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Almost everything shaping US politics in 2025 has been about the pursuit of money
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OpenAI chief Sam Altman: ‘This is genius-level intelligence’
The tech entrepreneur on the risks and opportunities of AI, his dispute with Elon Musk and why he has the ‘most important job maybe in history’
Elon Musk has damaged himself and shows no signs of stopping
Standing with Trump fell when his money failed to tip an election for conservative supreme court candidate
What do WhatsApp and Signal tell us about the future of media?
Individualised experiences are supplanting the traditional mass media approach
The new White House influencer briefings are a terrible look
These propaganda dissemination sessions are more suited to Pyongyang
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?
Radio review: ‘It sounded like a big mosquito’ - anger over drones fills the airwaves
Radio: RTÉ presenter is a likable substitute for Joe Duffy, while Newstalk’s Kieran Cuddihy launches an unusual free-speech crusade
‘Great progress’ in the race to turn brainwaves into fluent speech
Californian researchers and groups such as Precision Neuroscience are using implants and AI to make advances in ‘voice prosthesis’
Elon Musk turns Tesla’s brutal quarter into a sermon on belief
Tesla boss promises his investors jam tomorrow
Have you got a shouty, negative boss? You’re not the only one
Shouty leadership is in vogue but smart executives do something far more effective
‘That’s a Tesla,’ my daughter said. ‘We don’t like them’
What we are living through now is truly grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented. And it’s getting more Gubu-ish by the day
Can AI make my life easier? I spent a week living and working with chatbots to find out
Artificial intelligence isn’t going to take over our lives just yet, but it can make certain jobs quick and easy
Elon Musk sees humanity’s purpose as a facilitator of superintelligent AI. That should worry us
It’s hard to think of a more damning indictment of our time than the fact that a man who holds humanity itself in such contempt has been granted such unprecedented wealth, power and cultural influence
X business model is changing, according to new financials
When Elon Musk bought the former Twitter, it was heavily reliant on ads from blue-chip companies
Tesla is paying price for Elon Musk taking eye off road long before joining Trump’s orbit
EV carmaker, struggling with a dated selection of models, is being outmanoeuvred by China’s BYD
Alphabet’s sales beat estimates on Google search ad business
AI changes to search decimate traffic to independent websites
The markets could yet save us from Trump’s worst excesses
Trump has blinked three times already when the consequences of his actions manifested themselves in falling stock markets
Elon Musk forced back to the boardroom as Doge ‘blowback’ pummels Tesla
Billionaire’s foray into government coincided with increased competition from Chinese rivals
Musk says he will cut back work for Doge as Tesla profit slumps 39%
Weak product line-up and consumer backlash to Elon Musk’s increased involvement in US politics hit sales
Bluesky to roll out verification for organisations and users
Social network to proactively verify authentic notable accounts, adding check mark next to their names
Tesla earnings: Musk’s robotaxi ambitions under the microscope
Businessman has convinced many that Tesla should be valued as an AI and robotics stock, not an EV maker
Thousands of protesters rally against Trump across US
Demonstrators oppose US president’s policies on deportations, government firings, and wars in Gaza and Ukraine
What is the reactionary international movement, Europe’s new political force?
Though far-right parties have been on the rise for decades, Donald Trump’s election has empowered them. They are experiencing ‘a great emboldening’
Trump and the Irish tech bros: How the ‘crypto president’ is winning over Silicon Valley
US president’s supportive moves on crypto-currency may appeal to Stripe’s Collison brothers and Intercom boss Eoghan McCabe
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
Tucker Carlson’s Conor McGregor interview: Pushing all buttons, blowing all dog whistles, telling multiple untruths
Review: The MMA fighter was given a soapbox on YouTube to air political views
Why are Donald Trump and his architects of chaos obsessed with Ireland?
Perhaps the answer is simply entertainment: Conor McGregor in the White House makes for much better TV than Micheál Martin
Hozier joins Donald Trump, Keir Starmer and Hollywood stars on Time influence list
Wicklow musician described as being ‘as kind as they come’ in tribute from Noah Kahan
I was glad to see Conor McGregor mixing with Tucker Carlson. His stock is now even lower
I like to judge people by the company they keep - call me shallow, naive - and McGregor could not find much worse
‘Bureaucratic cruelty’: 9/11 responders and survivors shaken by US health cuts
World Trade Center healthcare scheme for people affected by terrorist attacks is in turmoil over Trump officials’ overhaul
European Union faces balancing act on Big Tech taxes
Commission president has floated idea in response to Trump tariffs
Dazzling tragedy of The Great Gatsby still stalks the American imagination
America Letter: F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel continues to stir up questions about the American dream on its 100th anniversary
Elon Musk’s X records Irish pre-tax loss of €753m in 2022
Data Protection Commission to investigate X over AI model training
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