The Fortnite maker is also spinning off most of SuperAwesome, the Irish-founded maker of a consent tool to create safe online gaming spaces for children. Read more: Epic Games lays off 16pc of staff, sells Bandcamp https://bit.ly/3PAOquc
Ryan has been with Sony's PlayStation division since 1994, holding various senior roles and leading it during the PlayStation 5 launch amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more: Sony’s Playstation boss Jim Ryan is retiring https://bit.ly/3F1F0CM
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said ‘we are so back’ on X as ChatGPT gets a new Browse feature bringing it up to speed with current info. Read more: ChatGPT has come of age and can now browse the internet https://bit.ly/48ByGzN
Hays’ James Milligan looks at the wider workplace landscape and considers what the next set of trends and changes will be. Read more: 5 key trends influencing the next future of work https://bit.ly/3EU8brv
The tech giant is moving away from its Lightning connector to comply with the EU, while its latest flagship product sports a sleek design and a powerful camera. Read more: Apple’s iPhone 15 has a sleeker look and USB-C support https://bit.ly/44S5Wjd
EY is running a skills academy that prospective hires can take advantage of to boost their skills before interviewing for a variety of roles. Read more: EY to hire 1,000 in Northern Ireland over the next five years https://bit.ly/3sPdJ3Q
The Government is focusing its energies on raising awareness of the various subsidised skills schemes it already runs. Is this enough? Read more: Skills for the future: Does Ireland have the appetite to advance? https://bit.ly/489L7Cy
Based in the UK and co-founded by Belfast’s Karl Gilbert, Raylo has seen its subscriber base grow by nearly 40 times in the last three years. Read more: Raylo raises £5.2m as tech-leasing business takes off https://bit.ly/3RicioJ
Meta said it's temporarily limiting Threads search results for keywords that may show sensitive content, though this could affect public opinion of an app that is hanging on by a 'thread'. Read more: Meta’s Threads is blocking Covid-19 searches https://bit.ly/3r07Dxa
Dr David Nolan talks about his research into differences between male and female responses to exercise and the value of strength training for our health, no matter our age. Read more: Why your granny should be ‘jacked’ and other sports science insights https://bit.ly/3PArKeL
Shane O’Connor and Liam Carew are aiming for a top prize at one of the largest student science fairs in the world, competing against more than 130 participants. Read more: BT Young Scientist winners to represent Ireland at EU contest https://bit.ly/3r5ykjZ
Initially released only for the Mac, PowerPoint came to Windows after Microsoft snapped up a small Silicon Valley company in 1987. Read more: PowerPoint co-creator Dennis Austin passes away at 76 https://bit.ly/3PxLwaF
Ergo anticipates the deal will generate more than €10m in revenue in the next five years, as it will help boost its customer service with AI. Read more: Konversational lands €3m tech deal with IT services firm Ergo https://bit.ly/3Zbzabm
A former Patcher, Naughton scholar and coding Olympiad finalist, Kelleher launched Dublin-based paperwork automation start-up Microdoc last year. Read more: Microdoc: The 19-year-old using AI to make doctors’ lives easier https://bit.ly/44OAxhx
The new partnership aims to develop an AI platform that uses digital twin technology with cancer patient data to improve diagnosis and treatment capabilities. Read more: Dell partners with UL to improve cancer research using AI https://bit.ly/3PxRPuP
However, more than 80pc of the total VC investment in Ireland for the first half of this year came from foreign investors, the IVCA has found. Read more: Irish tech raised a record €963m in VC funding in the first half of 2023 https://bit.ly/3sNl2Jn
BrightHR's Alastair Brown discusses the precautions of integrating AI into the workplace and how employers can successfully prepare staff for its use. Read more: How employers can safely utilise AI in the workplace https://bit.ly/44T4tsY
Google plans to turn off third-party cookies for 1pc of Chrome users next year, with the goal of phasing them out entirely in 2024. Read more: How the cookies crumble: Google rolls out Privacy Sandbox https://bit.ly/45EKHT0
From Government websites to jobs portals, here are the corners of the internet where you should be looking if you want to work in STEM in Ireland. Read more: 6 resources every Irish-based STEM graduate should know about https://bit.ly/3RfAGay
The notorious Conti ransomware gang is believed to be responsible for extorting at least $180m globally and was behind the HSE cyberattack in 2021. Read more: 11 alleged Conti criminals hit with UK and US sanctions https://bit.ly/3sEDeVm
Dr Guillaume Latombe from the University of Edinburgh explains why invasive species are a major problem for biodiversity and what needs to be done about them. Read more: What are invasive species and how can they be stopped? https://bit.ly/44Ma4Bc
Greencoat plans to invest more than €1bn into projects under the new agreement by 2030 and said this will help Ireland hit its climate targets. Read more: Greencoat Renewables signs wind deal with FuturEnergy Ireland https://bit.ly/3Rdtpbf
Birhane rose to fame in 2020 when she helped uncover racist and misogynistic terms in an MIT image library that was used to train AI. Read more: Trinity professor Abeba Birhane named in Time 100 AI list https://bit.ly/3qVt6Hy
Researchers in China have found a Jurassic bird ancestor which provides a missing link in the evolutionary connections between dinosaurs and our modern flying friends. Read more: ‘Leggy bird’ complicates avian-dinosaur relationship https://bit.ly/3RdNApr
