The tech giant plans to keep spending in its semiconductor and smartphone businesses, as it expects demand to start recovering later this year. Read more: Samsung plans to keep up chip spending despite 2022 profit plunge https://bit.ly/3JntuVY
Every apprentice at Liberty IT will be assigned a buddy within the company to provide guidance and advice as they learn and hone new skills. Read more: Liberty IT is recruiting apprentice software engineers https://bit.ly/3Rj1u7H
We all feel imposter syndrome at certain times in our careers, but the good thing is these feelings are normal and can be overcome. Read more: 5 things to do to work on your imposter syndrome this year https://bit.ly/3Hn93WA
The programme aims to attract international researchers from various software fields, to boost the career development of the fellowship participants. Read more: Lero launches €2.9m fellowship scheme to attract software experts https://bit.ly/3Y4Xr10
MyGug, this week’s SiliconRepublic.com Start-up of the Week, was named the AIB and Yield Lab AgTech Start-up 2023. Read more: Agritechs MyGug and OptaHaul win AgTechUCD accelerator https://bit.ly/3HFUttx
Medihive has received €7m from the latest funding round, which will help boost its international growth, expand its team and accelerate software development. Read more: Medihive reaches valuation of €62m from ResMed investment https://bit.ly/3HFZvaj
Founded in 2020, the start-up has developed a platform to help companies and law enforcement agencies recover and manage stolen digital assets. Read more: Irish-founded Asset Reality raises $4.9m to help firms recover stolen crypto https://bit.ly/3wErRLX
Using a process known as anaerobic digestion, MyGug is able to turn food waste into renewable energy that can power kitchens. Read more: MyGug: The Irish food waste disposal start-up energising small businesses https://bit.ly/3wD4YZ9
Founders Patrick and John Collison have long eluded questions about the Silicon Valley start-up going public, but their true stripes have now been revealed. Read more: Will 2023 be the year Stripe goes public? https://bit.ly/3Y1NmSD
Cliodhna Kirk discusses the sustainability challenges facing the IT industry and why she’s so excited about the right-to-repair movement. Read more: Greenpeace IT lead on the environmental impact of tech https://bit.ly/3WGitBV
Based in NovaUCD, Proveye will use the latest funding to further grow its customer base and advance its technology. Read more: Proveye bags €1m seed investment for image-based analytics tech https://bit.ly/3JbP6oa
The two universities will tackle global healthcare challenges, with research planned in rehabilitation tech, maternal health and cardiac patient support tools. Read more: UCD partners with US university to boost healthcare research https://bit.ly/3kIX4ep
Researchers looking at seismic waves believe the Earth’s inner core may be in a 70-year-cycle where it spins in one direction and stops, before spinning in the opposite direction. Read more: Earth’s core seems to be slowing its spin, study suggests https://bit.ly/3H9U42d
The project will not go ahead unless Ireland alters its current regime to allow for the specific type of 'triple threat' grid connection. Read more: SSE Renewables proposes battery, solar and wind hybrid grid in Wexford https://bit.ly/3Y0gfyF
As AI language models advance, students can potentially use them to cheat on assessments. However, Sam Illingworth, associate professor at Edinburgh Napier University suggests that we can use the technology to improve teaching and learning in higher education. Read more: A useful tool or an ethical minefield?: Rethinking student assessments with ChatGPT https://bit.ly/3WxPyA0
Elon Musk has taken to the platform once again to signal an ad-free Twitter Blue subscription at a higher price. Read more: A new ad-free Twitter subscription could be on the way https://bit.ly/3J8kuUl
Based in Kildare, Dairy Robotics is on a mission to modernise dairy farming using cutting-edge technologies such as AI. Read more: Dairy Robotics: Building tech for the new generation of farmers https://bit.ly/3XwUUwT
Customers of Revolut will receive email communication from the company detailing its move from Lithuanian to Irish IBANs. Read more: Revolut to launch Irish IBANS in the coming months https://bit.ly/3GYLkLZ
