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How hackers steal millions in AI computing power

Demand for artificial-intelligence models turns AI credentials into lucrative black-market currency and target for cybercriminals, writes Robert McMillan, The Wall Street Journal.

Masayoshi Son’s huge bet on electrical turbines backfires

SoftBank reserved enough gas turbines to generate the power of six Hoover Dams. It cost the company billions of dollars in losses, write Eliot Brown and Anissa Gardizy, The Wall Street Journal.

Lorna Conn on leadership in a time of rapid change

The first of Goodbody’s Leading from Here video series in partnership with The Currency features Lorna Conn, the chief executive of Cpl, one of Ireland's largest employers. She talks about AI transformation, creating a culture that lasts, and the need for diversity.

ABM-owned company secures injunction and £385k costs in data copying case

Further costs and damages are to be determined in the case of British company Mekina Industries, whose directors were found liable for lifting data from EMJ Plastics to start their rival firm.

US overture to Russia on European security sparks alarm

White House officials say new security arrangements for Europe are needed to end the Ukraine war, write Georgi Kantchev and Laurence Norman, The Wall Street Journal.

Verizon ruling clarifies European Works Councils’ employer support entitlement

The Supreme Court found EU law puts an obligation on companies to provide European Works Councils with the financial and material means required to represent employees.

How core venues in the former Press Up group ended up in a €13.5m examinership

For the first time, financial information is available about part of the Eclective group for the period that saw its lender take over and restructure Paddy McKillen Jr’s hospitality assets.

How Jensen Huang’s affair spiraled into a national security nightmare

The Nvidia CEO, who has acknowledged an affair with a woman accused of spying for China, has lobbied President Trump on loosening export controls, write Robbie Whelan and Amrith Ramkumar, The Wall Street Journal.

Top Voices

Some 13 years on from their creation, the last Irish Reit prepares to bow out

Over a decade on from their introduction by then-finance minister Michael Noonan, the sale of Ires Reit will mark the exit of the last remaining real estate investment trust on the Irish Stock Exchange.

The great retail divide: Why growth and rising insolvencies can coexist

From Frasers on Henry Street to Zara in Dundrum, international brands are continuing to invest in Irish retail. But rising insolvencies suggest that the benefits of a growing market are far from evenly distributed.

The man behind the app churning out career personality assessments for $40

Ryne Sherman believes AI can democratise psychometric tests previously reserved for job candidates with deep pockets. I tried his app for myself.

US politics, data centres, and film tax credits: Rewinding the week that was

The welcome rebalancing of power in Washington will help rein in Trump’s erratic efforts to wreck the global economy, but Irish companies invested in America's AI boom and in its audiovisual production chain could suffer.

Kate Demolder: Why The Traitors is television’s best defence against AI

The television industry is betting heavily on algorithms and artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, a show about people lying to one another has become a reminder that nothing beats the unpredictable drama of being human.

Ian Kehoe: Simon Harris is discovering the political price of being finance minister

The Fine Gael leader has found himself caught between the competing demands of leading his party and managing the public finances – and the polls suggest the strain is beginning to show.

The $5bn golf league you never watched is gone. Here’s why it flopped

Struggling for relevance, starved for funding, LIV Golf finally pulls the plug. Did its expensive, noisy disruption actually improve the sport? By Jason Gay, The Wall Street Journal.

How to keep these wild market moves from hijacking your financial future

The stunning US election results make it more important than ever to stick with your investing playbook, writes Jason Zweig, The Wall Street Journal.