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Microsoft dropping support for Windows 10 underlines tech sector always wants the next new thing
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Dublin-based Microsoft engineer quits over tech giant’s links to Israeli military
Pro-Palestine group protests outside firm’s Leopardstown offices after software worker resigns
Risk rises as market highs again powered by the magnificent seven tech stocks
Concentration at the top is ‘extreme’, as the five largest S&P 500 stocks account for more than 25% of index’s value
Energia owner calls final bids as KKR and Canadian Pension Plan circle
Electricity and gas group put on market earlier this year at estimated value of €2.75bn
Top companies keep talking about AI – but can’t explain the upsides
Analysis of hundreds of filings suggest the S&P 500 businesses are clearer about the risks than benefits
Trump’s H-1B visa fee prompts emergency guidance from companies
White House moves to clarify $100,000 application fee for visas relied on by tech industry
Data protection authorities need to move on online privacy issue
Easily accessible data can even pinpoint home addresses of smartphone owners
AI medical tools downplay symptoms in women and ethnic minorities
Large language models reflect biases that can lead to inferior healthcare advice to female, Black and Asian patients
Ireland’s top 1,000 companies: Apple remains out in front with €205bn in revenue
Big tech firms take first four slots in The Irish Times’ annual Top 1000 ranking of companies
Tech titan Larry Ellison: ‘No one else has prospered in Silicon Valley for 50 years’
At 81, Oracle’s co-founder has reinvented himself as a power in AI to become (briefly) the richest person in the world
Stocks dip as markets await interest rate decisions
US Federal Reserve begins two-day monetary policy meeting on Wednesday
I should enjoy watching the ritual humiliation of Silicon Valley’s top CEOs. But not like this
I found myself asking what had happened to the concept of f**k you money – but only momentarily
Microsoft avoids EU fine after competition probe
US tech group faced scrutiny over bundling of Teams and Office products
College tech tips: Laptop or tablet? Plus, power packs, headphones and AI advice
As you head into the new college year, what tech essentials should you invest in and what are simply nice to have?
Larry Ellison overtakes Elon Musk to become world’s richest person
Oracle market value jumps more than $290bn on AI surge after ‘astonishing quarter’
Helicopter crash victim and tech founder Niall Crosby left will of €16.5 million
Mr Crosby founded successful London-based data-processing software company AG Grid
Big Tech bosses court favour with Trumps at White House dinner
Heads of Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Apple back AI initiative spearheaded by first lady Melania Trump
Rise of AI shopping ‘agents’ set to transform online shopping
OpenAI, Perplexity and Google create AI-powered features, leading brands to rethink how they sell products online
Microsoft users across Europe experience delays as Outlook email service goes down
Dublin experiencing bulk of problems
Apple seeks ‘constructive and open dialogue’ with new EU competition chief
Internal correspondence show US tech giant worked to reset relations with Brussels regulators
Windows 10 support shutdown offers window of opportunity for a Linux OS developed in Dublin
Zorin OS, created by two brothers, blends speed and privacy of Linux with design and ease-of-use that laptop users expect
Irish company plays game to beat Elon Musk to Mars
At Gamescom in Cologne, the world’s largest computer game fair, Outlier Games drew the crowds
Underowned Nvidia faces test with upcoming earnings
Bulls will hope another blockbuster report leaves Nvidia holdouts with little choice but to pay up
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
Microsoft provides data storage for Israeli military
A Microsoft spokesperson did not comment on a query about Irish data centres’ involvement
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’
The business font of all evil has won
Comic Sans is never going to be as reviled as its critics would like
Big Tech’s spend on generative AI still a staggering shot in the dark
Stellar results from Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta cannot yet be attributed to the technology’s usefulness
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
Markets dip in face of good corporate results
Kerry’s decline continues following publication of half-year results earlier this week
Microsoft hits $4 trillion value after earnings
Shares of the technology behemoth jumped as much as 8.2% after earnings show AI, cloud growth
Microsoft profits soar almost 25% on boom in cloud computing revenues
Shares in US tech giant rise in after-hours trading
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
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