Is Trump a fascist? Kamala Harris is among a growing number who say yes
Nature of threat of Donald Trump’s second-term plans what matters about the ‘f’ word, not precise historical accuracy
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Big tech has been stealthily training its AI models. Creatives are finally waking up to the dangers. Are they too late?
More than 20,000 artists, writers, composers and other cultural creatives are objecting to unlicensed scraping of their work in the AI space race
The Wonder of Stevie: A rewarding account of ‘the most miraculous, most inspired streak in American popular music’
Podcast review: New York Times critic Wesley Morris digs into the transformative albums Stevie Wonder released between 1972-1980
A New York Times book critic spent five days in Dublin. Here’s how he got on
The city is a soulful playground for the kind of people who have spectacles on their nose and autumn in their hearts
I’m an expert in headlines that start with ‘I’m an expert’. Here’s why they’re everywhere
We’re all just trying to find needles of genuine authority in the haystacks of charlatanism. Aren’t we?
Irish weather patterns indicate ‘global weirding’ is a threat to our food security, farmer and data scientist says
Mark Kelly believes global warming is ‘too benign a term’ given the extreme rainfall in Ireland over the past year
Maureen Dowd: Trump appears rattled as Harris campaign gathers momentum
Donald Trump’s whole identity revolves around having higher numbers – even if they’re fake
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner: Following up Fleishman Is in Trouble was never going to be easy
This is an enjoyable read in the same vein as the author’s best-selling debut, but there is a lingering sense that she is playing it safe
The Run-Up: New York Times election podcast takes the more interesting approach of talking to ordinary people
Black millennial host Astead W Herndon takes a bottom-up approach that makes this US presidential election podcast a must-listen
Godwin by Joseph O’Neill: Novel of narrative flair uses football in Africa as a prism
New York-based Corkman explores world of intersecting crises with humour and humanity
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is a wordy adversary on social media
A recent New York Times profile prompted Ackman to post a 4,200-word reply on X
New York Times beats estimates as digital subscriptions grow
Publisher now has 10.36 million subscribers
Maureen Dowd: The ogre gorging on America
Haley did not say what needed to be said: Trump should not be president because he tried to overthrow the government
The Irish Times view on the New York Times vs OpenAI: rights and wrongs of artificial intelligence
It seems reasonable that those who create the original content without which these systems could not exist should have a claim to a share of any profits
Waterford named in New York Times ‘52 Places to Go’ list for 2024
Condé Nast Traveller also mentions city in its Best Places to Go in UK and Ireland in 2024
Media and tech war over generative AI reaches new level
The New York Times’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft shows the stakes raised by artificial intelligence
New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement
Lawsuit claims ‘unlawful use’ of paper’s copyrighted material to create artificial intelligence products ‘threatens’ its ‘ability to provide that service’
The Daily: After years in the make-it-stop camp, I’ve found myself growing fonder of Michael Barbaro’s voice
Podcast review: This newspaper is alive and well and coming to an earbud near you
This column is not what the mainstream media want you to hear
If Russell Brand says he’s the victim of a conspiracy theory and Rupert Murdoch insists he’s rebel outsider, so-called ‘mainstream media’ must be the true counterculture
‘Sport is my biggest passion in life’
Grad Week: Aaron Gallagher is completing his doctoral studies in the US as part of the Fulbright programme
The Retrievals: The appalling true story of women dragged across the pain threshold with the promise of a baby
Podcast review: A group of women were put through agony after a nurse stole their painkillers, then were gaslit by doctors
Mark Thompson takes the reins in CNN at a hugely sensitive time
After a turbulent 18 months, the news network will hope to recover ground under its experienced new chief
‘In too many organisations, digital transformation operates in a strategic vacuum’
One smart move a company can make is to take digital transformation away from the IT department, an expert advises
Former BBC and New York Times boss Mark Thompson in talks to run CNN
Cable network has been searching for new head since Chris Licht’s ousting in June
‘Overrated’ should be banished from any grown-up lexicon. Except when I use it
Iconoclastic critics are – to turn their own words against them – short on emotional resonance, boring as sin and not all that compelling
The Murdochs: Empire of Influence – A crash course in relentless ambition
Television: If Succession’s Roys were a nasty bunch, their real-world equivalents are no less ruthless
Ireland is not the only place seeing a media meltdown this summer
RTÉ scandal, BBC crisis and Twitter dysfunction have made it nightmare season all round
Whole new ball game: New York Times shuts sports department, gets Athletic subscribers
The Athletic represents a different model for covering sport at a time when the consumption of American sports has changed
‘Unabomber’ Ted Kaczynski dies in prison in North Carolina
The 81-year-old had been serving a life sentence for a series of bombings
A Little Give by Marina Benjamin: Cleaning, caring, feeding, pleasing
Exploring the contradictions imposed on women by patriarchal capitalism
Is it goodbye to QR code menus in restaurants, a relic of Covid times?
