial intelligence threats increasingly seen as ‘growing systemic risk’ to Irish financial sector
Consumers ‘just about coping’ with financial pressures, credit union survey says
Although Irish confidence has risen slightly, it remains below average – but is still higher than in UK or US
Europe confronts a new threat: protest movements with no visible leaders
Anonymous social media accounts are mobilising young people across borders, blurring the lines between political protest, online performance and organised looting
Ireland’s AI moment: making the leap from adopting AI to building it
Our aim should be to become a place where valuable AI products are developed and commercialised
Binance says 90% of losses from $6.3bn hack covered as FBI says North Korea behind attack
Exchange resuming user withdrawals as US agency confirms North Korea-affiliated group TraderTraitor behind the hack
Grok Imagine’s AI-generated Odyssey has arrived. Be afraid. Be very afraid
Elon Musk and Wonder Studios have delivered the first episode of their project. It’s easy to understand why writers, actors and directors are nervous
Here’s a Halloween horror story: A 97-year-old woman who owes Bank of Ireland €455,000
She took out the Bank of Ireland loan in 2003, the year Ireland was entering peak madness
The story of AI giant Anthropic in three numbers
IPO filing raises open questions about state of company’s business and wider artificial intelligence sector
It’s inflation, stupid: Trump faces the wrath of US voters
Midterm elections next week are a referendum on the unpopular US president. They could herald the end of ‘The Donald’ era
I keep finding myself thinking ‘I am living in the future and it is mental’
We live in a spooky, AI-filled world but even at Halloween there’s nothing as frightening as a defunct dishwasher
Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger: Ambitious follow-up to the Time Traveler’s Wife
Inevitably, many readers will find the 560 pages of this sequel focusing on daughter Alba a challenge
Intel shares fall 22% as weak sales outlook dents turnaround
Chipmaker forecasts lower than expected PC chip sales and falling margins
Any stock market dips after the US midterms are likely to be buying opportunities
US economy’s resilience is expected to continue driving US earnings and shares higher even if there is political gridlock
‘Songwriters deserve a higher share’: new Imro boss Seán Donegan on streaming and AI
Incoming head of music rights organisation on expanding internationally, pressures faced by artists and campaigning for the culture card
The career costs of non-competes: ‘Your star striker is sitting on the bench’
Clauses preventing workers moving to a rival for months can limit job opportunities and lead to costly legal rows
Microsoft’s cloud growth, cash flow offer respite from AI spending fears
Results underscore a widening financial divide among biggest AI spenders
In the misinformation era, more people should say ‘I don’t know’
Páraic Kerrigan is an assistant professor in the school of information and communication studies at University College Dublin
Career skills to make the competition green with envy
75 per cent of employment in Ireland now requires some level of sustainability competency
Meet the Irish AI app aiming to end the chaos of organising family life
Family events, appointments, calendars and support systems are all coordinated in a single app to free up time for hard-pressed parents, carers and homemakers
The Future with Hannah Fry on BBC Two: Just as humans stuck gorillas in zoos, could AI do the same to us?
Television: Despite being hopeless on Celebrity Traitors, scientist Hannah Fry is on much firmer ground with a deep dive into the subject of machine learning
Gemma Hayes on becoming a victim of AI fraud: ‘It feels strange and odd and dangerous’
The west Cork-based musician has become the victim of AI fraudsters falsely presenting music under her name
US-style abortion wars are reaching Kenya
Campaigners say growing anti-abortion activism, legal challenges and new forms of scrutiny are making reproductive healthcare harder to access
Microsoft offers redundancy to 60,000 of its 223,000 staff
Tech giant moves to control costs and it spends up to $175bn on AI infrastructure this year
Anthropic says its AI technology ‘could pose catastrophic or existential risk to humanity’
Company behind Claude warns safeguards and oversight of tech needed as it files to go public on US stock market
Binyamin Netanyahu posts AI image of nuclear explosion in advance of Israeli elections
Prime minister warns of a ‘second Holocaust’ if he loses election
AI boom and simmering oil prices boost global stocks, but Brazil election knocks some back
Shares traded in Dublin began the week on a steady upward trajectory
AI firm Anthropic begins countdown to IPO with prospectus filing
Investors expect company to seek IPO valuation of $1.5-$1.75tn, down from $2tn projection in August
Meta plans $95bn stock offering to bankroll AI expansion
Chipmakers Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom will act as cornerstone investors
An Irish documentary on a relatively obscure American figure can illuminate so much
The success of You Can See Everything shows people are looking for something deeper
‘My son has a first-class honours degree, but he has no job offers’
Graduate demand seems to have been affected by AI - what advice would you give highly educated people with no interest from employers?
What makes someone a murderer? Irish-born philosopher believed she had the answer
NAZA lays bare the horror of AI-enhanced war but there is a glimmer of hope
An Irish documentary on a relatively obscure American figure can illuminate so much
`Truthfulness is sort of out of fashion’, says Sinéad O’Shea, maker of film about communist activist Fergie Chambers
Jones Engineering eyes record €1.9bn turnover on back of data centre boom
Irish contractor specialises in large-scale engineering projects for tech and life sciences sectors
With EU presidency, Ireland has chance to implement digital identity wallet by end of year
Citizens should not be repeatedly asked by governments or multiple agencies for information already available
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
October 25th-30th highlights: including Dr Marie Cassidy Investigates Ireland’s Last Witch Trial, the Celebrity Traitors finale, and The Handel Scandal
When will reality of energy prices bite markets?
All signs point to higher-for-longer oil prices, with long-term consequences for economic growth
Was that a stock market wobble, or the start of something more serious?
Markets becoming nervous about the scale of borrowing by ‘hyperscalers’
Podcaster Ger Gilroy on moving to RTÉ, his upstart attitude and starting over: ‘Your job is to win, right?’
After 24 years at the helm of Off the Ball on Newstalk, Gilroy has jumped to RTÉ to present a new daily sports podcast, Howler
Parents fear of dying before their disabled children: ‘Our family will be thrown into a crisis’
Some such parents have transformed their lifestyles in the hope of outliving offspring who cannot live independent lives
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