Google faces UK push to loosen its grip on search
Big Tech giant slams Competition and Markets Authority’s plan as ‘punitive’ and risk to economic growth
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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
Google’s wobble reflects rising threat of AI to its business model
Users increasingly turning to AI tools such as ChatGPT and Perplexity instead
Tech earnings defy expectations but the future is uncertain
Tech bosses’ public display of loyalty to Trump should have earned them more than being cannon fodder
Alphabet’s sales beat estimates on Google search ad business
AI changes to search decimate traffic to independent websites
OpenAI would buy Google’s Chrome browser, ChatGPT chief says
US justice department looking to force Google to sell Chrome to stop Google operating search market monopoly
There is no way that big tech can avoid being pulled into the transatlantic trade war
Despite Ireland’s best efforts, the digital tech companies will be pulled into the conflict - this will threaten jobs and could have implications for the way we all use the internet
Magnificent seven stocks are cheaper, but are they cheap enough?
Might the worst be over for Big Tech?
Teachers disliked the ‘homework helper’ app. But AI-powered cheating makes it look quaint
The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 was perhaps the first sign of trouble for Chegg. Its lawsuit against Google is a sign of the turmoil to come in education
Deepseek fears recede as Wall Street eyes Nvidia earnings
Chipmaker now looks cheaper than many of its tech peers, despite boasting stronger growth projections
European shares reverse declines to finish higher
Iseq index flat as Ryanair adds 1% despite sluggish traffic growth
Donald Trump threatens tax war over US multinationals
Ireland is home to the regional headquarters of many US multinationals and could be in the firing line of this move
Broadcom becomes the latest tech stock trillionaire
Eight tech giants now hold combined market capitalisation of almost $19trn
YouTube chief Neal Mohan bets on AI and ‘creators’ to supercharge growth
Veteran executive seen as a potential Google CEO must tackle threats from Trump to tech rivals
Musk leads race to be world’s first trillionaire
Lesson of the 20th century was that when a critical mass of citizens feel the system is rigged against them, we encourage radical politics
Google boggles minds as it says quantum chip ‘lends credence’ to the existence of a multiverse
Planet Business: Ancient Rome auction update, the Murdoch ‘Succession memo’ and people/muppets who have rung the New York Stock Exchange’s opening bell
Central Bank governor more cautious on large ECB rate cuts
Gabriel Makhlouf raises prospect of ‘sharp’ fall in stocks prices amid heightened technology sector valuations
AI bubble: fact or fiction?
JP Morgan sanguine as rising share prices are accompanied by increased earnings among dominant ‘magnificent seven’
Why a Donald Trump election win could signal the end of Ireland’s golden years
A Trump victory in the US presidential election would constitute a seismic shift in our overall international strategy
As Google faces possible break-up, investors bet on business as usual
The last big tech antitrust case, against Microsoft in 2001, did not result in a break-up of the company
US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case
Justice department could seek ‘structural remedies’ such as forced product sales after judge’s ruling of illegal monopoly in search
Investors look beyond Nvidia and the magnificent seven
Increasingly confident investors looking beyond tech giants, suggesting reign may be over — for now at least
Is all the investment pumped into AI really worth it?
With humans outperforming the technology in a recent exploratory trial, equipping such systems with the autonomy to carry out their own actions raises questions of practicality, ethics and philosophy
UK regulators accuse Google of anti-competitive behaviour in advertising
Competition and Markets Authority’s findings are another blow to the tech giant and come days before a parallel lawsuit starts in the US
Google considering large data centre in Vietnam, source says
Investment would by first by big US tech company in nation
Google turns 20: shareholders celebrate growth of more than 7,500%
Many critics saw Google as a hyped-up, expensive stock when it went public in 2004
Kamala Harris campaign proves good for ‘legacy’ ad business
Global advertising spend set to reach $1tn this year, with even traditional media managing an increase thanks to impact of US presidential election
Irish shares rise after volatile week
Global markets recover much of ground lost in previous few days
Google loses landmark US antitrust case over search dominance
Court’s decision is a significant victory for US department of justice in its litigation over power of Big Tech
Markets hit a wall amid fears of US economic slowdown
Financials and tech stocks worst hit as indices show a sea of red
Google-parent Alphabet cut stake in Crowdstrike before July global outage
Crowdstrike shares have lost nearly 35 per cent of their value since the outage
Investors await decisions from key central banks and earnings reports from big tech companies
Irish market ends the day down, with Dalata and Glanbia the big fallers
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