Irish diners may prefer a printed menu, but do virtual ones offer some positives?
Donald Trump’s lawsuit against New York Times thrown out by US judge
Action had accused the newspaper’s reporters of an ‘insidious plot’ to obtain former US president’s tax records
‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton warns of ‘quite scary’ dangers of chatbots as he quits Google
Hinton, 75, quit to speak freely about dangers of AI, saying he now regrets contribution to technology
Maureen Dowd: Working from home has sounded the death knell of the bustling newsroom
Mythologised mayhem and eccentricity of newspaper offices have been killed by journalists preferring to work from home
Fintan O’Toole: How journalists were complicit in one of the great con jobs of modern times
The media played a large role in justifying the invasion of Iraq 20 years ago
Laura Slattery: The ideal wardrobe for a journalist? Clothes that say ‘trust me’
Newspaper reporters could do without TV counterparts looking a bit scruffy – that’s our territory
Nearly 1,000 contributors protest New York Times’ coverage of trans people
News organisation rejects claims of ‘biased coverage’ of transgender people
‘I want to destroy whatever I want’: Bing’s AI chatbot unsettles US reporter
Two-hour conversation with journalist raises concerns about AI’s capabilities, as chatbot says it ‘wants to be human’
Victory City review: This isn’t Salman Rushdie’s best book. But it is chilling in the light of his stabbing
Salman Rushdie’s 15th novel, about an eternally youthful femme fatale fighting religious fundamentalism, sticks to the author’s fiction formula
Dean Koontz: ‘I threatened to leave publishers if they wouldn’t stop putting the word horror on my books’
The American author has had so many books published, across so many genres, he has stopped counting
The pointy-headed film critic is nothing new but audiences’ tastes have changed
Donald Clarke: Elon Musk joined the catcalls against this year’s New York Times top ten
Twitter’s suspension of Irish journalist a ‘worrying development’, says NUJ
Black list of reporters includes CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan
Laura Slattery: 2022 was the year when even journalists went on strike
Executive remuneration was a key catalyst for industrial action at both the New York Times and news publisher Reach
New York Times journalists and staff go on first 24-hour strike in 41 years
More than 1,100 employees striking over claims management ‘dragging its feet’ on new contracts
Laura Slattery: End of multiple eras as new brooms arrive in media top jobs
Exit of John Ryley, long-serving head of Sky News, is latest industry leadership change in a year full of them
Virginia McLaurin obituary: Sharecropper’s daughter who danced with Obamas at the White House
She died at the age of 113 by her own measure but did not have a birth certificate, and had lived a quiet life until video of her with the president made her famous
Patricia Cloherty obituary: Irish-American was one of the first female venture capitalists
Despite modest background and no financial training, she rose to the top and played a major role in supporting new businesses in post-communist Russia
Trial of ex-Uber executive throws online security into the spotlight
Industry is watching closely as Joe Sullivan charged with obstructing justice and concealing a felony for paying off hackers and not telling regulators
New York Times targeted by activist investor with eye on rolling out subscriber-only bundles
Activist investor ValueAct Capital Management now owns 7% of the publisher
‘Perfect storm’ wipes nearly $400bn off value of large US media groups this year
Media giants shed billions of dollars in value as downturn bites
Are the people angry with the New York Times for ‘ruining’ Wordle okay?
Misplaced fury at viral game’s new owners is a pandemic side-effect few saw coming
Has the Old Gray Lady taken to sucking regional and smaller newspapers dry?
New York Times has bought sports-subscription website Athletic for $550m
Israeli spyware maker in spotlight amid reports of wide abuses
NSO denies its software has been used to target journalists and dissidents across world
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