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Skillnet Ireland addresses need for advanced digital skills in healthcare...
Skillnet Ireland, in collaboration with a consortium of leading European academic institutions, research centres, and industry stakeholders, has launched an initiative to address the pressing need for...
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CES 2025: Flying car Xpeng still on sale this year
CES is home to more than a few wacky ideas and this year is no exception. Xpeng Aeroht, Asia’s largest manufacturer of flying cars, revealed some important details about its Land Aircraft Carrier at...
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CES 2025: The return of the mini PC
The success of Apple’s MacMini has not escaped PC manufacturers. At the CES in Las Vegas, the mini PC seems to be on the rise. These are compact PCs that come without a keyboard, mouse and screen,...
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Meta to replace fact-checkers with ‘community notes’ system similar to X
Meta will begin replacing its fact-checkers in the United States with a new ‘community notes’ system similar to Elon Musk’s platform X, the tech company’s CEO announced. Mark Zuckerberg said the move...
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Google faces court over alleged violation of privacy of mobile phone data
A federal judge in the US has ruled that Google must defend a class action lawsuit over alleged privacy violations in collecting data from mobile phone users. The lawsuit revolves around allegations...
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Kerry sisters claim BTYSTE top honour for emergency response app
The winners of the 61st BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) were been announced at a ceremony last Friday. Sisters Ciara (17), Saoirse (15), and Laoise Murphy (12) from Presentation...
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Microsoft charity cycle raises more than €296,000 for LauraLynn
Microsoft Ireland’s annual charity cycle has raised more than €296,000 for children’s hospice LauraLynn. Now in its 11th year, the annual fundraising challenge brought together 105 cyclists and support...
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University of Galway spin-out collaborates with European Space Agency
University of Galway spin-out Aquila Bioscience is collaborating with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop decontamination technology for safer space exploration. Traditional antimicrobial...
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Record I Wish showcase coming to the RDS in February
Several female Olympians and STEM graduates will lead a lineup of speakers at the largest-ever 11th annual I Wish Showcase, taking place on 6 February at the RDS, Dublin. Olympic sprint star Phil Healy...
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Blue Origin postpones launch of New Glenn rocket due to technical problem
A technical problem forced Blue Origin to postpone the first orbital launch of its New Glenn rocket. The launch, originally scheduled for early morning today from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station,...
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Focus on research: Dr Lydia Cumiskey, MaREI
Dr Lydia Cumiskey is a senior postdoctoral researcher with MaREI, the Research Ireland centre for energy, climate and the marine, coordinated by the Environmental Research Institute at University...
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University of Galway appoints inaugural Greally Lectureship in applied...
University of Galway has named Dr Finn Krewer as the inaugural holder of the Greally Lectureship in Applied Clinical Data Analytics. The creation of the lectureship and Dr Krewer’s appointment is...
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New cancer research collaboration launched at University of Limerick
The inaugural All-Island Forum for Cancer Data was held today at UL, a landmark event that brought together world-renowned experts in cancer research, data science, genomics, the biomedical industry...
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‘TikTok refugees’ are flocking to China’s social media app RedNote. This is...
Chinese social media app RedNote, or Xiaohongshu, has skyrocketed to the top spot of Apple’s app store in the United States, as TikTok faces an imminent ban in the country. Owing to concerns over...
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Meta’s ‘pay or consent’ policy breaks the Digital Markets Act, says Brussels
The European Commission considers that Meta’s binary decision to force citizens to either pay or give up their data to use the service does not comply with the Digital Market Act (DMA), the bloc’s...
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Community of excellence for product managers launched at conference hosted by...
Technology Ireland Digital Skillnet has announced the launch of a community of excellence for product management sector at the Next-Gen Product Management Conference hosted at TU Dublin. The...
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Cryptocrime is more common with stablecoins than Bitcoin
Stablecoins are fast becoming a dominant force in cryptocurrency crime, accounting for 63% of all illegal transactions, according to Chainalysis’s 2025 Crypto Crime Report. This shift is a significant...
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TikTok restored in the US after ban lasts 14 hours
From the first concerns raised by President Donald Trump to a law demanding the video sharing platform sell off its US wing or face a ban passed under President Biden the process of getting TikTok...
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Trump wants to hurry crypto legislation, issues own memecoin
US President Donald Trump is making good on his commitment to cryptocurrency with the launch of his own memecoin: Official Trump. At time of writing the coin is worth $53.5 billion, though it is...
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Ripple, Adapt to collaborate on Blockchain research
The Adapt centre at Trinity College Dublin is partnering with Ripple, a provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, to establish the Ripple Blockchain Collaboratory, an...
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