Salesforce invests $750,000 in AI skills programme for young people

Salesforce has announced a $750,000 grant to the National College of Ireland (NCI) to expand access to artificial intelligence education and career pathways for...

Echelon to establish Ireland’s first Green Energy Park in Arklow

Echelon Data Centres will establish Ireland’s first Green Energy Park at its DUB20 data centre campus in Arklow, Co. Wicklow, marking a major milestone...

Enterprise Ireland announces new start-up accelerator at AI Summit

Enterprise Ireland today announced the launch of the Startup Ireland AI Accelerator Programme, the first specialist accelerator to be delivered under Startup Ireland's €21...

Sligo fintech wins best anti-fraud solution at Open Banking Awards in London

Sligo-based fintech firm FacePOS won top honours in the best anti-fraud Solution category at the Open Banking Expo Awards in London last night.  FacePOS is...

Lawsuit against Apple over scraping YouTube videos to go ahead

Apple must answer in court to accusations that the company collected YouTube videos without permission in order to train generative AI models, a US...

Almost two-thirds of AI systems fail terrorism-related safety tests

A recent analysis by the British non-profit organisation Tech Against Terrorism shows that 60% of AI systems failed to meet safety assessments related to...

Majority of European food and personal care brand websites send visitor data before users make cookie banner decision

Almost all major food and personal care brands’ websites in Europe are passing on visitor data before they make a preference on the kind...

Microsoft Maia 300 chip to reduce dependence on Nvidia

In an effort to cut operational costs, Microsoft has unveiled the Maia 300, the third iteration of its own AI hardware. The company plans to...

Global smartphone sales drop sharply due to chip shortage and rising costs

According to preliminary data from Counterpoint Research, the global smartphone market saw its biggest decline in more than 10 years in the third quarter....

Chip manufacturer TSMC expects record profits thanks to strong demand for AI hardware

Driven by a massive surge in investment in technological infrastructure, TSMC is on the verge of announcing unprecedented profits for the sixth consecutive quarter. The...

Nadella calls for an “emergency brake” on advanced AI models

Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, has called for the implementation of strict safety mechanisms for advanced artificial intelligence. He proposed equipping these systems with...

Decision to change managed service providers informed by risk tolerance as much as price

There is good news and bad news for MSPs and their clients according to a survey of 100 IT leaders conducted by TechCentral.ie in...

New smart Apple hub to appear in November, but not in Europe

Apple will launch a new hub for smart homes in November. The company has just announced this in New York. The device, which will...

Google.org promises €2.25m to AIMSIR Centre and the Climate + Co-Centre, via UCD Foundation

Google.org, Google's philanthropic arm, has committed $5 million to advance AI-powered weather forecasting and climate research in Ireland. At the centre of the commitment is...

Blackberry Hearing picks up international award for use of AI

Irish hearing care company Blackberry Hearing has been named best in service delivery, patient services, at the 2026 Hearing Technology Innovator Awards for its...

Ericsson retains presence in Athlone as it relocates R&D office to IDA campus

Ericsson today announced plans to relocate its Athlone research and development (R&D) site to a new, state-of-the-art facility on the nearby IDA Ireland campus....
Sign up for the
Technology Minute
- Advertisement -

Listen to Tech Radio

Most Popular