Call seven of the DTIF fund will be on an open rolling basis, instead of the previous closed call approach, to prioritise 'user friendliness'. Read more: Ireland’s DTIF launches seventh fundi...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/disruptive-technologies-innovation-fund-seeking-projects
Dr Michaela Hruskova from the University of Stirling and Dr Katharina Scheidgen from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen on why the US VC funding model is so successful. Read more: How can Eur...
Based in Massachusetts, Akamai Technologies has previously acquired Ireland's Asavie to expand its global cloud and cybersecurity business. Read more: Akamai to acquire Noname Security in $450m...
Is it okay for people to just not be okay sometimes, or do the experts think we always need to put on our happy faces when we are at work? Read more: Is toxic positivity poisoning the atmospher...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/toxic-positivity-at-work-communication-hr
Margie McCarthy of SEAI said that transforming energy research using collaborative approaches is paramount to Ireland’s energy revolution. Read more: SEAI announces €20m for clean energy pr...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/seai-funding-energy-research-ireland-projects-call
The company has put out a call for skilled Java and .Net cloud software engineers, with the development expected to boost IT employment in the region. Read more: INIT to more than double its Ir...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/jobs-news/maynooth-expansion-init-it-software-engineering
Just last month, prime minister Rishi Sunak revealed that the UK would increase its defence spending to 2.5pc of GDP by 2030 amid increasing foreign threats. Read more: UK defence ministry data...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/uk-defence-ministry-data-breach-hack-cyberattack-china
The investment comes as rivals such as Microsoft have been making significant AI and cloud investments in Asian countries such as Japan and Indonesia. Read more: Amazon to invest $9bn for cloud...
UK PM Rishi Sunak said the latest funding marks the biggest investment ever made in a UK-based AI company. Read more: UK AI start-up Wayve raises $1bn backed by Nvidia and Microsoft
Combining chemistry, fieldwork and unpredictability, Dr Shane O’Reilly finds in his study of marine microbes the right cocktail to keep him drunk on research. Read more: Bear hair, dino bones...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/atu-research-marine-microbes-soils-biogeochemistry-nature
Co-founder Dr Paul Byrnes, who has previously developed AI for Apple and IBM, said Mavarick is on a mission to ‘give every factory an AI data analyst’. Read more: Limerick start-up Mavarick...
A keen sports fan and Gaelic football player, Wicklow-born Eóin Tuohy wants his sports wearable to become a household name in Ireland – and beyond. Read more: Sports Impact Technologies: Tec...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/sports-impact-technologies-start-up-wearables
Finding success in your job shouldn’t be the result of a genetic lottery, but for millions of women worldwide this is the sad reality. Read more: 5 pro-women measures that actually make a dif...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/pro-women-equality-work-balance-inclusion-diversity
Dr Darrin Morrissey of NIBRT said the appointment of Prof Anne Moore and Prof Elena Matsa will advance Ireland's position in manufacturing biologic-based medicines. Read more: UCC and NIBRT tea...
The report outlined the importance of the financial services sector to Ireland’s economy as it accounts for 6.3pc of the nation's GDP. Read more: Ireland facing skills gap in financial servic...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/skills-gap-financial-services-sector-expert-report-ireland
It’s not just time spent at work but the very nature of the work we do which should be up for discussion, argue Yaëlle Amsallem and Emmanuelle Léon from the ESCP Business School. Read more:...
Paul Healy, CEO of Skillnet Ireland, said the agency is helping businesses in the country ‘meet the challenges presented by an ever-changing world of work’. Read more: Skillnet Ireland ra...
CEO and founder Markus Villig said that the credit backed by the likes of Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan demonstrates Bolt’s “strength and financial maturity”. Read more: Bolt secures €220...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/bolt-mobility-credit-facility-funding-e-bikes-startup-ipo
Integration of Nvidia’s microservices and AWS will enable healthcare and life sciences companies to tackle complex challenges in drug discovery and digital health. Read more: Nvidia integrate...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/nvidia-amazon-web-services-integration-healthcare-digital
Passkeys are growing in popularity. A FIDO Alliance survey found that they are now supported by 20pc of the world’s top 100 websites. Read more: Microsoft and Google are pushing harder for pa...