Leigh Mc Gowran
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Dublin, D, Ireland
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TikTok faces review by UK cybersecurity watchdog
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre will review whether TikTok should be banned on government devices amid growing security concerns. → Read More
CeADAR AI project looks to tackle Vietnam air pollution
CeADAR helped install six monitoring stations across Ho Chi Minh City, which use AI to predict spikes in air pollution → Read More
California court ruling keeps Uber and Lyft drivers as contractors
The decision is a win for companies like Uber and Lyft, which have campaigned to keep their workers listed as independent contractors. → Read More
Hackers steal nearly $200m from crypto lender Euler Finance
A series of transactions revealed that Euler Finance was victim to a flash loan attack, with hackers exploiting a vulnerability for profit. → Read More
Meta is turning its back on NFT support 'for now'
Meta's Stephane Kasriel said the company is winding down NFT support to focus on other ways to make 'impact at scale' for its users. → Read More
Galway’s Vivasure Medical raises €30m for its vessel closure tech
Vivasure has received a €30m investment and got FDA approval to begin a pivotal study for its PerQseal implant. → Read More
Belfast’s Responsible and Haru unite to fashion e-commerce platform
Responsible plans to strengthen its brand and with Haru’s technology, creating a single platform for second-hand fashion. → Read More
LinkedIn teams up with Adapt to boost machine translation
LinkedIn and Adapt have created a machine translation model that focuses on specific categories of information such as product details. → Read More
Waste management: 'Forget the carrots, we need to create sticks'
ISB Global's Chris Williams discusses how waste management laws have changed and his company's current focus on the developing US market. → Read More
Apple is bringing culture to iPhones with classical music app
Two years after acquiring Primephonic, Apple is releasing its classical music app later this month with a catalogue of more than 5m tracks. → Read More
What's going on with Silicon Valley Bank?
Silicon Valley Bank recently sold shares to stabilise its balance sheet, which caused its stock price to plummet amid investor panic. → Read More
Monta partners with Nevo to bring EV chargers to Irish apartments
Nevo plans to install hundreds of EV charging points in Ireland this year and will use the Monta platform to manage them. → Read More
Kerry’s RDI Hub plans expansion after reaching €12m milestone
RDI Hub said more than 50 companies use the site and have collectively raised €12m in funding since it launched in January 2020. → Read More
Crypto meltdown: Silvergate Bank prepares for liquidation
Silvergate Bank has been in crisis since the collapse of FTX, selling billions worth of assets this year as customers withdrew accounts. → Read More
Digital twins: Engineering a path out of the uncanny valley
Huawei's Thomas Poulet explains his work in enhancing human rendering and the challenges these digital twins have to overcome. → Read More
Irish AI and biotech founders make the Forbes 30 under 30 list
The founders of Protex AI and Ochre Bio were some of the Irish names included in Forbes’ latest 30 under 30 list for Europe. → Read More
Cybercrime gang DoppelPaymer disrupted in Europol operation
Multiple locations were raided in Germany and Ukraine during the operation against the DoppelPaymer ransomware gang. → Read More
Google marks new milestone in its 1,000 languages AI initiative
Google said its Universal Speech Model is a ‘critical first step’ towards creating an AI that can understand and translate 1,000 languages. → Read More
Twitter suffers second global outage from ‘internal change’
Twitter has suffered two outages in a week, while the DPC is 'concerned' that its subscription service is coming to the EU without discussion. → Read More
Tricks of the trade: Making VR projects a reality
BearingPoint's Carl McDermott speaks about using the SDLC approach to make metaverse projects manageable and his top VR predictions. → Read More