Microsoft

Microsoft’s chatbot repeatedly told me it loved me and tried to convince me I was unhappy in my marriage

Alphabet shares lost $100bn in value last week after Google’s chatbot Bard made an error in a promotional video

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Company announced global job cuts in January amid a sharp correction in tech

Iseq index moves in line with European peers after 0.5% gain

Roles will mostly be in the professional services and outsourcing leader's life sciences manufacturing division

It is easy to get caught up with confident, chatty technology and forget it is not infallible

Microsoft among the climbers on Wall Street as it unveils new AI-powered version of search engine Bing

Rivals battle for technological edge as the search engine market faces its first big change for years

Competition and Markets Authority proposes sell-off of blockbuster Call of Duty franchise as price for green-lighting record acquisition

HBO’s adaptation of the Sony PlayStation game has been cited as a reason regulators should approve Microsoft’s swoop on Activision Blizzard

Company with presence in Ireland since 1990 employs about 5,000 in Cork, Limerick and Dublin

Amazon, Meta, Alphabet and Microsoft reveal the hefty price tag as they rein in spending

The internet search giant may be hesitant to wield in the AI arms race many of the weapons at its disposal

Music streaming group adds subscribers but is hit by rise in operating expenses

Planet Business: Microsoft’s AI investment, Merriam Webster’s Quordle deal, a scary NYSE glitch and a much-quoted week for Taylor Swift

One by one, different companies started to fall, a domino effect that resulted in new announcements every week

Investors remained cautious amid uncertainty about further interest rate movements

Thousands of users had reported disruption in services

Company is laying off about 5% of its staff globally

Latest notification to Department of Enterprise brings to 130 the numbers shed at Leixlip plant as part of global cull

Davos 2023: Davos 2023: Global computing giant is shedding 10,000 jobs

Iseq index gave back 0.76% on Thursday, slightly outperforming its European peers

Tech giants race to stake out their place in new field of generative artificial intelligence

Inside Business podcast: Plus the European data regulator’s decision that may impact Irish fines levied against Meta

Tech company employs about 3,500 staff in Ireland

What does the future hold for the World Economic Forum without ‘Mr Davos’ Klaus Schwab?

Luxury groups buoyed by optimistic outlook for Chinese economy

Davos 2023: Michael McGrath to press Central Bank on ‘vulture fund’ mortgage rates of up to 7%

Computing giant, which employs about 3,500 people in Ireland, plans to cut its workforce worldwide

Computing giant will cut 5 per cent of worldwide workforce, according to reports

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Microsoft set up in Ireland in 1985, and now employs 3,500 people

Texthelp founder was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year before Christmas

Just six stocks – Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, Tesla and Meta – were responsible for one-third of the MSCI world index’s 19.5% fall last year

Finance for deals harder to get as interest rates spiral and valuations struck by volatility

Long-held duopoly that rules the $300bn market is hit by growing competition from Amazon, Microsoft and Apple

CNIL sanctioned the firm for not having put in place a mechanism to let people refuse cookies as easily as accepting them

IDA Ireland Labour Market Pulse shows recruitment rate starting to fall

Iseq index finishes Thursday’s session down 2.5% but markets in mainland Europe fare worse