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Move to a four-day week and ditch plastic straws: 10 steps to boost your sustainability
Simple measures alongside long-term ones can help businesses fight against climate change
European shares fall amid heightened Middle East tension and Ryanair profit slump
Oil prices wobble as shipping traffic in Strait of Hormuz comes almost to a halt
Amid a wall of blue tote bags, China’s vaulting AI ambitions come into view
Kimi K3 has sharpened a contest with the US over technological leadership and rules governing artificial intelligence
Bank of Ireland appoints former Citi executive as AI chief
Prag Sharma will begin his new role in October
The market is learning that the magnificent seven are no longer one
Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla are now behaving like separate companies
Chipmaker rout delivers dose of reality in markets
Investors have been living in a fantasy this year in the face of troubling global developments
Is the US AI bonanza a fundamentally secure investment or an old-fashioned bubble?
Could China – as it has done with cars, drones and phones – simply undercut the Americans, providing better AI models more cheaply to the world?
China makes its latest play to become dominant player in AI
China has formed the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, based in Shanghai, to promote AI governance
Apple targets dozens of OpenAI employees with legal letters
iPhone maker steps up aggressive tactics in trade secrets dispute with AI lab
How Russian password technology made its way into Irish State agencies
Password manager Passwork purports to be EU-based but has extensive links to a Russian company licensed by Russia’s security service
Meta to alert parents if teens ask AI chat bots about suicide or self-harm
Parents to be alerted when topics such as self-harm and suicide are raised
AI ‘co-workers’ expected within three years, survey finds
Around 40% of employees in Ireland think the technology will make work more efficient
AI trade boost for economy, and why you will need a €41,000-a-year pension
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Online shoppers beware: EU customs changes provide fertile ground for scammers
New regime has become fertile ground for scammers
AI-related trade a bright spot for Ireland amid Trump tariffs ‘whiplash effect’, says Ibec
But outlook for Irish economy remains ‘volatile’ amid uncertainty around global energy prices
Meet the men who wanted to build gyms but ended up creating software to run them
BrightCore targets the software gap at independent fitness businesses overlooked by larger providers
The Irish graduate jobs most affected by AI
Recruitment experts say while there is a ‘tightening’ of graduate hiring, AI is also leading to a more diverse range of entry-level roles
The Script singer accuses AI companies of copyright theft ‘on an industrial scale’
Danny O’Donoghue tells TDs, Senators they need to do more to protect artists’ work as SF motion debated in Dáil
RTÉ is straying into areas already well served by private publishers
If journalistic output no longer has to fit anything, how much of it should there be?
The Irish Times view on the Intel investment: AI provides a boost for Leixlip
Even in the context of Trump’s Maga policies, Ireland can continue to attract big US projects
Why is Intel investing €5bn in its Leixlip campus?
Tech giant has shrugged off its woes to make itself a player in the booming field of artificial intelligence
Intel to invest €5bn in Leixlip campus on next-generation chips to power AI
Tech giant says hundreds of highly skilled roles and thousands of construction jobs will be created
Oil jumps and global stocks fall as US-Iran hostilities escalate
New clashes over control of Strait of Hormuz put investors in ‘risk-off’ mode
Why is Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, cheaper than chocolate maker Hershey?
AI chipmaker’s next market move may depend on whether earnings continue to outperform expectations
There are few things more life-affirming than a dancing robot going haywire
It functions, among other things, as an antidote to the relentless propagandising of the tech world, with its insistence on AI as an inevitable replacement of human labour
Author Dave Eggers on AI, staying creative and the daily role of Sinéad O’Connor in his life
The author and non-profit founder on creativity, AI and finding meaning in life
Apple sues OpenAI and two former employees for alleged theft of trade secrets
Lawsuit escalates tensions between iPhone manufacturer and ChatGPT owner
Judge insists An Coimisiún Pleanála ‘falsified’ records in Aughinish Alumina case
Inadvertent but ‘material falsification’ of signed meeting attendance records
AI-powered drones to guard Irish skies during Ireland’s EU presidency
Technology uses AI to gauge threats and can capture rogue drones and bring them to ground
Thousands of applicants for one post: how AI is increasing competition for jobseekers
From recruitment to employee monitoring and complaints, artificial intelligence is changing the workplace
Inside the world’s biggest battery maker
Today, CATL makes over 40 per cent of the world’s EV batteries, and its founder is China’s fourth-richest person
Road deaths, water leakages, artists’ privacy concerns and tech tips for your holidays
Plus: International academics say Ireland should recuse itself in EU tech negotiations
Humans: Just a ghost in the machine as artificial intelligence redefines ‘good jobs’
As AI makes work more precarious, how can we manage to prioritise job reconversion rather than displacement?
The AI apps that take the stress out of your summer holiday: From packing to foreign languages
Technology can take a lot of the guesswork out of summer breaks, especially when travelling to unfamiliar locations
Food Innovation Summit: Industry prepares for impact of weight loss drugs
Enterprise Ireland senior client adviser Ellen Ní Cléirigh says the food and drink industry is a cornerstone of the economy
University spin-out seeks to transform sports injury assessment
KineMo targets elite sport, healthcare and astronaut rehabilitation
The great AI data centre cover-up
Tech companies need to come clean about the mounting environmental fallout of their race to build more hubs
Global economy caught between competing forces of Iran war and AI
IMF says two forces are pushing global economy in opposite directions as it cuts euro zone growth outlook
Almost half of Irish workers ‘worry about AI taking their jobs’
Only small fraction of firms surveyed have used tech to fully replace roles, says FRS Recruitment
At least 60 jobs expected to go at Microsoft’s Irish operations
Software company is reducing global headcount by 4,800
Stocks slip despite Samsung’s record profit as AI outlook revives jitters
Brent crude up 1 per cent after US-Iran peace talks appeared to stall
SpaceX wins bullish recommendations from Wall Street banks
Morgan Stanley gives Elon Musk’s AI and rocket stock $300 price target as quiet period ends following record IPO
Asian stocks tumble on AI jitters after Samsung forecast
Oil remains steady as investors eye supply and demand
Efficiency cannot be the only measure of progress with AI
Speed with which artificial intelligence is being absorbed into workspaces is worrying
Global economy is coping with a multitude of challenges, but can it last?
Are we invulnerable or just plain lucky?
European societies are not built for the climate reality we now inhabit
The terrifying heat-map of the future is here
Urevo AI-Powered Wireless Recovery Boots review: Must-have tech promotes peak condition
Boots combine compression and heat to help beat muscle soreness and aid post-session recovery
Surging Wall Street profit forecasts fuel fears of ‘earnings bubble’
Analysts are now forecasting a 25% increase in S&P 500 company earnings for the coming year
Aughinish Alumina exports to Russia; and customers to be offered human interaction on bank calls
Plus: World Meteorological Organisation warns the El Niño weather phenomenon will intensify
Rise of AI threatens about 110,000 Irish jobs, study finds
Around 110,000 jobs in the Republic could be vulnerable to automation
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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