Data centres strain Australia’s stretched construction pipeline — Capital Brief
The news: Australia’s data centre boom is adding to a record construction pipeline and stretching economic capacity, according…
TikTok’s Irish arm cuts headcount by 600 as legal provisions rise to more than €900m – The Irish Times
TikTok’s Irish arm reduced its headcount by more than a fifth last year to around 2,100 staff, while…
Microsoft offers redundancy to 60,000 of its 223,000 staff – The Irish Times
Microsoft will offer redundnancy packages to up to 60,000 staff as the tech giant tries to keep costs…
Data centre lobby declares Sally Rooney a ‘hypocrite’ for focus on printed word over e-books
IRELAND’S INDUSTRY GROUP for data centres has lashed out at writer Sally Rooney for her opposition to the…
The economic outlook for 2027 is stark. Ordinary workers will wear the costs
A boss earning more than a million dollars a year urging staff to accept a pay cut. A…
Was that a stockmarket wobble, or the start of something more serious? – The Irish Times
It’s shaping up to be a spooky Halloween on the markets. Nerves over AI, fears about France and…
Ireland still relies on fossil fuel for almost 80% of energy as demand rises – The Irish Times
Ireland is still overwhelmingly reliant on fossil fuels for power, heat and transport despite the climate and cost…
‘Nobody ate, nobody drank’: Inside the strange culture of San Francisco’s AI boom – The Irish Times
‘Stop Hiring Humans,” declares the billboard. Ava is the AI model pictured in the ad. She is the…
A village revolts against a data centre: ‘Who wants to live beside that?’ – The Irish Times
Behind the shrubbery at the foot of Danny Brennan’s garden, a small stream reveals itself, crossable via a…
No, you don’t need AI to read your child a bedtime story – The Irish Times
I have spent too many hours this week thinking about a single tweet, but some things stay with…
‘Big tech’s lapdog’: how can Ireland break free from the sector’s malign influence? – The Irish Times
At a packed Dublin Book Festival event, authors Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor warn about the impunity of…
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta has reached AI ‘frontier’ – The Irish Times
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta has caught up with rivals at the “frontier” of artificial intelligence (AI), committing to…