Gov Gavin Newsom called it a "long overdue measure to protect young Californians".

“There are a few times where you get a chance in life to stand up for something bigger, and I strongly believe that this is one of them.”

'Hosting a man who has never shown a shred of remorse for his actions or empathy for his victim, minimises and trivialises the impact of sexual violence.'

The Minister for Housing is to bring controversial and delayed proposals for a short-term lettings register before Cabinet later today.

Salesforce is purchasing Irish customer agent unicorn Fin for approximately $3.6bn, marking the latest in a series of acquisitions.

The latest estimates indicate there were about 19,438 residential derelict properties across the State at the end of 2025

Forecasters were wrong about an immediate recession but right that we would be worse off outside the EU

A botched tumbler promotion on the anniversary of a pro-democracy massacre unleashed a boycott, police investigation and political firestorm

Anthropic has suggested a global pause on building the most powerful AI systems as the latest models are beginning to show signs they could escape human control.

Anthropic has kicked things off on a historic initial public offering (IPO) that could take the company’s valuation soaring above $1trn.

Datacentres used 22% of country’s electricity last year, pushing up household bills, study suggests

Do you work more for more money? Or work less for more time? For some, this is the ultimate economic choice. Every single worker in the European Union is guaranteed four weeks of paid vacation. No mat...

Repeat offending is common in domestic abuse. It can often escalate, sometimes culminating in murder, writes Liz Dunphy

American soldiers have been part of life in Landstuhl since 1945, giving the area a unique US-German identity

Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn by end of 2026

The number of Americans moving to Ireland last year was higher than the number of Irish people migrating to the US. Was this just a blip or the start of a more profound trend?

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 13 April · 13min

Hailed as a “trailblazer” by Sarina Wiegman, Marie-Louise Eta has been tasked with saving Union Berlin from Bundesliga relegation in a groundbreaking appointment

LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocityBy Kevin T Baker. Read by Adam Si...

A new study from the ESRI and the Department of Finance has found that there will be both "winners and losers" when it comes to the adoption of AI. Brian O'Donovan looks at the good news and the bad news contained within the report.

One minute, Dennis Biesma was playing with a chatbot; the next, he was convinced his sentient friend would make him a fortune. He’s just one of many people who lost control after an AI encounter

A San Francisco jury concludes Musk’s claims in 2022 were damaging to a group of Twitter investors.

An investigation by journalists working with Republik magazine may have struck a nerve by suggesting the company has failed in Switzerland

Ukraine has embarked on a programme to deploy armed robots on the battlefield against Russian forces.

The rise and fall of the garage start-up which set out to revolutionise the brewing industry.

The contraction came as a surprise with payrolls down in nearly every sector.

Lawmakers from Sanders to Mark Kelly offer mixed feelings on Trump’s action and killing of Iranian supreme leader

A Stanford University team have tested their nasal spray vaccine in animals but still need to do human clinical trials.

Company behind ChatGPT last year flagged Jesse Van Rootselaar’s account for ‘furtherance of violent activities’

Spanish police said they had arrested a 20-year-old man who allegedly hacked a hotel booking website to reserve luxury rooms for as little as one cent, in the first known cybercrime of its kind.

Cabinet to prioritise legislation and pilot age verification tool as Ireland weighs EU-wide or unilateral social media restrictions

Ireland's data protection watchdog, the lead supervisory authority across the EU/EEA, has announced 'a large-scale inquiry' into X / Twitter's compliance with obligations under the GDPR

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services

It makes China the first country to stop the use of designs first made popular by Elon Musk's Tesla.

Report covering 23 conflicts over last 18 months concludes more than 100,000 civilians have been killed as war crimes rage out of control

Users across the globe are reporting they are unable to access the social media platform.

Before President Donald Trump’s first term, he was in a “tight spot” financially, according to New Yorker writer David Kirkpatrick. At the start of his second term, David says, Trump was in an “even t...

Senior gardaí will tell the Oireachtas Committee on Media that the recent use of an AI app to present children and adults in an undressed state is "an abhorrent disregard of personal dignity and an ab...