x.com/verge/status... Apple App Store developer guideline: “Apps should not include content that is offensive, insensitive, upsetting, intended to disgust, in exceptionally poor taste, or just plain creepy.” And yet at Apple is happy for the Grok app to enable & share vile AI images of real people

Judge Brian Cregan said “it is clear” that Enoch Burke “has something to hide” by refusing to comply with legal requests to provide the High Court with details of his income. jrnl.ie/6897847

Conor McGregor’s bid to further appeal Nikita Hand case is rejected by Supreme Court www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Microsoft's raising prices on Office subscriptions next year www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...

South Africa’s Eben Etzebeth receives 12-week ban for eye gouging against Wales

The House Oversight Committee released several emails from Jeffrey Epstein suggesting President Donald Trump knew about his criminal activity.

Head-spinning day, but was glad to start it at 6.45am on Newstalk FM with @JoeBLynam, talking rare earths, Nexperia and the fast-changing world we live in.

Trump is now threatening a tariff of 91% on - checks notes- Pasta www.lesechos.fr/industrie-se...

It was good to speak to @joeblynam.bsky.social this morning at 6.45 about changes to B2C small parcels moving into the EU. This topic is not going away. Particularly worrying part is the new handling fee, which will be non-refundable and due whether or not goods are subject to duties.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz says that if Israel is excluded from Eurovision 2026, Germany will not take part.

What an absolute mess. The new 🇫🇷 PM Sébastien Lecornu has resigned after less than four weeks in the job. This is the curt communiqué just issued by the presidency

A pop up box on Tylenol dot com

Data showing the specific movement of tens of thousands of smartphones in Ireland is available to purchase from companies working in the digital marketing and advertising industries, an undercover Prime Time investigation has found. www.rte.ie/news/primeti... #spéirghorm

Google’s adtech fine from the EU was pulled at last minute over EU-US trade tensions www.mlex.com/mlex/antitru...

Was very pleased to join @joeblynam.bsky.social on Newstalk FM this morning to talk EU-China trade relations and the headwinds facing the Chinese economy. You can listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/2rvL...

Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, was fired Wednesday from her job as a prosecutor in the Manhattan US Attorney’s office.

BCG’s role in Gaza probed by UK parliamentary committee https://on.ft.com/40IFSaI

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs guilty on two charges but acquitted on racketeering and sex-trafficking charges – live updates

Emmanuel Macron calls for tit-for-tat EU tariffs on US goods if talks fail www.businesspost.ie/politics/emm...

The Icelandic group Eiendomsspar (alongside Pandox of Sweden) has bought more shares in the Dalata Hotel group (Clayton & Maldron brands) - taking its stake to 0.8%. Their takeover bid for Dalata was rejected 3 weeks ago

Federal officers entered Rep. Jerry Nadler’s office in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday and handcuffed and briefly detained one of his aides. The confrontation happened shortly after the aide observed federal agents detaining migrants in a public hallway outside an immigration courtroom.

Woman awarded €72,000 for slip and fall at wedding hotel www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

Curious how this post omits the words “Russia” and “Putin.”

Stripe announced as new headline sponsor of Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition Stripe - the payments giant - was founded by former YSTE winners Patrick & John Collison. Stripe will replace BT which had been the sponsor for 2 decades www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Still awaiting news from that call between US trade Rep Greer and EU's Maros Sefcovic but expectations are low. Acc to EU, the US trade document was ‘undefined’ and contained demands considered impossible from EU side such as removing certain types of legislation.

EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic has a call with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at 1630 IST (17:30 CET) to discuss the 50% tariff threat from Trump

This is economic and cultural self immolation www.ft.com/content/300e...

Michael O’Leary’s personal stake in Ryanair is now worth an astonishing €1bn. He owns a mere 4.1% of the shares but they have surged this week to a market capitalisation of €25bn

Ryanair FY2025: a post tax profit of €1.62bn - down 16% on the previous year. Average fares were also down 7% over the past 12 months. The airline carried a record 200m passengers and bought back 7% of their own shares. Neil Sorahan is the CFO of Ryanair Group on @newstalkfm.bsky.social in 5min

An astonishing 80% of Irish adults listen to the radio every day.… Thank God. They pay my wages www.ipsos.com/en-ie/ipsosj...

Trump says non-US movies to be hit with 100% tariffs

Still no cargo using Suez Canal due to Houthi attacks. And container traffic to the US from China set to collapse next week. What does the shipping giant Hapag Lloyd think? www.newstalk.com/podcasts/bre...

Intel shares are up 5% on reports in Bloomberg that the company is thinking of shedding 20% of its worldwide Staff

Trump: “the Pope has died. It never would have happened if I had been president …….. oh wait”

The brown nosing at these livestreamed cabinet meetings with Trump is simply awful and embarrassing for everyone around the table

www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/152... I fear Americans associated with the current government genuinely believe they are above the law Everywhere they go?

WTI crude oil currently stands at $61 a barrel. If it stays at that level for long the the petrochemicals dependent Russian economy could be crushed.

The European 'patient' needs more urgent surgery Trading 'Halt's are underway - especially in the banking sector #TrumpTariffs

Asia has had a v bad night folks

The Irish sandwich and food maker @greencoregroup.bsky.social has agreed to pay Bakkavor £4bn to buy the rival food company, Bakkavor board says it will recommend the deal and each Bakkavor share will get £0.85 in cash as well as 0.604 Greencore shares

It’s well known that I was on The Apprentice. We were all covered by NDAs at the time, but mine has now expired. And do I ever have some tea to spill. I’ll post it later today after consulting once again with my attorneys.

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The boss of Primark & Penneys has resigned suddenly news.sky.com/story/primar...

Something is going on within the Irish tourism sector. Inbound visitor numbers down 30% y/y last month. And they spent 31% less money than Feb 2024 as well - staying in total 33% fewer nights on the island in total. www.cso.ie/en/releasesa...