SpaceX is requesting permission to launch as many as a million satellites into the Earth’s orbit to speed up its AI plans

Committee to examine ‘Europe’s threat to American speech and innovation’

Some cognitive offloading to AI may be helpful. But the mass outsourcing of thinking will inevitably have negative consequences, both for individuals and for broader society

Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Bill Gates and Richard Branson are all mentioned in the newly released tranche of documents

Melania is where she wants to be: in the bosom of a corrupt family that is prostituting the People’s House

Ryanair boss says airports in wartorn state will need to offer big discounts on charges if they want airline’s return

The author on her debut novel Lost Lambs, tech billionaires, and the worst things about London

Irish market ends week on positive note, lifted by gains in banking and travel stocks

Why do we only talk about alleviating poverty, but not controlling runaway wealth?

Living abroad I was often taken by surprise when other nationalities would stare blankly in response to ‘lovely day, isn’t it?’

Company reports better than expected profit despite sales decline

Celestial calendar meets high finance, as billionaire’s personal impulses shape plans to raise $50bn in record listing

Labour Court hearing an appeal by Twitter, now X, of an award of €550,131 made at the Workplace Relations Commissions to Gary Rooney for unfair dismissal

Probe launched into breaches of EU digital regulations by X and Grok following recent controversy

It’s not only the super-rich who benefit from a rise share prices

Plus: Leo Varadkar’s birthday, Ryan’s Pub without Ryanair and a close look at Ireland’s sludge

O’Leary knows how to pick a row that pays; Musk, not so much

I am by no means a Ryanair booster. And yet I have glimpsed the possibility – remote though it may be – of the airline’s customer experience actually worsening

Despite being widely considered a bit of a loudmouth in Ireland, the Ryanair boss has been practising self-deprecation for decades

Tesla is already using some of the robots to do simple tasks in its factory, Musk says in Davos speech