Cop29: Can a bloated and cumbersome process undermined by self-interest deliver for our planet?
Baku conference offers opportunities to help avoid climate catastrophe, despite the obstacles
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Is Kamala Harris the only person who’s not afraid of Donald Trump?
Her campaign ads have tackled everything from women’s rights to Putin. Meanwhile, billionaires have blocked their newspapers from taking a stand
Fear of Trump causes US billionaires to hold their tongues
From Warren Buffett to Bill Gates, corporate America seems fearful a victorious Trump would seek to punish those who publicly oppose him
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
‘In the US I found myself apologising for my humour, as in Ireland we are inclined to be sarcastic’
Wild Geese: Aedhmar Hynes, Connecticut
Four-day Mumbai wedding extravaganza to cost more than €550m
The marriage of the son of Asia’s richest businessman, Mukesh Ambani, takes place over the weekend with guests including Kim Kardashian, Tony Blair and Mark Zuckerberg
Warren Buffett to bequeath vast wealth to new foundation upon death
The billionaire investor ends nearly two decades of gifts to the Gates Foundation for a new charity led by his children
UK buyer of famous Leeson Street grinds school begins to reap rewards of €135m acquisition
Microsoft Office guy’s superyacht; Dyson signs on the line in Co Waterford; Fair City eyes move to commuter belt
Eurovision saw a collision of vintage operating systems and trashy Europop
Finland’s Eurovision Song Contest entry Windows95man′s hard drive issues entertain
‘The machine does it coldly’: Artificial Intelligence can already kill people
While Silicon Valley doomers worry about an existential threat to humanity posed by AI, they ignore the nightmarish and destructive uses to which it is already being put by the Israeli army
UK entrepreneur Mike Lynch on trial for what prosecutors say is ‘largest fraud in history’ of Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley has not changed that much since Mike Lynch was in his pomp
The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire by Tim Schwab – A lash from the left
This is a thought-provoking work but it does not always satisfyingly clinch its own arguments
Chasing the promise of cheaper and less obtrusive wind power generation
Bill Gates has just invested in Airloom, a US business that promises quieter wind power generation closer to the ground
Jeffrey Epstein allegedly tried to extort Bill Gates over extramarital affair
Convicted sex trafficker reportedly tried to blackmail multi-billionaire over his affair with a Russian bridge player
Death of business travel has been greatly exaggerated
Many corporate executives were quick to abandon video calls and get back on the road
Multiple red flags are not yet slowing the generative AI train
Critics claim the technology carries alarming risks and needs better governance
Breda O’Brien: Big Tech is now the global monarch, answerable to nobody
An unholy alliance between Big Tech, Big Finance and the Chinese Communist Party has allowed the values of Silicon Valley to dominate the planet
Bill Gates: ‘I’ve had people yelling at me that I’m putting chips into people. They really exist’
The Microsoft founder fears generosity to Africa could be affected by the ‘costs and distractions’ of the war in Ukraine — and by Covid conspiracy theories
Bill Gates predicts global economic slowdown
Event to be triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and fallout from Covid-19 pandemic
Why is Elon Musk – skittish, visionary renegade – buying Twitter?
Influential though it may be in political and media circles, it doesn’t make any money
What will Twitter be like under Elon Musk?
Cantillon: Twitter is the platform we love to hate and the Tesla CEO is equally polarising
Why did Jeffrey Epstein buy one of the best cellos in the world?
The powerful sexual predator took many secrets with him, including one prized cello
Twitter accepts Elon Musk’s $44bn takeover offer
Twitter shareholders will receive $54.20 in cash for each share
MacKenzie Scott: How the former Mrs Bezos became a philanthropist like no other
Since divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2019, Scott has been ‘emptying the safe’
Ireland’s nine billionaires increased collective wealth by €10.8bn last year
Stripe founders’ gains recognised on Forbes list of 2,668 people in ‘three comma club’
Global market for ‘cultivated meat’ could reach $25bn by 2030
Scientists are trying to find a commercially viable way to transform animal stem cells into marbled steak or sushi-grade salmon
German strain of anti-vaccine sentiment proving highly resistant to change
Munich Letter: It’s unlikely the city’s protesting ‘walkers’ will disappear any time soon
Tech tycoon Mike Lynch signals intention to appeal HP ruling
Irish-born businessman faces threat of extradition to US over Autonomy deal
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans massive giving expansion
Annual spending at philanthropic organisation jumps to $6.7bn
A caveat for winter Olympians – beware of Chinese meat
Doping watchdog issues warning ‘only to eat at places given the all-clear by event organisers’
Conor Pope: I told the world about my vaccine cert. It wasn’t long before the abuse started
Opinion: I am a liar, a fool and a sheep, said those who disapproved of my vaccine message
Teen Daze – Interior: Ambient music you can dance to
Canadian producer Jamison Isaak channels huge influence of French dance music
Helen McEntee and Sally Rooney had a good 2021. Eoghan Harris and Dolores Cahill did not
Who had a good year? Rachael Blackmore for one. Who didn’t? Stephen Donnelly, arguably
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