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‘AI is bringing, and will continue to bring, huge benefits to individuals, businesses and communities throughout Ireland, but there are also a number of challenges that we face in adopting AI technologies.’ Photograph: iStock
AI won’t develop itself, you know: why we need a national AI strategy

A public consultation on the development of a national strategy on AI concluded in November. The commitment to developing such a strategy was containe(...)

Google agreed to lease more than 7,000sq m (75,000sq ft) of office space at Block I, Central Park in Sandyford
Sandyford Business District defines success of suburban office market

Immediate M50 access and excellent transport links via the Luas green line see the Sandyford Business District (SBD) continue to perform extremely wel(...)

Disaster relief. Aid:Tech was the first company to deliver international aid using blockchain technology and digital identity when it worked with the Irish Red Cross on the Syrian refugee crisis in 2015. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Aid:Tech’s technology will put people in charge of their own data

Social welfare payments in Singapore, microinsurance services for women in the developing world, disaster relief in the US, and a means to put people (...)

Alex Rodriguez before a game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees on September 8th, 2019, at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph: Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images
America at Large: one of baseball’s biggest cheaters on top of his game in TV

The most notorious steroid-user in baseball history is never off American television these days. No sooner had Alex Rodriguez finished the season as l(...)

Cathriona Hallahan, managing director of Microsoft Ireland (left) with Niamh Bushnell, chief communications officer at SoapBox Labs which won the 2019 Best Use of AI in Sector for its work on developing speech recognition technology for children. Photograph: Conor McCabe
Irish companies scoop top honours at AI Awards

Infant Research Centre, Soapbox Labs, SAP, ESB and Mastercard Labs are among the Irish organisations scooping top honours at this year’s AI Awards. C(...)

Considering credit cards: focus on the interest – and whether you need one

More than half the Irish population have a credit card and we spend about €1 billion on them every month. Despite this, research by the Irish League o(...)

The Beacon South Quarter complex at Sandyford, Co. Dublin. Photograph: Eric Luke / The Irish Times
Sandyford businesses urge council to abandon rate hike proposal

Sandyford Business District has called on Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Council (DLRCC) to abandon its proposal to increase commercial rates for businesses (...)

A general view of the awarding ceremony of the International 2019 Dota 2 World Championships final at Mercedes-Benz Arena on August 25th, 2019 in Shanghai, China. Photograph: Hu Chengwei/Getty Images
Esports – an Irish sleeping giant

Epic Games ended Season 10 of Fortnite with another one of its renowned live events, a meteor shower ending in a black hole, so for all Fortnite playe(...)

Mastercard: Revenue at the payment company increased by 15 per cent on an annual basis, to $4.5 billion (€4 billion), against analysts’ estimates of $4.4 billion
Purchases drive revenue at Mastercard

Purchase volume on the Mastercard’s network rose by 14 per cent in the third quarter, accelerating slightly from the second quarter, driving revenue a(...)

Apple is due to report results on Wednesday. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters
This Week in Business: Tech giants due to report results

Monday Results: Alphabet, Spotify. Indicators: Euro-zone loan growth and money supply (Sep); UK distributive trades (Oct); US wholesale inventori(...)

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