The Irish Times

Maureen Dowd: AI may turn us all into the family pet

Technology titans lacked foresight as to how world is becoming more digital than physical

Sun Oct 31 2021 - 14:59

No promise of a happy new year for Big Tech as EU and US lawmakers bear down

Growing antitrust and regulatory moves will change how big platforms do business

Tue Jan 05 2021 - 05:50

Big Tech’s viral boom could be its undoing

Data is being created faster than ever since Covid-19 made our lives largely virtual

Fri May 22 2020 - 05:25

Jennifer O’Connell: Beware the benevolent tech billionaires

It is possible to act out of both compassion and self-interest simultaneously

Sat Apr 11 2020 - 01:00

Stripe leads $20m funding round for US start-up Fast

Payments company led by Limerick-born brothers backs San Francisco-based start-up

Thu Mar 26 2020 - 11:14

We must beware Big Tech companies seeking regulation

World View: In pushing for digital regulation, such firms hope to shape it in their own interests

Sat Feb 22 2020 - 01:00

Stripe ripe for stock market listing, says US-based analyst

Payments company is valued at $35.3bn, having raised $1.3bn across seven rounds

Tue Feb 04 2020 - 04:43

Unions might scare Google more than regulators

Challenges mount for tech giant as buying Treasury Building pushes staff count to 10,000

Thu Dec 05 2019 - 05:30

What Trump’s Huawei reversal means for the future of 5G

Chinese telecoms giant is the leading threat to US dominance in wireless technology

Thu Jul 04 2019 - 04:49

Start-ups kick-start revival in US midwest

Technological innovation drives green shoots in states scarred by industrial decline

Thu May 16 2019 - 07:45

Stripe acquires Irish payments start-up Touchtech

Dublin-based start-up provides SCA-ready authentication technology for card issuers

Wed Apr 17 2019 - 14:57

Inside Google’s smart city – a modern metropolis

Plans to build a tech-fired Utopia in Toronto are gaining traction, despite privacy fears

Wed Mar 27 2019 - 18:40

Stripe co-leads $40m investment in local payments start-up Rapyd

Irish-founded company among investors to back the ‘fintech-as-a-service’ platform

Wed Feb 13 2019 - 18:00

Wedding planners, Brexit marchers and a voyage on the good ship Titanic II

Planet Business: A week of unexpected comebacks

Fri Oct 26 2018 - 05:55

MIT plans $1bn college for artificial intelligence

Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman provides $350m gift to help fund new building

Mon Oct 15 2018 - 18:47

Computer-driven investing: who needs people?

Computers increasingly dominate today’s investment world, but they can only go so far

Tue Jul 17 2018 - 05:00

Google employees make stand against US drone programme

Staff sign letter of protest against company’s involvement in Pentagon drone programme

Thu Apr 05 2018 - 12:20

Start-up making waves with potential solution to plastic waste

BioCellection has developed advanced technologies to transform non-recyclable plastics into virgin-quality chemicals for use in sustainable supply chains

Thu Mar 29 2018 - 06:25

Stripe acquires payments firm previously backed by Google

Index builds card-present software, giving Collison brothers a product for offline sales

Fri Mar 09 2018 - 19:44

Google’s Eric Schmidt to step down as executive chairman

Schmidt took the company public in 2004 and made the company into a global powerhouse

Fri Dec 22 2017 - 06:57

Google withdraws YouTube from Amazon’s speaker and video devices

Internet giant cites ‘lack of reciprocity’ from Amazon

Wed Dec 06 2017 - 11:29

Google’s EU fine drags down parent company’s profits 28%

Alphabet’s revenue boosted by robust demand for ads on mobile and YouTube

Mon Jul 24 2017 - 22:01

All eyes on battle for congressional seat in Georgia

US Wrap: Democrat Jon Ossoff could take Republican seat; Trump meets tech leaders

Tue Jun 20 2017 - 01:00

Trump to meet with tech CEOs on government overhaul

Visa program for highly skilled workers will be discussed at the meeting

Mon Jun 19 2017 - 12:50

Lucy Kellaway: Let’s all take a cue from the manterrupters

Men should not be made to interrupt less – women should be made to do it more

Mon Jun 19 2017 - 06:25

No guarantees for advertisers as extremists beat Google algorithm

Cantillon: YouTube owner’s promise to tackle hate speech is easier said than done

Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:38

YouTube exodus highlights problem with online advertising

Several Irish brands this week pulled ads from the video-sharing service

Fri Mar 24 2017 - 15:38

Research into artificial intelligence should not be left to military, says Google exec

Eric Schmidt tells RSA conference of need to ‘demilitarise the internet’

Thu Feb 16 2017 - 06:56

Hackers will attack major infrastructure, conference hears

Organisations told they need to find ‘the right balance between man or machine’

Wed Feb 15 2017 - 20:14

Why Trump is making some business leaders nervous

Those who spoke out against the US president-elect must wait to see what he may do

Wed Jan 18 2017 - 05:00

Una Mullally: Will the tech overlords save us from Trump?

Will they use their power to resist or do they want a piece of greatest ever act of ‘disruption’: the disruption of US democracy itself

Thu Dec 15 2016 - 15:42

Google in Dublin for the engineers, not just the back-up and tax breaks

Dublin teams play crucial role in Google projects, says company vice-president

Thu Nov 24 2016 - 05:15

Future homes: 3-D Printed and ready to roll - or fly

3-D printing chief teams up with Nasa to develop sustainable approach to housing

Mon Jul 25 2016 - 15:58

Dropbox diversity head Judith Williams speaks up on bias

Judith Williams built a career helping the tech industry to tackle their lack of diversity

Sat Jun 25 2016 - 09:00