Apple made a slightly higher profit last quarter even though sales dipped during the period – a time during which the iPhone maker became the first publicly held company in the US to be valued at 3 trillion dollars. The results released on Thursday covered April to June, the third consecutive quarter that Apple has […]
Archive | August, 2023
Nintendo’s profit jumps as Super Mario franchise gets boost from hit film
Nintendo has reported a 52% increase in net profit for the first fiscal quarter following the success of its Super Mario film and the new Zelda video game. Demand was strong for Nintendo Switch game software, which received a boost from the release earlier this year of the film about the jumping plumber called The […]
AI could displace jobs and undermine social cohesion, report warns
Artificial intelligence (AI) could reshape jobs or be used to create conspiracy theories that could cause political instability, according to a document outlining the possible threats facing Ireland. The National Risk Assessment report, which began in 2014, aims to outline economic, security or political risks to Ireland in the coming years, with the aim of […]
Twitch expands ban on gambling livestreams
Amazon-owned Twitch has said it is expanding its ban on livestreams of gambling content on the platform. The company said it will now prohibit streams of online casinos Blaze and Gamdom, adding to the four sites it banned last October when its new gambling policy went into effect. Twitch announced the restrictions after controversy broke […]
Software company Salesforce to axe 50 jobs in Ireland
Software company Salesforce is to cut around 50 jobs from its Irish workforce, it is understood. The company currently employs more than 2,500 people in Ireland, and opened an office in Dublin’s North Dock earlier this year. The job cuts are separate from an earlier round of losses announced by the US company in January, […]