Catherine Doyle, MD of Dell Technologies Ireland, discusses her role, the most exciting tech trends and the importance of creating the right internal culture for staff. Read more: The AI revolution offers ‘boundless possibilities’ for businesses https://bit.ly/3Psocei
Matteo Penzo, co-founder of Zick Learn, says learning in an asynchronous way on our smartphones is the best method of retaining information. Read more: Microlearning: A new, more efficient way for workers to upskill? https://bit.ly/3PsnVIi
Networking, regular upskilling and staying on top of industry developments will stand to you if you're hoping to get into biopharma. Read more: Career advice: What you need to know to break into biopharma https://bit.ly/3Z60BmQ
Researchers have discovered a protein action in a lung-favouring bacteria that has helped them understand its resistance to the body’s immune system. Read more: Queen’s bacteria study could lead to new treatments for cystic fibrosis https://bit.ly/3PrqWZw
Lead author of the study based on ALMA observations, James Geach, said that "no other telescope" could have achieved the feat. Read more: Astronomers discover magnetic field of galaxy 11bn light years away https://bit.ly/45Js3te
The US start-up claims its chips are optimised to support generative AI systems, as the company pushes into a sector largely dominated by Nvidia. Read more: Microsoft joins $110m fundraise of AI chip start-up d-Matrix https://bit.ly/3EtmdQF
Microsoft said that Bing would be unfairly affected by the gatekeeper status because of its relatively small search engine market share compared to Google. Read more: EU designates DMA gatekeepers, Apple and Microsoft not happy https://bit.ly/45Yfk5E
The news comes amid an €8m investment in a new Dublin-based security operations centre. Read more: Integrity360 to create 200 jobs over the next three years https://bit.ly/45Lz256
This is the second Irish location opened by the EV giant, after opening a salesroom in Dublin in 2017. Read more: Tesla opens new Irish sales and service centre in Cork https://bit.ly/3P7VMF7
Zoom faced criticism last month for its terms of service, which implied it would collect and use customers’ data without consent to train its AI models. Read more: Zoom reveals a generative AI assistant for paid users https://bit.ly/44I6Uyr
Yahoo’s Robert Soldan talks to SiliconRepublic.com about his internship at Yahoo and how it prepared him for working life as a software engineer. Read more: How this software engineer converted his passion into a profession https://bit.ly/3sQo7Io
UK-based cybersecurity firm NCC Group has been hired by TikTok to audit its data controls and protections in Europe as Project Clover manifests. Read more: Project Clover: TikTok data centre in Dublin now operational https://bit.ly/44E7woI
The Marine Institute’s Vera Quinlan explains her work as a marine scientist on Ireland’s seabed mapping project and why protecting the ocean is so important. Read more: ‘Our future is tied to the health of our oceans,’ says this marine scientist https://bit.ly/44AxFEJ
Rippling CEO Parker Conrad said Dublin was the perfect place for the company to grow its European customer base. Read more: US SaaS scale-up Rippling to hire 100 staff at new Dublin office https://bit.ly/3Raf0g8
The MaREI project is focused on finding suitable points for wet storage, a key requirement for facilitating floating offshore wind. Read more: New SFI project aims to boost Ireland’s floating offshore wind sector https://bit.ly/3sDTO83
Prof Lisa M Given, PhD researcher Kieran Hegarty, Prof Julian Thomas and Prof Mark Sanderson from RMIT University chart our access to information from libraries to Google and ask whether AI will restrict or enhance this access. Read more: Google turns 25 today! Will AI scupper its chances of a 50th birthday? https://bit.ly/44Cjuiv
Workplace politics can be tough enough without having to factor in family fights or friendship cliques. Here’s how to keep things professional. Read more: How to work well with friends and family https://bit.ly/3Z61YlE
New Payment Innovation (NPI) became independent from its UK parent company in 2021 after it was acquired by Fiserv. Read more: Dublin fintech to create 100 new jobs by the end of 2024 https://bit.ly/3P6eE7D
Rockett has held various senior roles with Ding, Paddy Power and PwC and plans to unlock 'new growth opportunities' for Datalex. Read more: Datalex appoints Ding’s Jonathan Rockett as new CEO https://bit.ly/3P5E7xK
The aim of the mission is to study the outer layers of the sun from the vantage point of Lagrange 1, an area about 1.5m km from Earth. Read more: India launches Aditya space mission to study the sun https://bit.ly/3sJxdGS
Reports from emergency responders claim the automated vehicles contributed to the 'poor patient outcome', though Cruise denies that its vehicles delayed the ambulance. Read more: US reports claim Cruise robotaxis delayed ambulance at fatal accident https://bit.ly/3PnGPz5
This marks the third acquisition by Mail Metrics, which has seen a surge in revenue growth in recent years. Read more: Mail Metrics acquires Dafil to grow its communications platform https://bit.ly/45V0XyX
With more than 30,000 images of 50,000 people, Meta said its FACET tool can help developers test whether AI computer vision systems are biased. Read more: Meta unveils new tool to detect bias in computer vision AI https://bit.ly/45QfJqM
The US Copyright Office wants to hear what the public thinks of generative AI and copyright. Meanwhile, OpenAI has responded to authors’ lawsuits. Read more: AI v copyright: US government body asks public for opinion https://bit.ly/3Z1MGy4