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Apple launches new iPads with OLED screens and M4
In an ultra-short video presentation of about half an hour at an unusual time, Apple announced new iPads as expected: the iPad Pro and iPad Air 2024. Instead of mini-LED, Apple opted for OLED in the...
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Research ‘co-centre’ for water, biodiversity, climate launches with members...
More than 100 researchers, industry leaders and policy partners from across Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain have marked the launch of the Co-Centre for Climate and Biodiversity and Water –...
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New projects sought for €500m Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Peter Burke, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Patrick O’Donoghue, and Minister of State for Trade Promotion,...
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Amazon to launch dedicated Irish website in 2025
Amazon has today announced that it will launch new dedicated store in Ireland, Amazon.ie, in 2025 to enhance the retail experience for new and existing customers. While many people in Ireland already...
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European privacy regulator blasts Meta’s ‘pay-or-okay’
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is issuing a negative opinion on Meta’s pay-or-okay revenue model, where users pay a subscription to opt out of targeted advertising. The EDPB, which is an...
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Eleven start-ups enter inaugural AI ecosystem accelerator at UCD
Eleven start-ups hae been selected to participate in University College Dublin’s (UCD) inaugural AI Ecosystem Accelerator. The focus of the programme is to support entrepreneurs who are developing...
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Dorsey calls for ‘decentralised protocol’ for X
Co-founder and former CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey has spoekn about his departure from microblogging patform Bluesky. Dorsey admitted he had stepped down from the board and deleted his account on the X...
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Bank of Ireland, EY, Aveva sign up as sponsors to NI work experience programme
Northern Ireland’s independent, non-profit science and technology hub, Catalyst has announced Bank of Ireland, EY and Aveva as the headline partners for its Generation Innovation Work Experience...
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Equinix, Quside colaborate on quantum security
Quantum technology company Quside is working with Equinix, to enable access for businesses to the latest quantum random number generation (QRNG) technology. This will help Equinix customers to build...
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CarTrawler announces recipients of CFGdegree scholarship
CarTrawler and Code First Girls (CFG) – the largest provider of free coding courses and employment opportunities for women globally – have selected two candidates for a CFGdegree scholarship,...
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Hype around Runes seems to be over already
The hype surrounding the Runes protocol already seems to be over. The number of transactions, which peaked in late April, has plummeted. Runes recently became a new token standard on Bitcoin and was...
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SFI research centres secure combined €104m
Four Science Foundation Ireland research centres have secured €104 million from the government and an additional €21 million from industry partners. The funding is being allocated to four centres:...
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ChatGPT-4o gets first airing
OpenAI has revealed ChatGPT-4o (the ‘o’ is for ‘omni’) promising a more conversational feel. The company described GPT-4o as a “step toward a much more natural human-computer interaction.” The tool has...
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Google unpacks impressive AI demos at I/O developer conference
Google unveiled its new AI plans at Google I/O, the tech giant’s annual developer conference, yesterday. That it would be about AI was a given. Since last year’s I/O, Google has introduced Gemini, a...
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MTU to lead €9m biorefinery demonstration initiative
Munster Technological University is to lead a first-of-its-kind decentralised green biorefinery demonstration initiative. The €8.7 million Rural BioReFarmeries – funded under the Circular Bio-based...
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Election hub to give voters across Waterford information on candidates,...
Waterford City and County Council are using a digital mapping system underpinned by Esri Ireland’s geographic information system (GIS) to devliver real-time and accurate electoral information to voters...
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Ian Quinn Centre for Health Technology Innovation launched at University of...
The University of Galway’s flagship BioInnovate fellowship programme – the only European affiliate of Stanford BioDesign – is to receive €7 million in funding over the coming six years. The...
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Breakthrough at Tyndall revolutionises surgical navigation for cancer
A groundbreaking development by researchers at Tyndall National Institute and Microelectronics Circuits Centre Ireland (MCCI), based at University College Cork (UCC), is set to transform surgical...
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SSE Airtricity establishes €5m all-island sustainability fund
SSE Airtricity has invested €5 million in its Generation Green Community Fund. The company plans to undertake a 10-week consultation process, which opens today, and which will continue until 26 July,...
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European Commission opens formal investigation into Meta
The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. The Commission is concerned that both platforms are not doing enough to protect the...
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