The new rules will come into effect in roughly two years and aim to make it easier and cheaper for consumers to have their products repaired and reduce the amount of waste in the EU. Read more:...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/eu-right-to-repair-directive-pariliament-vote-approved
The company is also rolling out Meta AI, an assistant that greatly enhances the device’s overall functionality, in beta mode for users in the US and Canada. Read more: Meta lets Ray-Ban smart...
Hartley has been with Google since 2014 and is replacing Adaire Fox-Martin, who left the tech giant last month to become the CEO and president of Equinix. Read more: Vanessa Hartley chosen as n...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/vanessa-hartleygoogle-ireland-head-adaire-fox-martin
Days after the House of Representative passed a bill to force parent ByteDance to sell its stake in TikTok, the Senate has passed the bill and sent it to Biden’s desk. Read more: TikTok brace...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/tiktok-us-ban-bill-senate-law-divest-bytedance-biden
The Swedish streaming giant said its gross profit surpassed €1bn for the first time in its 17-year history. Read more: Spotify hits record profit as active user base grows to 615m
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/spotify-active-users-earnings-revenue-profit-streaming
Huawei saw massive growth of nearly 70pc of its smartphone sales in China at the start of 2024, while Apple sales fell by 19pc in the same period. Read more: iPhone sales plummet in China as Hu...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/apple-smartphone-sales-china-huawei
In a deal reportedly worth half a billion, Legrand will acquire Enovation from private equity firm Main Capital Partners to expand into the European healthcare space. Read more: Legrand to buy ...
With no effective age verification system in place, the Commission thinks TikTok risks serious harm to kids' mental health with its new Task and Rewards feature. Read more: EU threatens to ban ...
The company has created a workforce management platform that aims to put employee data into a single location to save time for businesses. Read more: Rippling raises $200m at $13.5bn valuation ...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/rippling-funding-series-f-employee-data-management
Joe Biden said the national security package sent to the Senate over the weekend sends a ‘clear message about the power of American leadership on the world stage’. Read more: TikTok faces a...
Accenture Song’s Tracy Duffy on how the ‘empathetic’ nature of design thinking can be integrated into life sciences marketing strategies. Read more: Design thinking: A ‘transformative�...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/accenture-song-life-sciences-design-marketing
Netflix appears to be benefiting from its password-sharing crackdown and recent ad focus, while the service plans to stop reporting its subscriber numbers next year. Read more: Netflix has stro...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/netflix-q1-2024-subscribers-growth-revenue-streaming
The company said the new facility will support existing and future customers, while boosting its presence in the European market. Read more: Sonatus expands to Ireland with new R&D centre in Du...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/sonatus-expands-ireland-centre-dublin-vehicle-software
The EDPB said that offering only a paid alternative to services which involve processing personal data for targeted ads ‘should not be the default way forward’. Read more: EU privacy body t...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/meta-consent-or-pay-model-eu-edpb-data-protection-privacy
The video game company that acquired Gearbox last month said the cost-cutting programme will be completed by the end of this year. Read more: GTA publisher Take-Two to lay off 5pc of workforce
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/take-two-layoffs-job-cuts-gta-bioshock-cost-cutting
The companies plan to combine their strengths to expand their services across Ireland, with a new leadership team comprising senior talent from both businesses. Read more: NRG Panel acquires JF...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/nrg-panel-acquires-jfw-renewables-ireland
As part of the deal, the companies will establish a $1bn fund to boost the AI skills of developers in the country and the broader Middle East and North Africa region. Read more: Microsoft to in...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/microsoft-g42-investment-ai-skills-uae-us-brad-smith-board
Martin Corrigan will take over as interim CEO of EirGrid while a formal selection process is organised to appoint a new chief executive. Read more: EirGrid’s Mark Foley to step down as CEO af...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/eirgrid-mark-foley-ceo-stepping-down
This makes OpenAI the latest tech company to invest in Japan since the country’s prime minister visited the US last week amid strengthening ties between the nations. Read more: OpenAI launche...
A leaked memo suggests more than 14,000 staff will be cut from Tesla's global operations, while the company's share price has dropped by roughly 30pc this year. Read more: Tesla reportedly layi...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/tesla-layoffs-global-staff-job-cuts-evs-sales