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<p>Dozens of Black employees at Tesla’s flagship plant in California said they were subject to racist slurs, unequal pay and promotions, and bullying. Picture: PA Image.</p>

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Black Tesla employees accuse company of fostering racial discrimination in major trial

Lawyers say Black employees at Tesla experienced ‘rampant racism’ that was left unchecked for years at their flagship factory in California

<p>OpenAI’s Sam Altman and SpaceXAI’s Elon Musk endorsed Anthropic/Claude chief Dario Amodei’s suggestion to slow the AI boom to ‘reduce the risk that something goes seriously wrong’. Even if sincere, such warnings may serve those firms’ interests. <span class="contextmenu hidden"> </span>
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Fear of AI is the best advert OpenAI and Anthropic could hope for

<p>‘Dario Amodei’s proposals, besides lacking detail, could be similarly self-serving — an effort to pre-empt government regulation at a moment when pressure is mounting.' File picture: Markus Schreiber/AP</p>

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What Dario Amodei’s recent call for a pause on AI gets wrong

Germany Election

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Germany’s far-right AfD thanks Elon Musk as France warns state election win a ‘serious moment’

Deepfake concerns

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Child sexual abuse survivor alleges Elon Musk’s AI chatbot used photos of her to generate new illegal images

Tesla Model Y review: 505km range and clever tech cannot hide major flaws

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Tesla Model Y review: 505km range and clever tech cannot hide major flaws

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Elon Musk’s USAID cuts will cause 4.5m child deaths

‘The Lancet’ report shows that the US DOGE defunding of foreign aid has reversed decades of progress in child health worldwide, writes Dr Suzanne Crowe

Sun, 16 Aug, 2026

Spain Ceuta

Colin Sheridan: Ceuta disaster is real. But it also has an entirely fake second life on social media

Social media disinformation duped thousands of people to flood into Spain's African exclave — and, as the tragedy unfolded, it was weaponised to boost anti-EU and anti-migrant agendas online

Sun, 09 Aug, 2026

Businesspeople Getting Bored In Office

Margaret E Ward: Why fixing the workplace is harder than reaching Mars

Margaret E Ward says that better leadership, not bigger budgets, is the proven answer to employee disengagement and burnout

Sat, 25 Jul, 2026

President Trump Holds Press Conference With Elon Musk in White House's Oval Office

Tesla's biggest challenge may no longer be BYD — it's Elon Musk

Improving Irish registrations contrast with growing uncertainty over Tesla's future as Elon Musk prioritises robotics, AI and SpaceX

Sat, 18 Jul, 2026

Blue Origin Launch

Blue Origin still ‘plan A’ for next Nasa mission despite rocket explosion

The spaceflight company has a key role to play from the outset in ambitious plans to eventually establish a moon base.

Wed, 01 Jul, 2026

Tesla Cybertruck display at a dealership. Tesla offers the Cybertruck with driving range of up to 334 miles. MY:2025

Lighten Up: Dear Elon, any chance of a loan?

For while he knows all the tricks of the farming trade, the trick of making money out of cattle is the one trick that eludes our Denis, so he has gone to trillionaire Elon Musk for advice

Mon, 29 Jun, 2026

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Suzanne Harrington: We need to tax the rich back to humanity

We continue to permit a skewed system, hoping that those who hoard wealth will chuck a bit back at us. Children still go to bed hungry

Mon, 22 Jun, 2026

A Waymo self-driving taxi in London

Self-driving cars could be introduced on Irish roads in a controlled rollout, experts say

Irish researchers back cautious autonomous vehicle rollout as regulators prepare a framework for future deployment

Sat, 13 Jun, 2026

North Belfast stabbing

Taoiseach tells Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson to ‘butt out’ of Belfast tensions

Taoiseach says online commentary from outside Ireland is fuelling tensions following days of unrest in Belfast

Thu, 11 Jun, 2026

President Trump Holds Press Conference With Elon Musk in White House's Oval Office

Elon Musk and X take High Court action against Irish media watchdog

They claim they are not a 'provider' of the global platform under EU law

Tue, 09 Jun, 2026

Leo XIV

S Sarah Harte: If we can’t make AI work for us, I’ll meet you at the barricades

Meta's layoffs of Irish staff, Geoffrey Hinton's fears about AI, and Pope Leo's encyclical have all raised fears about AI this week

Wed, 27 May, 2026

APTOPIX SpaceX Starship Launch

SpaceX launches biggest Starship yet on test flight

SpaceX has launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet in a test flight. The spacecraft is an upgraded version of the Starship that Nasa is counting on to land astronauts on the moon.

