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Global outage should make us question the wisdom of AI
The consequences of a similar event could be far more significant and far harder to fix
Business counts the cost of CrowdStrike outage
Cybersecurity group’s glitchy security software update sees its shares slide almost 30% over past week
Magnificent seven stocks take a pounding as investors rotate into cheaper companies
Nvidia alone lost over $200bn in market value on Wednesday
Global tech outage: Warnings of criminals seeking to exploit IT failure
Airports, healthcare services and businesses were hit after botched CrowdStrike software upgrade hit Microsoft Windows operating system
Irish airlines, public transport and NCT hit as Microsoft scrambles to fix global IT outage
Financial services groups, airlines and media groups have been affected
Q&A: What caused the global IT chaos and how long will it take to fix?
Airlines grounded and media firms knocked off air after ‘blue screen of death’ error screens seen on Microsoft Windows workstations following Crowdstrike update
Britain’s answer to Warren Buffett bemoans a market obsessed with Nvidia
Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Meta were responsible for almost half the S&P 500′s gains in first half of 2024
European shares edge higher as US inflation data stokes rate-cut bets
Iseq index adds 0.8%, outperforming European peers
Google data centre expansion leads to surge in carbon emissions
Amid near 50% jump and fresh doubt over its green commitments, tech giant says future environmental impact of AI is difficult to predict
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
Can Nvidia stay at the heart of the new AI economy?
The chipmaker’s brief reign as the world’s most valuable company is a sign of the times for the emerging technology
EU charges Microsoft with antitrust violations over Teams
Allegations that software giant gained ‘undue advantage’ by bundling video conferencing app with Office are first such charges against it in over a decade
Nvidia is the new king of the stock market
Five years ago it wasn’t even in the top 60 stocks in the S&P 500 but the launch of ChatGPT has changed everything
European shares nudge lower on Friday but hang onto weekly gain
Carlsberg Group dropped 9.3% after Britvic rejected a revised, unsolicited €3.7 billion takeover bid from the brewer
European shares rise after Swiss rate cut and mounting talk of Bank of England move
Iseq All-Share index dipped 0.4 per cent to 9,545.64, with heavyweights Kerry and Ryanair declining
Stock market concentration: Should a handful of Big Tech firms hold all the cards?
The combined value of the world’s three biggest stocks - Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia - is almost $10tn. But is this bad?
Irish composer Jennifer Walshe on AI music: ‘If you came up with the idea for I Glued My Balls to My Butthole Again, is that art?’
The Oxford professor of composition’s long use of artificial intelligence in her work makes her a good judge of its merits and its dangers
Even with Spielberg-style cuddliness, there’s a cold, dark void at the heart of artificial intelligence
Hugh Linehan: With his Kubrick-derived film AI Artificial Intelligence, the director created a surprisingly convincing version of where technology is leading us
Meetings in the metaverse: new tech draws workers to virtual offices
AI assistants, training simulations and data tracking boost developers
European shares gain as easing US data fuels rate-cut talk
European automakers such Volkswagen and BMW slipped around 1 per cent after European Commission said it would impose duties on imported Chinese electric vehicles
Apple shares hit record high on back of new AI tools
Price gained 7.3 per cent, a first record high for the year and after an initial lukewarm reaction from investors
European shares fall as Macron’s snap election sends French stocks lower
Banks among the sectors under pressure in Europe, while Wall Street stocks advance
Apple prepares for biggest developer conference in years
Artificial intelligence to take centre stage at Worldwide Developers Conference
European shares advance on eve of ECB rate decision
All eyes on European Central Bank with interest rate cut widely expected
After 25 years, Intel’s Dow days look numbered. Nvidia is the top dog in AI race
Intel’s shares have lost more than half their value in recent years
Tech companies have ‘big job to do’ to build trust in AI, committee hears
Issues around technology’s reliability and potential to displace jobs raised at Oireachtas enterprise committee
AI boom will create unprecedented opportunities, Oireachtas committee to hear
Amazon, Google and Microsoft to discuss impact of technology business in the Republic and risks to workers
Why chief executive succession is so difficult to get right
Boards are being forced to think about finding future leaders much earlier than in the past as shareholders demand greater insight
It seems an improbable odyssey for London to ever become the new Silicon Valley
Jeremy Hunt believes the UK can create a home-grown tech giant, but for a trillion dollar tech company to emerge, it needs a thriving foundation
The race for an AI-powered personal assistant
Google and OpenAI unveiled new tools to bring ‘intelligent systems’ a step closer. Will this be a milestone for generative AI?
Microsoft enhances ‘Copilot’ in race with Google to create AI-powered assistants
Big Tech in battle over AI agents that can autonomously complete tasks for workers
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