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Focus on research: Prof Kevin O’Connor, BiOrbic
Prof Kevin O’Conor is director BiOrbic, the Science Foundation Ireland-backed research centre for the bioeconomy and a principal investigator at the UCD Earth Institute and a full Professor in the...
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Public invited to deliver verdict on role of AI in healthcare
Members of the public are being invited to deliver their verdict on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare in Ireland by stepping forward as jurors in a Citizens’ Jury tasked with...
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SETU, Glenveagh announce first recipients of Women in Construction STEM...
South East Technological University (SETU), in partnership with Glenveagh, along with NUA, its manufacturing brand, have selected four students for its Women in Construction STEM Scholarship for...
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Parnas Fellows to visit Lero software research centre
Two of the world’s top software engineers will share their expertise with researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, as part of the David Lorge Parnas Fellowship...
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More than a quarter of young people say social media posts influence their...
More than a quarter (28%) of social media users aged between 18 and 24 agree social media has led to them changing their ballot preference. Furthermore almost half (47%) of the same demographic said...
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Clongowes student wins two awards at international science and engineering fair
SciFest national champion Jack Shannon from Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare, has won two awards at represented Ireland at Regeneron International Science Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Los Angeles,...
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OpenAI removes voice from ChatGPT after controversy with Scarlett Johansson
OpenAI has removed the voice ‘Sky’ from ChatGPT’ s voice mode following allegations of plagiarism of actress Scarlett Johansson’s voice. The controversy surrounding the voice, which was strikingly...
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Microsoft sets minimum requirements for AI PCs at Build developer conference
Microsoft wants to ensure that there is always enough power for AI applications by setting minimum requirements for the new Windows computers. The AI PC models from all manufacturers must have no less...
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Ubotica awarded European Defence Fund grant to pioneer AI in space defence
Ubotica Technologies, a develoeper of hardware for Earth observation, has been selected by the European Commission as a key participant in the Archytas project, a groundbreaking initiative to develop...
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OpenAI starts making nice with media, beginning with News Corp
News Corp is to collaborate with OpenAI to bring its content to users of ChatGPT. Through this partnership, OpenAI has permission to display content from News Corp mastheads in response to user...
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Revolut starts offering savings accounts in Ireland
Revolut has started offering instant access savings accounts to its more than 2.7 million customers in Ireland, offering interest of up to 3.49%. Instant Access Savings complements an existing feature...
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How do we solve bitcoin’s energy problem?
Cryptocurrencies continue to fascinate, but one part of bitcoin mining is increasingly being pointed out as a problem. This is because bitcoin mining and transactions in bitcoin consume a huge amount...
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National Broadband Ireland on track to pass 300,000 premises by year-end
National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company responsible for delivering the Government’s National Broadband Plan, has announced in its latest quarterly report that over 243,000 premises are now ready...
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Learnovate launches graduate programme to help businesses embrace...
Learnovate, the global research and innovation centre in learning technologies and the future of work and learning in Trinity College Dublin, has launched a programme that gives graduates a 12-month...
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Coimisiún na Meán takes Online Safety Code to European Commission
Coimisiún na Meán has published an updated draft Online Safety Code in response to its public consultation. The final Code will set binding rules applying to video-sharing platforms who have their EU...
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Midlands Region declared overall winner at .ie Digital Town Awards 2024
The Midlands Region has come out on top at this year’s .ie Digital Town Awards with multiple wins including being crowned overall winner at an awards ceremony in Athlone’s Sheraton Hotel on 24 May....
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First Irish patient implanted with heart failure monitor from Fire1
Dublin-based Fire1 today announced that the first Irish patient has been successfully implanted with its system for remote heart failure monitoring at University Hospital Galway. The procedure is part...
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NovaUCD hosts student entrepreneur accelerator
Seventeen postgraduate and 10 undergraduate students are participating in the tenth NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition, which began today. The four-week accelerator programme for student...
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Terrible advice forces Google to rein in AI Overviews
Google has intervened after its new AI Overviews feature began giving dangerous advice. This feature, designed to instantly summarise search results, was found to contain some serious errors, which now...
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Galwegians get new perspective on towns and villages with StoryMaps
Students from the University of Galway are playing a key role in an innovative new digital project that brings County Galway’s unique heritage to life. Spearheaded by Galway County Council in...
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