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News, features, and analysis about US tech multinational Amazon

James Bond franchise owners seek more time to defend control of 007 spy’s name

With four years since the last James Bond installment, a legal challenge has been launched arguing intellectual property rights have lapsed

Nine Perfect Strangers review: The only people likely to be traumatised by this moribund thriller are the viewers

Television: Kidman does her best, but this year’s cast of dysfunctional one-per-centers make for a threadbare bunch

Google reassures EU cloud users amid concern over Trump threat

Tech giant offers additional data security protections in EU as local customers express concern over reliance on US tech

Taoiseach tells Apple chief Ireland will cut ‘regulatory burden’ facing businesses

iPhone maker, which has European HQ in Cork, previously warned of ‘aggressive competition’ from countries trying to lure multinationals

Netflix levy: Amazon warned Government that Trump administration could consider charge as a ‘further tax’ on US firms

Expert advice commissioned by Coimisiún na Meán argued in favour of introducing such a levy on a sliding scale

Has Jeff Bezos-backed Slate just revolutionised the electric car?

Ultra-simple, ultra-customisable, and ultra-cheap – the EV pick-up intends to upend the car industry

Let’s halt this creeping evil that is attention-harvesting: a pedestrian could be naked, or on fire, and the zombies on their phones wouldn’t blink

You wouldn’t send your child out on the M50 to play, so how does it seem appropriate to hand anyone under 16 a smartphone?

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

Jeff Bezos to sell up to $4.75bn in Amazon stock

Disclosure comes hours after Amazon warned of impact of Donald Trump’s global trade war

Amazon shares fall as cloud growth lags

Sales rise but Web Services unit shows weakness

‘The threat of the US kneecapping itself is real’: tech insiders voice fears over global AI race

Tariffs and threat of new duties on chips and computing infrastructure could frustrate American ambitions

Alphabet’s sales beat estimates on Google search ad business

AI changes to search decimate traffic to independent websites

Irish arm of Oracle pays €730m in dividends to US parent in 18 months

Directors consider impact of US and EU tariff and non-tariff trade measures as ‘minimal’

How Irish booksellers feel about the arrival of Amazon.ie: ‘It’s a very real danger to the industry’

Bookshops offer something that an exclusively online retailer cannot, but they may need support to compete against a corporate giant

Netflix levy: A boost for homegrown television or a blow to consumers?

We already have a TV licence fee, says Conor Pope, the Irish Times consumer affairs correspondent. But with a well-designed levy, the consumer wouldn’t pay, argues independent producer Larry Bass

Hazard notice for Irish airspace as Amazon launches satellites

Aviation officials warn airlines of possible explosion debris - but say risk is ‘extremely low’

Anthropic AI group to add 100 new jobs in Europe

Man who led Stripe’s European rollout comes on board start-up led by disaffected OpenAI employees which has backing from Google and Amazon

White House close to approving sale of TikTok’s US unit

April 5th deadline will ban Chinese app in America unless sold

Amazon security expert claims terrorist plot to blow up data centre

Louth-based whistleblower believes he was dismissed for highlighting security shortfalls

Magnificent seven stocks are cheaper, but are they cheap enough?

Might the worst be over for Big Tech?

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