Sat, 23 May, 2026

Credit unions, IRFU, and An Post top list of Ireland's most reputable organisations

Credit unions, IRFU, and An Post top list of Ireland's most reputable organisations

Credit unions came top of 100 companies and organisations, with Elon Musk's X down at 100th

Thu, 21 May, 2026

'Who won the war?': Jury rules against Elon Musk in feud with OpenAI and Sam Altman

'Who won the war?': Jury rules against Elon Musk in feud with OpenAI and Sam Altman

After investing $38m in its first years, Musk accused OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his top deputy of shifting into a moneymaking mode behind his back

Mon, 18 May, 2026

Musk OpenAI Trial

Elon Musk accuses lawyer of trying to trick him in high-stakes trial

'Your questions are not simple. They're designed to trick me'

Wed, 29 Apr, 2026

Tesla-Autonomous Vehicle

Tesla posts worst quarterly sales in years

Tesla shares fell as much as 4.6% after the markets opened in New York, the biggest intraday drop in almost two months.

Thu, 02 Apr, 2026

Elon Musk is wrong about empathy — and Irish film proves it

Elon Musk is wrong about empathy — and Irish film proves it

Maybe instead of bringing shamrocks to the White House this year, our Taoiseach should be sharing our stories as a colonised people, writes Amy-Joyce Hastings

Tue, 10 Mar, 2026

Switzerland Davos

Elon Musk’s X refused a stay by High Court on Coimisiun na Meán investigation

The case centres on complaints received by the media watchdog from users of the social media platform

Thu, 05 Mar, 2026

Clodagh Finn: The dung queen of Ireland — and other Irish women alive in the time of Hamnet

Clodagh Finn: The dung queen of Ireland — and other Irish women alive in the time of Hamnet

Voices is using AI and Knowledge Graph technologies to bring together myriad sources so historians and computer scientists can recover the lives of ordinary Irish early modern women

Sat, 28 Feb, 2026

FRA-ILLUSTRATION-IA

Grok 'nudify' scandal: Data Protection Commission to investigate X over its AI app

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

Tue, 17 Feb, 2026

New social media apps formerly twitter x and threads on smart phone screen

Government bodies need to get off X, now

Nobody in Ireland should be exposed to hate speech, bullying, or child sexual abuse images on X just to find out if their train is delayed, writes Clare O'Donoghue Velikic

Mon, 09 Feb, 2026

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X snubs TDs and senators as Paris office is raided for allegedly facilitating child abuse images

Google, Meta, and TikTok will be at Oireachtas media committee but — even amid the Grok 'nudification' scandal — Elon Musk's social media company is refusing to show up

Wed, 04 Feb, 2026

Tesla Energy Ventures

French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit

Prosecutors summon tech billionaire and company’s ex-CEO for questioning as part of expanded investigation

Tue, 03 Feb, 2026

Justice Department Jeffrey Epstein

ieExplains: What have we learned from the newly released Epstein files?

Latest documents indicate high-profile figures continued friendships with financier after child sex abuse convictions

Mon, 02 Feb, 2026

Concept of a narcissistic and egoistic man

S Gareth O'Callaghan: Even the godfather of AI is warning us about artificial intelligence now

From Grok nudification to as-yet unknown perils of 'artificial general intelligence', Geoffrey Hinton says AI is 'extremely dangerous'

Sat, 31 Jan, 2026

The Inauguration Of Donald J. Trump As The 47th President

Why a gradual move away from US tech is a good idea

For a small business in Cork or a family in Galway, digital sovereignty means not waking up one day to find that your email, documents, or photos are suddenly inaccessible because a foreign leader threatened tariffs or a sanctions list changed overnight, writes Brian Honan

Thu, 29 Jan, 2026

ieExplains: Why Elon Musk can’t buy Ryanair despite his online jibes

ieExplains: Why Elon Musk can’t buy Ryanair despite his online jibes

Despite online bravado, strict EU ownership rules mean Elon Musk cannot buy or control Europe’s largest airline

Tue, 20 Jan, 2026

Australia blocks over 4.7 million social media accounts after under-16 ban, PM says

Australia blocks over 4.7 million social media accounts after under-16 ban, PM says

Accounts removed or restricted on Twitch, Kick, YouTube, Threads, Facebook, Instagram, Snap, X, TikTok and Reddit in world-leading ban

Thu, 15 Jan, 2026

Deepfake concerns

Superintendent urges victims of online 'nudification' to contact gardaí

Elite garda unit boss says it is 'difficult to understand' why robust age verification is not yet a standard feature of all online sites where sexualised images can be accessed.

