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Nick Clegg’s attack on innovation in Europe is one-eyed

Ill-informed rant from Meta head of global affairs appears driven by his employer’s frustration with EU rules

Thu Jul 18 2024 - 05:00

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

Thu May 23 2024 - 06:00

Strong retail performance drives 50% increase in Blarney Woollen Mills revenues

The subsidiary of the Blarney Woollen Mills Group reported an overall loss in its latest accounts, as rising costs ate into revenues

Tue Jan 23 2024 - 15:36

Chris Horn: In this year of elections, get ready for the rise of political avatars

Digital mischief in elections is not only imaginable but eminently achievable

Thu Jan 11 2024 - 06:00

Chris Horn: AI is getting smarter

New approach counters widely held belief that AI systems have to be scaled to colossal numbers of neurons to solve real-world problems

Thu Aug 10 2023 - 05:00

Offshore wind farm technology is not particularly green when its ‘whole of life’ is considered

‘Wind farm technology is not yet particularly green when the whole of life is considered’

Thu May 25 2023 - 05:00

Chris Horn: Digital authentication is an intriguing innovation space

Removing vulnerabilities would avoid the need for scanning and detection tools

Thu Nov 18 2021 - 05:33

Chip squeeze leaves manufacturers vulnerable on supply and quality

Chip-verification group Oki found that 30% of examinations exposed counterfeits

Thu Oct 07 2021 - 05:39

Recent outages prove need for transparency around internet infrastructure

Society has taken leap of faith in cloud computing but analysis and regulation is limited

Thu Jun 17 2021 - 05:20

Farmers seeding the future of food production with robotics

Chris Horn: Satellites and drones are shaping the future of farming

Thu Mar 11 2021 - 05:35

When will we fly again? Nobody knows

Smart money: The future of aviation – and Ireland’s international connections – now clouded

Thu Jan 28 2021 - 11:58

Irish Times Innovation Awards: 15 tech companies make shortlist

Prizes will be presented at the virtual awards ceremony on January 27th

Tue Jan 05 2021 - 14:56

After Covid, tech focus will shift back to climate change in 2021

EU’s Green Deal will see €1tn investment to make Europe a climate-neutral bloc

Mon Jan 04 2021 - 11:50

Intel retools to stay as ‘inside’ chip industry as ever

Faced with technological and competitive challenges, US chipmaker is repositioning

Thu Nov 19 2020 - 05:25

How robotic technology can mimic repetitive business tasks

Automatic tools monitor and learn the behaviour of back-office staff

Thu Oct 22 2020 - 05:57

Airlines operated ‘ghost flights’ to avoid refunds, hearing told

Airlines still owe €25 million to Irish consumers in flight cancellations

Thu Oct 15 2020 - 08:48

Business ‘will not survive’ on essential-only travel - task force

Report recommends extension of temporary wage subsidy scheme until June 2021

Fri Jul 10 2020 - 18:19

Government must axe Covid quarantine next week – aviation taskforce

Report says 14-day isolation period makes business and other travel hard

Tue Jun 23 2020 - 18:18

Why you should enter The Irish Times Innovation Awards

Tips on getting your entry through to the final round and to the top of the pile for 2020

Wed Jun 10 2020 - 19:25

Beware of the rush to get back to normal business amid Covid-19

Epic novel Moby Dick offers us a lesson in dealing with the coronavirus maelstrom

Thu May 28 2020 - 03:15

Coronavirus: I know from experience that businesses need to prepare for the worst

Chris Horn: It is very human to believe that we are immune from what is happening elsewhere

Thu Mar 12 2020 - 06:20

Could constellations of mini-satellites prevent the splintering of the internet?

The concept of a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites to provide for a global communications system is not new

Thu Jan 16 2020 - 05:10

Prof John Byrne: the man who turned Ireland into a tech world power

He set up the school of computer science in Trinity, which marks its 50th anniversary

Thu Dec 19 2019 - 05:45

Construction industry the only ones to learn lesson from last crash

Business week: also in the news was Tullow’s share price collapse and fossil fuels

Sat Dec 14 2019 - 04:17

Chris Horn: We need to adopt a no-commute culture

Technology giants yet to embrace remote-working benefits of their own creations

Thu Dec 12 2019 - 00:45

If someone offered you €10,000 to leave Dublin, would you jump at it?

A US firm is offering incentives to relocate and work remotely. Could it work here?

Thu Nov 21 2019 - 06:45

Bravery of finalists highlighted at Irish Times Innovation Awards

Praise for the drive and determination of the entrepreneurs in the final round of this year’s awards

Thu Nov 07 2019 - 06:15

Making the Utmost effort to help manage workforces

Annrai O’Toole’s new startup is designed to help both workers and employers

Thu Oct 31 2019 - 05:45

A $1bn spell-checker is no match for a skilled proofreader

Donald Trump’s proclivity for typos has look of predictive text gone wrong

Wed Oct 30 2019 - 16:23

Computing’s great leap forward not matched by safeguards

Software errors can be perilous – as the airline and motor industries have discovered

Thu Sept 26 2019 - 06:45

Irish Times Innovation Awards: This year’s finalists are named

From ways to tackle climate change through to helpful peptides, home shopping delivery services to a new shower caddy, this year’s finalists show Irish innovators are hard at work

Thu Sept 05 2019 - 06:00

How a no-deal Brexit will hit your online Christmas shopping plans

Chris Horn: Conceivably, Amazon knows more about individual economies than most governments

Wed Sept 04 2019 - 16:15

Ryanair job cuts, US rate cuts, and concerns over the public services card

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Thu Aug 01 2019 - 06:30

Competitive strategy for SME sector a national Brexit imperative

Level of support for entrepreneurs and risk investment should exceed that available elsewhere

Wed Jul 31 2019 - 12:00