Kingspan’s data centre bet and the AI bubble
Debate over trajectory of investment boom has reached fever pitch in recent weeks
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Kingspan maintains profit guidance as sales grow to €6.8bn
Insulation giant is exploring partial flotation of data centre building unit Advnsys
If a friend is always fun but rarely honest, how long can you stay close?
The device in your pocket wants you to think – but it doesn’t want you to think about what you’re thinking
EU set to water down landmark AI Act after pressure from big tech
European Commission proposes pauses to provisions in digital rule book amid concerns over implications for EU competitiveness
Musk plans potential Tesla-Intel partnership
CEO’s comments come after Tesla shareholders back his $1tn pay packet
Spain issues fine for AI-generated sexual images in landmark sanction
About 20 schoolgirls depicted in fake photographs
AI won’t replace the handshake, serial entrepreneur tells new innovators
Start-up mentor Kevin Neary urges founders to focus on relationships, not algorithms
Artificial intelligence can be a boon for medicine
When properly regulated, there can be huge benefits
The $20,000 AI robot butler with the dexterity of Bosco - and that’s with a human guiding it
California-based 1X Technologies is accepting pre-orders for its Neo home robot and wants to use your home to train it
Pearson boss says with the right AI tools children ‘will learn more and learn better’
Educational services firm chief Omar Abbosh keen on tech transformation but says agentic AI should not be seen as teacher replacement
Meath-headquartered power company Hanley Energy sold for €631m
Deal also includes a contingent consideration up to €50.5 million subject to achieving future revenue thresholds in an all-cash transaction
Google’s revival shows the risks of early AI judgments
AI integration has boosted Google search, which generated $56.6 billion in revenue
Big Tech tests investors’ patience with $80bn AI investment spree
Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft divide the market over whether they can translate huge capital expenditure into income
A teenager started by asking AI for help with his homework. It ended in tragedy
Other vulnerable young people like Adam Raine are growing dependent on machines they believe understand them
From $1tn to $5 tn in two years: Nvidia and the perils of predicting stock bubbles
Nvidia’s extraordinary gains have been matched by extraordinary earnings
New crime fiction, including works by Marie Cassidy, Paul Bradley Carr and Chris Hadfield
The Confessions; The Dead Husband Cookbook; Final Orbit; Deadly Evidence; and The House on Buzzard’s Bay
Bernie McGill: ‘I got through an English degree at Queen’s without encountering a single Irish female writer’
The author on parity of esteem, the genius of Hilary Mantel, and the inestimable importance of libraries
The best new sci-fi/fantasy books: From impending AI apocalypse to rogue bots on Mars
New novels by Sally Magnusson, Ray Nayler, Tom O’Connell and Mason Coile
Alphabet sales beat estimates on cloud growth
Company is investing record amounts to try to push progress in AI
Amazon job cull shows the darker side of artificial intelligence
Having invested hugely in AI, companies are now looking for a dividend in terms of lower costs to keep shareholders happy
Silicon Valley and the AI boom called - the 1990s are back
How artificial intelligence boom is both different from, and similar to, the web bubble 30 years ago
Irish start-up LegalMoov making legal advice affordable and accurate
AI-powered platform aims to fix the gap between free online information and costly legal consultations
AI: Are we empowering students - or outsourcing the skills we aim to cultivate?
AI literacy is essential for preparing students to succeed in a future shaped by this technology
Enshittification: the word that sums up how we live now
It seems to convey a sense of promises broken, not just in technology but in culture and politics too
Phoenix Tower plans €75m spend after green light for €937m Cellnex deal
US masts operator sees ‘massive’ need for expansion of network to deliver infrastructure for wireless and AI-related services
Donald Trump vs Xi Jinping: who holds the stronger hand?
As tensions escalate, our correspondents examine the contrasting styles and strategies of the two leaders ahead of a pivotal summit
Ireland ‘punching above its weight’ as AI leader - Deloitte
Half of large businesses already seeing returns from investment in the technology
The internet broke again and we all shrugged, but what happens when AI truly comes online?
The world is going all-in on Sam Altman and company’s AI vision but the risks will increase as the points of potential failure grow exponentially
We should all be worried by deep fake technology
AI firms are rapidly improving their video quality with no consideration for its impact on society
Dublin engineer’s AI voice start-up tackles call-centre overload
Vox Talk’s AI voice takes on the sensor overload swamping global monitoring centres
AI bias in recruiting leading to shortage of top candidates, Ibec event told
Women the main victims of AI filters including gaps in work history
Meta cutting hundreds of AI jobs as firm aims to move faster
Tech giant wants impacted workers to apply for other internal positions
Deepfake AI video depicting Catherine Connolly quitting presidential race removed by Meta
Independent candidate in race for Áras condemns video, calling it ‘a disgraceful attempt to mislead voters’
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