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Reddit has beaten analyst forecasts for the second quarter of this year with revenue up by 61% to $805 million, beating Wall Street's expectations.
Most of us picture the Internet as something that lives in the air when in fact it lives on the seabed, tucked away in a few dozen fibre-optic cables about as thick as a garden hose. Roughly 75% of the ones crossing the Atlantic pass through or near Irish waters. Add in the plethora of data centres housed here (which swallowed 23% of the State's electricity last year) and a solid fact emerges: Ireland is one of the most important places on Earth for the movement and storage of data.
In the third fiscal quarter of 2026, Apple performed better than analysts had expected. The technology company reported revenue of $109.4 billion, an increase of 16% compared with the same period last year.
In the second quarter of 2026, Amazon achieved strong revenue and profit growth. Net sales rose by 20% year-on-year, while operating profit increased by 43 per cent. The results were mainly driven by continued strong demand for cloud and AI services from Amazon Web Services (AWS).
LinkedIn is revising its strategy for AI content to combat a flood of so‑called AI slop (large quantities of superficial, automatically generated content). The professional social network is scrapping AI‑driven publishing features and at the same time giving users the option to flag suspected AI slop for removal.
Snap beat Wall Street analysts' expectations for second-quarter revenue thanks to higher advertising spending during the FIFA World Cup and stronger campaign activity from major advertisers in North America. Shares of the social media company rose 9% in after-hours trading.
By: Niall Kitson
In the second quarter of 2026, Spotify reached a historic milestone by surpassing the 300 million Premium subscriber mark for the first time. This makes it the first audio streaming service to achieve this number of paying users. The company also reported a record gross margin and accelerated revenue growth.
It is officially the year of the super-app. OpenAI recently launched its own super-app, which the company has since admitted is ‘rather messy'. Now Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has also confirmed that a super-app for Copilot is on the way.
By: Niall Kitson
China has amended its regulations on the protection of layout designs of integrated circuits. The revised rules introduce stricter registration criteria and allow punitive financial sanctions in the event of serious violations.
Google switched off its AI image generation tool within Google Earth just 24 hours after a flood of user-generated content reportedly breached the company’s established guidelines. Using the AI model Nano Banana 2, users were able to generate lifelike images based on real satellite, 3D and aerial photo data by entering specific text prompts for [&hellip
