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News, features, and analysis about US tech multinational Amazon
Amazon fiasco is bad news for Ireland Inc
Signal has gone out very publicly that parts of the electricity network can’t meet new industrial demand
European shares dip as US tariff reality sets in
Automakers Volkswagen, BMW plunge with trade agreement set to lock in 15% tariffs on exports to US
Top seven tech firms’ earnings put AI divide in sharp focus
For tech’s biggest names, AI is the dividing line between leading and lagging
Scrapped Amazon plant a sign of Ireland hitting the infrastructural buffers
State plans huge investment just as the financial outlook grows more uncertain
Taoiseach to ‘delve into’ Amazon’s scrapping of Dublin plant over failure to secure power supply
Tech giant’s decision has closed off prospect of more than 500 jobs being created
Amazon scraps Dublin plant and hundreds of jobs over failure to secure power supply
Tech giant’s decision highlights extent of limitations on State electricity network
Can Europe break free of American tech supremacy?
Europe’s dependence on US groups for digital infrastructure is causing growing concern among executives and policymakers
Hundreds of potentially unsafe baby products removed by top online retailers after consumer protection sweep
Officials across European Union even found recalled products listed for sale during their safety and compliance checks
Amazon remains in great peril and should top Cop30 agenda
‘If we don’t reduce carbon from fossil fuel emissions, the forest will be destroyed anyway’
Staff at loss-making Amazon subsidiary in Dublin earned average €124,000 last year
Accounts for Dublin-based Amazon R&D subsidiary show it spent €191m on wages and salaries for 1,540 staff
David McRedmond: ‘An Post has been brilliant. I’ve never been remunerated less and enjoyed a job more’
McRedmond’s credo is: ‘All businesses are dying; you have to find the new thing’. He has lived that philosophy at State-owned postal service, whose core business has shifted from letters to parcels and, increasingly, financial services
Forget quiet luxury. The wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez screamed ‘money’
We’re no longer shocked by wealth itself – only by the spectacle of loud luxury
Canada scraps tech tax to advance trade talks with Donald Trump
US president had described levy as ‘direct and blatant’ attack on the country
Donald Trump says he is terminating US-Canada trade talks over ‘egregious’ tax on tech firms
Digital services tax will hit companies including Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb with a 3 per cent levy on revenue from Canadian users
James Bond: Denis Villeneuve to direct new 007 film for Amazon
Oscar-nominated Canadian film-maker most recently directed the blockbusters Dune and Dune: Part Two
Tech jobs shake-up echoes post-Covid cuts, but with AI twist
Toll of job losses in sector in recent months may be far higher than announced
‘Crocodile’ fears see Jeff Bezos alter his Venice wedding plans
Reception venue is moved after activists threatened to fill canals with inflatable crocodiles to prevent guests entering city centre building
Tesla launches robotaxi service in Austin
Self-driving technology on which Elon Musk has staked future of his company debuts in Texas
Protests to greet Amazon’s Jeff Bezos ahead of gala wedding in Venice
American tech billionaire set to marry journalist Laura Sanchez in lavish ceremony in Italian city
Microsoft planning thousands more job cuts globally, sources say
Sales said to be target for latest round of reductions, expected to be announced next month
AI will mean fewer white collar jobs, Amazon boss warns
Chief executive Andy Jassy warns the company will cut roles ‘in the next few years’
Tech giants’ indirect emissions rose 150% in three years amid AI growth, UN says
Indirect carbon emissions from Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta, rose on average by 150% from 2020 to 2023
Sales at Amazon Web Services Irish unit top €7bn
The pay package for directors last year totalled €1.34m
James Bond franchise owners seek more time to defend control of 007 spy’s name
With four years since the last James Bond installment, a legal challenge has been launched arguing intellectual property rights have lapsed
Nine Perfect Strangers review: The only people likely to be traumatised by this moribund thriller are the viewers
Television: Kidman does her best, but this year’s cast of dysfunctional one-per-centers make for a threadbare bunch
Google reassures EU cloud users amid concern over Trump threat
Tech giant offers additional data security protections in EU as local customers express concern over reliance on US tech
Taoiseach tells Apple chief Ireland will cut ‘regulatory burden’ facing businesses
iPhone maker, which has European HQ in Cork, previously warned of ‘aggressive competition’ from countries trying to lure multinationals
Netflix levy: Amazon warned Government that Trump administration could consider charge as a ‘further tax’ on US firms
Expert advice commissioned by Coimisiún na Meán argued in favour of introducing such a levy on a sliding scale
Has Jeff Bezos-backed Slate just revolutionised the electric car?
Ultra-simple, ultra-customisable, and ultra-cheap – the EV pick-up intends to upend the car industry
Let’s halt this creeping evil that is attention-harvesting: a pedestrian could be naked, or on fire, and the zombies on their phones wouldn’t blink
You wouldn’t send your child out on the M50 to play, so how does it seem appropriate to hand anyone under 16 a smartphone?
Tech earnings defy expectations but the future is uncertain
Tech bosses’ public display of loyalty to Trump should have earned them more than being cannon fodder
Jeff Bezos to sell up to $4.75bn in Amazon stock
Disclosure comes hours after Amazon warned of impact of Donald Trump’s global trade war
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