Google Ireland pays out €4.5bn dividend as revenues rise 12%
Growth driven by increased advertising revenue on YouTube and Google Search
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European shares inch higher, led by banks, following upbeat forecasts
Iseq index advances 1.8%, led by AIB and Bank of Ireland
Google’s gains and Meta’s woes show a more cautious AI market
Markets appear to be increasingly wary of big AI promises unsupported by cash flow or path to profitability
European stocks handed boost as amid Nvidia reporting
Dublin market lagged behind neighbouring markets
European shares stabilise as investors await Nvidia report
Chipmaker’s earnings could set the tone in markets for the rest of the year
EU launches ‘Democracy Shield’ to fight disinformation and interference online
Michael McGrath says initiative aims to safeguard fairness of elections and counter foreign information manipulation
Google’s revival shows the risks of early AI judgments
AI integration has boosted Google search, which generated $56.6 billion in revenue
Big Tech tests investors’ patience with $80bn AI investment spree
Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft divide the market over whether they can translate huge capital expenditure into income
PTSB props up Irish stock market after putting itself up for sale
European shares see third session of decline
Alphabet sales beat estimates on cloud growth
Company is investing record amounts to try to push progress in AI
Risk rises as market highs again powered by the magnificent seven tech stocks
Concentration at the top is ‘extreme’, as the five largest S&P 500 stocks account for more than 25% of index’s value
Top companies keep talking about AI – but can’t explain the upsides
Analysis of hundreds of filings suggest the S&P 500 businesses are clearer about the risks than benefits
Larry Ellison overtakes Elon Musk to become world’s richest person
Oracle market value jumps more than $290bn on AI surge after ‘astonishing quarter’
Karen Hao on AI tech bosses: ‘Many choose not to have children because they don’t think the world is going to be around much longer’
The author of Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination discusses the cost of Big Tech’s huge investment in technologies that may do more harm than good
Big Tech’s spend on generative AI still a staggering shot in the dark
Stellar results from Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta cannot yet be attributed to the technology’s usefulness
Trump tariff letters unnerve investors with banks worst hit as markets drop
Pharma companies also volatile in wake of letters from US president to 17 of them demanding lower prices
Shares advance as corporate earnings parade ramps up
Iseq index up 1.3%, led by climbing Ryanair shares
Google faces UK push to loosen its grip on search
Big Tech giant slams Competition and Markets Authority’s plan as ‘punitive’ and risk to economic growth
Tech giants’ indirect emissions rose 150% in three years amid AI growth, UN says
Indirect carbon emissions from Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta, rose on average by 150% from 2020 to 2023
Google’s wobble reflects rising threat of AI to its business model
Users increasingly turning to AI tools such as ChatGPT and Perplexity instead
Tech earnings defy expectations but the future is uncertain
Tech bosses’ public display of loyalty to Trump should have earned them more than being cannon fodder
Alphabet’s sales beat estimates on Google search ad business
AI changes to search decimate traffic to independent websites
OpenAI would buy Google’s Chrome browser, ChatGPT chief says
US justice department looking to force Google to sell Chrome to stop Google operating search market monopoly
There is no way that big tech can avoid being pulled into the transatlantic trade war
Despite Ireland’s best efforts, the digital tech companies will be pulled into the conflict - this will threaten jobs and could have implications for the way we all use the internet
Magnificent seven stocks are cheaper, but are they cheap enough?
Might the worst be over for Big Tech?
Teachers disliked the ‘homework helper’ app. But AI-powered cheating makes it look quaint
The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 was perhaps the first sign of trouble for Chegg. Its lawsuit against Google is a sign of the turmoil to come in education
Deepseek fears recede as Wall Street eyes Nvidia earnings
Chipmaker now looks cheaper than many of its tech peers, despite boasting stronger growth projections
European shares reverse declines to finish higher
Iseq index flat as Ryanair adds 1% despite sluggish traffic growth
Donald Trump threatens tax war over US multinationals
Ireland is home to the regional headquarters of many US multinationals and could be in the firing line of this move
YouTube chief Neal Mohan bets on AI and ‘creators’ to supercharge growth
Veteran executive seen as a potential Google CEO must tackle threats from Trump to tech rivals
Broadcom becomes the latest tech stock trillionaire
Eight tech giants now hold combined market capitalisation of almost $19trn
Musk leads race to be world’s first trillionaire
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