Twitter deal leaves Elon Musk with no easy way out
Simply abandoning the $44bn transaction is not an option
Companies’ flight from Moscow sets some hard precedents
Re-entering Russian market – if and when it becomes feasible – will be no easy feat
His biological father turned out to be his mother’s fertility doctor
When David Berry explored his father’s side of the family, he found something unexpected
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Feeling this way first thing in the morning is common, and the remedy is movement
Marilyn Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist, dies aged 93
Songwriter is best known for her work in film, including The Way We Were title track
As virus cases surge, New Yorkers feel a familiar anxiety
‘It feels like last year, last winter, despite the vaccines and despite the boosters’
Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Everyday tragedies
Book review: Hilma Wolitzer’s memorable collection culminates with a pandemic story
Why your business should be led by the CMO
Marketers are motivated by the idea of growth and achievement, and given the authority, can transform a business’s fortunes
Pandemic pays for big tech as Alphabet, Apple and Microsoft beat high expectations
Three of the big five tech giants deliver revenues ahead of upbeat analyst projections
US citizens will enforce new abortion law in Texas
People across country may be able to sue anyone helping woman get abortion in state
Salman Rushdie: ‘I am stupidly optimistic – it got me through those bad years’
The novelist on strong women, ‘moral censorship’ and the ‘great wound’ of his life
Mná 100: Maureen O’Carroll among women celebrated on historical website
Mother of entertainer Brendan O’Carroll was elected as Labour TD in 1954
Denis Donoghue obituary: One of the world’s foremost scholars of modern literature
One student recalled ‘it was easy to mistake his grand, rolling cadences for the voice of God’
Denis Donoghue: President leads tributes to late scholar and literary critic
Father of novelist Emma Donoghue held professorships at New York University and UCD
Does the key to consciousness lie within our brains?
Much recent research supports the view that science can describe consciousness
‘Pride that spoke of both continents’: Biden on Irish links
US president says looks forward to working with Taoiseach to address ‘great challenges’
Joe Biden to say he wants to work with Taoiseach during online event
US president will share a message at Glucksman Ireland House virtual gala
Eve Hewson: ‘I’m really lucky I grew up in Ireland, not LA’
The Irish actor on shyness, nightmares and getting to know her native country again
Donald Trump’s phone call with Brad Raffensperger: six key points
President’s call with Georgia election official shows him trying to cling to power
Antonio Campos: ‘When I got into the New York Film Academy I lied about my age’
Devil All the Time director talks Southern Gothic, Netflix and the high cost of Elvis tunes
First Family – Frank McNally on the surprising origins of Ireland’s original soap opera, The Kennedys of Castleross
An Irishman’s Diary
Stocktake: Have big tech stocks found the ‘antidote to ageing’?
Veteran companies Netflix, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple are all continuing to grow
‘We’ve got a real chance to reimagine our cities’: 20 ways to improve urban life after lockdown
Covid-19 gives us a chance to push reset, to see the space, not the things crowding into it
When paranoia creeps into working from home
A combination of not leaving the house and the threat of redundancy can be potent
Maureen Dowd: If Donald Trump no longer tweets, does he even exist?
US president trolls as Twitter and Facebook refine their algorithms to monetise rage
The surprising benefits of giving up Facebook
Web Log: Study participants reported overall improvement in happiness and well-being
Would you like to know when you will die?
A blood test that uses biomarkers to predict your remaining lifespan isn’t one I’d take
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey under threat as activists build up stake
Group is pushing for changes, including possibly replacing the co-founder and CEO
New York initiative explores links between black identity and Irishness
America Letter: Slavery and vying for jobs part of legacy along with warm relations
Coronavirus: ‘All bets are off’, says aircraft industry chief
Avolon chief Dómhnal Slattery questions State’s preparedness for outbreak
Beau Lotto: How to rewire our brains to spark innovation
The neuroscientist and author's Lab of Misfits helps brands engage with customers
Netflix falling short in ferocious Oscar drive
A $70m campaign and 24 nominations may not bring it a big night
Getting passed over for a promotion hurts – but it could be a blessing in disguise
Keep the rejection in perspective as it can prove a valuable learning experience
Jack B Yeats: More than 30 works to go on display ahead of RDS sale
Collection held by Ernie O’Malley to be sold, as de Vere’s also hold major Irish art sale
Velvet Revolution memories bittersweet as Czechs worry for their democracy
Nation marks 30 years since Vaclav Havel and fellow dissidents swept into power
Nobel prize honours scientists who developed lithium ion battery
Technology has revolutionised portable electronics
Higgins urges US to reverse decision on Paris climate accord
President says climate change is the most pressing issue facing the global community
Are there any real links between wireless technology and health?
The blossoming anxiety over professed health risks of 5G can be traced to a single scientist and a single chart
Grave concerns about the Public Services Card are being ignored
Net Results: A report on this discriminatory card needs to be made public
Meet the Tradfather: The rise of New York’s traditional Irish music sessions
The gatherings of professional and amateur musicians is keeping the tradition afloat and helping preserve Irish identity
Traditional Irish music session: ‘Good chance an eyebrow raised in your direction is consequential’
Sessions, such as the ones in New York bars, are the lifeblood of Irish traditional music
Ex-banker building billion dollar fortune as legal weed sweeps US
Boris Jordan is best known for his role in privatising Russian assets after fall of communism
Scientists find hidden brain function in unresponsive patients after brain injury
‘It suggests that there’s some remnant of consciousness there’ – report author
Before Stonewall: Secret scrapbooks uncover how gay people were criminalised
Photographer and writer Carl Van Vechten documented queer experiences in the decades before the 1969 riots
Hugh O’Conor: ‘I had to go to Irish college rather than be in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’
The ‘My Left Foot’ child actor does not only act - he’s now a writer and film-maker too
Alexa, please explain the dark side of artificial intelligence
There is a hefty human cost and high environmental price to providing AI and digital gadgets
Modernist puzzle: László Nemes and his bloody awkward film
Hungarian auteur’s new film Sunset shows a vanished Budapest on the edge of change
JJ Lee’s ‘total history’ of modern Ireland: Still required reading 30 years on
Historian’s classic account lacerated the country’s mediocrity and begrudgery
Choc tactics: the link between scoffing Easter eggs and nest eggs
A child’s self-control, or lack of it, has a life-long effect on their future health, wealth and happiness, new research finds
Bo Burnham: ‘You know you’re a mess when you’re 13’
The Eighth Grade director on the crippling angst of being 13 years old in the internet age
Felicity Huffman: Desperate Housewife, mother and defendant
The actor was arrested this month, accused of paying $15,000 to fix her daughter’s school test
Facebook working on a new class of semiconductor, AI researcher suggests
Future chips to be used for training deep learning algorithms
M Night Shyamalan: The unbreakable spirit of ‘the twist guy’
Despite critical maulings, you can’t keep Shyamalan down, as he returns with ‘Glass’
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