Wed, 14 Jan, 2026

Donald Trump

Irish Examiner view: US ought to react calmly to unrest

The US would be better served by sitting down and talking rather than taking direct military action

Tue, 13 Jan, 2026

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Advocacy group questions Department of Education's decision to post images on X

Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) has asked what precautions under GDPR have been taken in terms of the posting

Mon, 12 Jan, 2026

Schools to receive updated social media guidance amid Grok scandal

Schools to receive updated social media guidance amid Grok scandal

Nude deepfakes 'creating fear and anxiety amongst children', stated Webwise, the Department of Education and Youth's online safety service

Mon, 12 Jan, 2026

Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally At Madison Square Garden In NYC

Grok AI scandal: Ireland could prosecute X under existing 'child porn' law

The horrific child sex abuse material produced every day by Grok is already banned under Irish law. The real test is if we are ready to enforce that law against large tech companies

Fri, 09 Jan, 2026

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Inside Doge: why Elon Musk’s plan to cut trillions from US spending collapsed

Elon Musk’s short-lived government efficiency drive promised trillions in savings but instead left disruption, lawsuits, and unanswered questions

Sat, 03 Jan, 2026

Coimisiún na Meán is investigating social media firms. We found out how and why

Coimisiún na Meán is investigating social media firms. We found out how and why

With new Irish and EU laws in place, Twitter/X, Tiktok, and Linkedin are being investigated by Coimisiún na Meán. Its digital services commissioner John Evans explains how and why

Fri, 26 Dec, 2025

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X fined €120m by EU after probe finds platform misled users with paid blue checkmarks

The European Commission says X misled users with its paid verification system and blocked researchers from scrutinising online ads

Fri, 05 Dec, 2025

Donald Trump,Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Grok AI tells users he is fitter than LeBron James and smarter than Leonardo da Vinci

Users noted that in a raft of now-deleted posts, the chatbot would frequently rank Musk top in any given field

Fri, 21 Nov, 2025

Trump Epstein

How the Jeffrey Epstein row plunged Maga world into turmoil – a timeline

Saga has pitted Donald Trump against his base, with the president pleading with supporters to ‘not waste time’ on Epstein

Wed, 12 Nov, 2025

Elon Musk’s X faces Irish investigation that could lead to multimillion-euro fines

Ireland’s media regulator is investigating whether X breached EU transparency and user rights laws under the Digital Services Act

Wed, 12 Nov, 2025

Musk Pay Package

Musk could become first trillionaire as Tesla shareholders approve pay package

Elon Musk won a shareholder vote on Thursday that would give the Tesla CEO stock worth one trillion dollars (€866bn) if he hits certain performance targets over the next decade

Fri, 07 Nov, 2025

Big Tech defector Niamh Sweeney may be a vital asset for Data Protection Commission

Big Tech defector Niamh Sweeney may be a vital asset for Data Protection Commission

Despite the Irish Council for Civil Liberties' complaint, a former colleague writes that the former Facebook/Meta executive could be a powerful asset for the regulator

Mon, 03 Nov, 2025

UFOs? 'Strange light' seen in sky across Ireland caused by US rocket launch

UFOs? 'Strange light' seen in sky across Ireland caused by US rocket launch

Multiple reports of the light moving in the sky were made across the country, including in counties Cork, Dublin, Tipperary, and Galway, at approximately 6.30pm on Wednesday

Thu, 30 Oct, 2025

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Elon Musk launches Grokipedia to compete with online encyclopedia Wikipedia

Elon Musk has launched Grokipedia, a crowd-sourced online encyclopedia that the billionaire seeks to position as a rival to Wikipedia. Writing on social media, Mr Musk said that “Grokipedia. com version 0. 1 is now live” and promised that “Version 1.

Tue, 28 Oct, 2025

Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally At Madison Square Garden In NYC

Elon Musk becomes first person with net worth of $500bn

Tesla owner’s wealth temporarily crosses half-trillion-dollar mark before retreating to $499bn

Thu, 02 Oct, 2025