Technology Elon Musk’s AI start-up close to completing $6bn raiseSequoia Capital is among the rumoured backers for xAI, which could hit a $18bn market valuation
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Banking Spain’s Bankinter to enter Irish marketThe bank would be the first new entrant since 2005 after a series of exits following the financial crash
Analysis Analysis: Revolut has talked the talk on mortgages - but can it walk the walk?Fintech’s claim that anything Irish banks can do, it can do better, will be put to the test in its ambition to enter the mortgage market
Companies Microsoft sales and profit beat expectations on AI demandRevenue in the third quarter, to March 31, rose 17 per cent to $61.9 billion
Companies Alphabet beats revenue estimates as AI fuels cloud growthThe Google parent company said it would pay a dividend of 20 cents a share, its first ever, and repurchase an additional $70 billion in stock
Connected Magazine Embracing AI as a force for goodMany people are making a case for slowing down the progress of AI because it poses an existential threat to humanity. Ian Campbell finds three use cases where an argument could be made for accelerating its adoption
Connected Magazine Jess Kelly: Passwords are a pain but need to be treated seriouslyForgetting a password is hellish but selecting one that is too simple is too risky to consider
Tech Stripe to bring back crypto paymentsCompany previously enabled Bitcoin payments but cut the service in 2018 in part due to a lack of customer demand
Fintech E-money firms rejects liability for rampant impersonation fraud Irish public lost almost €10 million in Authorised Push Payment fraud in 2022
Tech Exclusive: Workday drops plans for new headquarters in Dublin cityThe software giant had planned a 550,000 square foot campus in Grangegorman
Tech Stripe unveils range of new features at Sessions eventCompany decouples payments from its product suite as it looks to make it easier for customer to adopt some of its most widely used tools
Tech Shares in Meta plummet as it forecasts spending spreeShareholders were spooked by revenue guidance for the next quarter
Connected Magazine The dummy’s guide to Nvidia: Why it’s the hottest stock in the worldIt may be the hottest company on the planet right now but there are plenty of people who don’t know why exactly
Connected Magazine Maintain the mainframe: Why old-school hardware is still of key importanceFar from being outdated behemoths, mainframe computers are the cornerstone of mission-critical IT
Tech Boxever co-founder appointed CEO of US tech firm Sitecore Dave O’Flanagan joined company as chief product officer after it bought Boxever in a multimillion dollar deal in 2021
Data Centres Data centre operator introduces plan to feed energy back to the grid Digital Realty said its new partnership enables more renewable energy to be fed into the power grid while ensuring it can continue to operate reliably
Data Centres Vantage confirms new €1bn data centre campus for DublinSited on 22 acres, the new 38,000 square metre campus will consist of a 32MW facility, together with a 20MW facility
Funding Irish ‘soonicorn’ software automation firm raises $50mTines has also reported that annual recurring revenues have risen by more than 200 per cent since its last funding round in October 2022