Deryck Mitchelson explains why companies shouldn’t be reserving new technology solely for customer-facing processes. Read more: Check Point CISO: AI ‘will play a key part in preventing breaches’ https://bit.ly/3wn0YvX
To support the new Dublin data centre, Netskope will actively recruit in Ireland for various roles and double its headcount this year. Read more: US cloud company Netskope to open new data centre in Dublin https://bit.ly/3XI849R
The image repository claims Stability AI 'unlawfully copied' millions of copyright-protected images to train Stable Diffusion, without seeking a licence. Read more: Getty Images is suing an AI image generator for copyright infringement https://bit.ly/3XkvQJt
The company will provide consultancy and programming services on a number of drug development programmes. Read more: Hvivo’s consultancy division Venn lands €3.2m pharma contract https://bit.ly/3ZMnNXe
POLB 001, a treatment for severe influenza developed by Poolbeg, has the potential to address life-threatening side-effects in the treatment of cancer. Read more: Poolbeg Pharma wants to use key flu medication to treat cancer https://bit.ly/3XvGOLE
Based in Sligo, Silicate has found a novel way to sequester carbon using returned concrete. It is now building on that idea. Read more: Silicate: The Irish start-up with a concrete plan to save the planet https://bit.ly/3QEZyGt
The study claims that Exxon knew as much about the climate crisis as academic and government scientists, despite discrediting similar predictions for decades. Read more: Oil giant Exxon made accurate climate predictions in 1970s, study finds https://bit.ly/3COXDJI
Researchers are viewing the space observatory's data to determine if the planet has an atmosphere, with more exoplanet discoveries planned for the future. Read more: James Webb Space Telescope finds its first exoplanet https://bit.ly/3QBpcM5
The latest episode of For Tech’s Sake explores the future of small-scale energy with Dr Valeria Nico, who is finding sustainable ways to power small devices. Read more: The power struggle for the internet of things https://bit.ly/3W92ZGn
The company's SRAVI app analyses the lip movements of patients to decipher what they are trying to say, to help them communicate better with heathcare workers. Read more: Liopa’s lip-reading app is being tested on US patients https://bit.ly/3X6U7SU
VALL-E is pitched by Microsoft as an AI model that can preserve both a speaker’s emotion and acoustic environment. Read more: Microsoft claims new AI can simulate voices based on three-second audio https://bit.ly/3CFrPad
There will be roles in software development and in other technical areas. Foods Connected said all the new roles will be based around Derry. Read more: Derry SaaS company Foods Connected to create 45 new jobs https://bit.ly/3GwM7U7
The Central Bank of Lithuania said that London-based Revolut also failed to follow rules around the handling of customer complaints. Read more: Revolut fined €70,000 in Lithuania for missing financial deadline https://bit.ly/3ZldxFe
Here are 23 Irish start-ups featured in our Start-up of the Week series that are shaking up the world of tech across a range of sectors. Read more: 23 tech start-ups to watch out for in 2023 https://bit.ly/3vPiyIM
The company plans to offer emergency messaging in select regions this year, while WhatsApp has launched proxy support for users with blocked or disrupted connections. Read more: Android phones to get satellite messaging through Qualcomm deal https://bit.ly/3WTVvZa
A spokesperson for Apple said the company is ‘disappointed’ with the decision and plans to appeal. Read more: Apple fined €8m by French watchdog over personalised ad complaint https://bit.ly/3VRfOVy
Despite plans to reduce security spending, nearly 80pc of businesses surveyed have experienced a cyberattack in the past 12 months. Read more: Irish SMEs plan to cut their cybersecurity budget by 50pc, survey finds https://bit.ly/3X1zpDA
The Hays salary guide for 2023 suggests that machine learning analysts can expect to earn an average of €85,000 in Ireland. Read more: Machine learning salaries saw significant increase in 2022, says report https://bit.ly/3GFUhLv
If boosting your business is on the cards for 2023, check out this advice from investors. Read more: 5 tips from investors for start-ups seeking funding https://bit.ly/3Gj6Riq