Companies New OpenAI boss Emmett Shear to probe 'badly handled' Altman exitEmmett Shear said he plans to reform the trailblazing startup’s management as part of his first 30 days in charge
E-commerce An Post signs new five-year delivery deal with AmazonThe state postal company will expand its delivery services for Amazon’s last-mile, middle-mile and returns operations in Ireland as part of the agreement
Media New York Times beats estimates as subscriber numbers top 10 millionSales rose 9.3 per cent from the year prior to $598.3 million, exceeding expectations of $589.8 million
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Tech Amazon’s strong results signal boost for cloud businessCloud unit sales increased 12% to $23.1 billion, a growth rate that was ‘just enough to keep the goblins away’
Connected Magazine Will today’s tech titans survive?The sorry tale of Nokia is a warning to other companies that resting on your laurels is not a good idea in tech. Alex Meehan reports
Employment ‘Injury and pain at Amazon far more widespread’ than originally thoughtTwo thirds of Amazon US warehouse workers took time off to recover from pain sustained on the job
Tech Google clamping down on unknown advertisers amid concerns over fraud and abuseTech giant is limiting the reach of some marketers it is not familiar with operating in categories prone to abuse
Stock Take ‘Fang’ firms show their teeth with subscription models and price hikesShares in Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google are back up, due largely to significant changes to their business models
Technology Cosgrave told Web Summit staff that conference would go ahead hours before stepping downNow-resigned chief executive Paddy Cosgrave said that despite rash of withdrawals, Web Summit has enough cash in the bank to continue on for two years or more
Tech Amazon to start drone deliveries in UK and ItalyComapny is also to commence delivery of prescription medication by air in the US
Data Centres Louth environmental group joins chorus of objections to Amazon plans for three new data centres in DublinGroup have appealed to An Bord Pleanála against the decision to grant the project planning permission
Tech Connected newsletter: Start-ups struggle to raise finance as state backs more male foundersConnected at the Business Post is your source for the news that matters in technology and innovation, all told from an Irish perspective
Companies Amazon hit with major antitrust case in the USE-commerce giant could be forced to restructure if it loses, with the possibility it may have to divest its logistics operations
data centres Amazon subsidiary granted planning permission for three Dublin data centres despite environmentalists’ objectionsFingal council granted permission on basis that data consumed by centres must be matched with domestically generated renewable energy
Tech Amazon and eBay sellers boycott Northern Ireland due to Brexit rulesCurrent trade arrangements mean goods travelling from Britain to Northern Ireland have to undergo rigorous checks
Tech Amazon founder Jeff Bezos Buys $68 Million Home on Florida’s Exclusive Indian Creek Island Bezos is adding a waterfront mansion in Florida to his rapidly expanding real estate empire
Climate & Environment Amazon’s carbon emissions decreased for first time ever in 2022Firm’s emissions dipped by a modest 0.4 per cent to 71.27 million metric tons over the year
Tech Microsoft secures planning for €100m gas plant to power data centreTech giant in the final stages of building 170-megawatt back-up facility in case of restricted national grid electricity supply
