Underowned Nvidia faces test with upcoming earnings
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Edward McCloskey of Irish firm WaterWipes: The target is becoming a ‘billion-dollar brand’
WaterWipes has employees in Europe, the US and Australia as well as nearly 400 employees in Ireland
Before the golden age of AI must come the crash, history suggests
Ninety-five per cent of companies surveyed getting zero return from their investments in generative AI, research finds
Big Tech firms pay average salaries of up to €155,000 to staff in Ireland
Filings cover some of the largest tech employers in State, including Amazon, Google, Meta and Salesforce
How tech workers earning six-figure salaries are changing the Dublin housing market
The high salaries paid by Big Tech employers in Ireland highlight our vulnerability to Trump’s tariffs agenda
Tánaiste discussed Ireland’s upcoming EU presidency with Amazon
Simon Harris also told Amazon that Ireland worked to ‘control what we can’ in current economic climate
Karen Hao on AI tech bosses: ‘Many choose not to have children because they don’t think the world is going to be around much longer’
The author of Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination discusses the cost of Big Tech’s huge investment in technologies that may do more harm than good
Will big tech transform how we watch sports? ‘Sports is a powerful storytelling vehicle for us’
Amazon Web Services uses Formula One as a ‘powerful storytelling vehicle’ while Wimbledon helps IBM ‘drive meaningful conversation and pipeline with clients’
Trump tariff letters unnerve investors with banks worst hit as markets drop
Pharma companies also volatile in wake of letters from US president to 17 of them demanding lower prices
Working from home ‘trending upwards’ despite moves to bring workers back to the office
Ciara O’Brien on a new survey on Ireland’s use of technology that also reveals scepticism about AI
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
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