Tech bros, expats, super rich climate refugees - the new buyers of Ireland’s priciest homes
Rarefied market includes jeans-wearing hipsters in their 20s and wealthy people in their 40s with family links to Ireland
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Meta’s role in Brazilian elections comes under scrutiny
Malice or incompetence? Whatever the reason, the outsize influence of tech companies can no longer be ignored
Asian stocks rise as AI enthusiasm returns with Anthropic IPO
Meta’s fundraising also helps soothe investor nerves
How Irish gyms, pubs and restaurants are responding to so-called ‘pervert glasses’
Amid the rise of ‘smart glasses’, some Irish businesses have begun to implement bans on wearing them on their premises
Meta plans $95bn stock offering to bankroll AI expansion
Chipmakers Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom will act as cornerstone investors
Was that a stock market wobble, or the start of something more serious?
Markets becoming nervous about the scale of borrowing by ‘hyperscalers’
Meta ordered to pay $25bn in New Mexico, faces new class action in Australia
Company strikes deal with Zuckerberg to keep CEO in California
Germany offers a stark vision of Ireland’s possible future
As debate raged in Brussels about dependence on US tech firms, Google celebrated Ireland’s EU presidency
Mark Zuckerberg drinks pint wrong, leaving his Irish reputation in tatters
Plus: Stamp duty slip-ups, literature on the high seas and a Star Wars-related accident
The village fighting a data centre: ‘The country has been sold out to big tech’
A proposed new development in Kilmeaden village in Co Waterford has got local residents asking pointed questions including: who are data centres good for, and at what cost?
Apple’s $5tn milestone comes with a hefty price tag
Tech giant has struggled to maintain landmark market valuation but does it matter?
‘Hands off’: Brazilians protest outside Meta in Dublin over claims of election bias
Brazil’s top electoral court ruled on Thursday Meta must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two candidates
Scientists decipher charred ancient scrolls buried by Vesuvius
Non-destructive scanning of fragile scrolls will provide further breakthroughs in our knowledge of the classical world
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta has reached AI ‘frontier’
Company is committed to further vast spending to challenge rivals
How much are we being watched in our everyday lives without realising?
How much are we being watched in our everyday lives without realising?
Who’s hiring and who’s firing in Ireland’s technology sector?
Some firms see AI as ‘an easy way to reduce headcount’, but what is really behind recent layoffs?
‘I only ever heard Jeremy speak in Mark Zuckerberg’s voice until his last day of shooting’
Aaron Sorkin’s new film, The Social Reckoning, dramatises Frances Haugen’s whistle-blowing on Facebook and Meta’s approach to business
Mark Zuckerberg paid more than €50m for Strancally Castle in Co Waterford, register shows
Sale figure published on Wednesday includes the amount paid for the principal residence and up to an acre of land
The Social Reckoning review: Jeremy Strong is unblinking as Mark Zuckerberg
More stylish TV special than Academy Award prospect, the film lacks the toxic bang of its predecessor
How to make it as a digital creator? Find something unique
Easy access and high rewards draw millions to careers in social media but agents say the challenges are underestimated
Could Zuckerberg’s Waterford GAA club donations be a new wave of philanthropy in Ireland?
Ireland is entering an unprecedented transfer of wealth, but experts say more could be done to encourage charitable giving
Norway becomes first major country to propose temporary ban on AI glasses in public places
Proposed law would prohibit use of the technology in parks, beaches, schools and kindergartens
Mark Zuckerberg’s few coins thrown to the GAA should not fool us
Tech tycoon has bought a castle in Waterford and given €150,000 to three clubs, so expect to see him at a game soon
Oil and AI optimism lifts shares but inflation concerns remain
Tech stocks in focus as Anthropic’s IPO prospectus showed how the AI lab has grown
Mark Zuckerberg donates €150,000 to Waterford GAA clubs after buying castle in the area
Meta founder and his wife Priscilla Chan bought Strancally Castle in August
Interest payments on State’s debts could exceed €6bn, ESRI warns
Bond yields worldwide are soaring as creditors are unnerved by inflation and growing public borrowing
Why did an Irish Army plane go on a dream family holiday?
Plus: Meta sends smart glasses to the blind, Screen Ireland leaves cliffhanger for filmmakers, and Andy Burnham’s GAA gambit
‘There’s nothing like it’: Meta unveils dedicated ‘Charm’ device for using Muse AI
Creation of the device, which Mark Zuckerberg says will be on sale by Christmas, was driven by designers recruited from Apple
Irish politicians got to have a go at Big Tech, but will anything change?
Those of us who have seen similar moments to this week’s Oireachtas Committee play out in the past suspect we will still be having these conversations in the future
Ireland’s top 10 companies: Which firms are generating the most revenue?
Pharma company Eli Lilly makes the top 10 for the first time, while CRH ranks as the largest indigenous company
US and China agree to extend trade truce as Xi Jinping arrives in Washington
Issues such as the race in AI development and geopolitical instability loom
Prospect of social media company directors being held criminally liable raised by TDs
Media committee addressed issue of online safety failures around dangerous driving content
European shares fall as oil prices and interest rate expectations climb
Traders react to ongoing tensions in Middle East
Children need stronger protection from harmful online crime content, media watchdog says
Coimisiún na Meán will address Oireachtas committee alongside Meta, TikTok and Google, amid concern over dangerous driving videos shared online
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