Microsoft said a DDoS attack was the initial cause of the disruption, but its own defences amplified the attack instead of mitigating it. Read more: DDoS and more – What caused the latest Microsoft outage? https://bit.ly/4fp8Ylk
At the heart of the debate is whether Amazon qualifies as a ‘distributor’ of products sold by third parties, an argument the tech giant just lost to US regulators. Read more: Amazon found legally responsible for recalling unsafe products https://bit.ly/4ftaSBg
The two pieces of legislation aim to put more responsibilities on digital platforms to tackle harmful content online, but some critics say the bills could lead to censorship issues. Read more: US Senate approves landmark bills to protect children online https://bit.ly/4c59li3
By learning more about phytoplankton's role in reducing CO2, some believe the process could be scaled up to further reduce global emissions. Read more: RV Celtic Explorer examines how phytoplankton reduce CO2 https://bit.ly/3WrVJrl
Last October, Google agreed to invest $2bn in Anthropic, which included a $500m initial cash infusion and an additional $1.5bn over time. Read more: UK launches antitrust probe into Google and Anthropic https://bit.ly/3A34hNU
The company's latest Cost of a Data Breach report found that severe staffing shortages are linked to higher data breach costs, while AI is being used to significantly reduce the average cost of a breach. Read more: Data breach costs surged by 10pc this year, IBM claims https://bit.ly/3WLc3Fb
xAI, the company behind AI chatbot Grok, recently raised $6bn from various high-profile investors, including Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital. Read more: Grok AI is training on user data by default – here’s how to stop it https://bit.ly/4dFUVq3
The hubs will aim to innovate in a broad range of areas, including quantum-enhanced blood tests, faster MRI scanners, and new surgical interventions and treatments. Read more: UK invests £100m to create five quantum research hubs https://bit.ly/3LJliPK
Every business or institution is different, with significant diversity among staff, resources, values and goals. For this reason, a personalised workflow chart unique to your company can be a gamechanger. Read more: Top tips on building an optimised workflow chart from scratch https://bit.ly/46ptKgq
The company is looking to fill multilingual positions in Spanish, German and French over the next few months. Read more: ResultsCX Ireland announces the creation of 200 new jobs by 2025 https://bit.ly/3WFOai2
Like many creative sectors, workers in video games are concerned that their work will be exploited by AI and a strike has occurred after failed negotiations. Read more: What does the video game actors strike have to do with AI? https://bit.ly/3YhCPWO
A new EY Ireland report claims most FDI decision makers believe Ireland's attractiveness as a location for investment will improve in the coming years and that Ireland is seen as having strong AI credentials. Read more: Ireland remains attractive for FDI despite ‘subpar’ 2023 https://bit.ly/4c52Yv2
Patrick Collison said by acquiring the start-up, which makes selling digital products easy peasy, Stripe will be able to ‘scale merchant of record selling in a big way’. Read more: Stripe acquires US payments start-up Lemon Squeezy https://bit.ly/3LJXzyY
Musk's post received more than 128m views, but the lack of labeling to show it is manipulated media appears to violate X's rules. Read more: Elon Musk shares deepfake ad of Kamala Harris on X https://bit.ly/4d03Fr0
Founded last year, the NovaUCD-based start-up raised €500,000 in a pre-seed round last month to deploy its SaaS platform across Ireland, Germany and the UK. Read more: Better Futures: A virtual assistant for engineers to adopt AI faster https://bit.ly/4bYIAMl
The field of research is ever-changing, meaning those who operate within it must stay on top of new developments to remain competitive. Halfway through 2024, what are the trends influencing research? Read more: What are the key trends influencing the world of research? https://bit.ly/3yiNhTf
The Cork firm estimates the solar farm will create enough energy to power 250,000 homes. Read more: DP Energy to build largest urban solar farm in North America https://bit.ly/3Yl1vxq
The messaging app that competes with Facebook Messenger, iMessage and Snapchat said that it is working on new features for the months ahead. Read more: WhatsApp now has 100m monthly active users in the US https://bit.ly/3zT51F9
From training to adaptability, Object First’s David Bennett talks about some of the skills that cybersecurity teams can learn from Olympians to up their game. Read more: Think like an Olympian to win cybersecurity gold https://bit.ly/4cYrwqT
The company said it's targeting 27 July for another launch of Falcon 9 with 23 Starlink satellites. Read more: SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 again after previous mishap https://bit.ly/4fj9FN3
As technological achievements continue to rock the world of work, it is important that employees don’t get lost in the transformation. Read more: How do you manage employees amid significant technological change? https://bit.ly/4bLrkKe
FraudSmart said most of these incidents were invoice redirection scams and has urged SMEs to review their payment policies and take steps to protect themselves. Read more: Irish SMEs lost €10m to email-related scams last year, report warns https://bit.ly/3XZCrMf
Graphcore will operate under the same name and become a SoftBank subsidiary as part of the deal, which could reverse fortunes for the troubled company. Read more: SoftBank acquires UK chipmaker Graphcore to focus on AI https://bit.ly/4bHH3dt
Apple will now let third-party wallet providers access NFC technology on iOS devices free of charge, without having to use a service like Apple Pay or Apple Wallet. Read more: Apple pledges to open iPhone ‘tap and go’ tech to rivals https://bit.ly/3zPoXIU
The investment under SFI-IRC Pathway will support early-career research across all disciplines and encourage a cohesive research ecosystem in Ireland. Read more: Irish Government invests €14.6m in 25 Irish research projects https://bit.ly/3Wfmal8
Silo AI creates open source multilingual large language models, such as Poro and Viking, on AMD platforms. Read more: AMD acquires Finnish start-up Silo AI for $665m https://bit.ly/3VXqO6c
Samsung announced two new foldable smartphones to create a ‘new frontier’ for Galaxy AI and is making a move into the niche smart ring market. Read more: Samsung Unpacked: AI and health take the focus https://bit.ly/4eY31eU
The Asian chipmaking giant that provides services to Nvidia and Apple has seen its revenue and market value steadily increase over the past year. Read more: TSMC enters trillion-dollar club amid soaring AI demand https://bit.ly/4eZjQ9b
Prof Uri Frank and his team conduct research around stem cells and the role that they play in development and regeneration. Read more: Galway researcher elected to prestigious scientific body https://bit.ly/4eZ8UIF
The new ‘all-of-Government’ service will bring together resources on more than 180 Government supports from various departments and state agencies. Read more: New hub gives SMEs better access to Government supports https://bit.ly/4eV9pDM
After years of delays, Europe’s new heavy-lift rocket made its inaugural flight yesterday, providing the main route to space for the continent’s scientific missions. Read more: Ariane 6 rocket’s successful launch puts Europe back in space https://bit.ly/460UZh9
Seven budding start-ups, including a former Start-up of the Week, will now work towards a Demo Day event in September where they will pitch their business ideas. Read more: NDRC reveals new MD and cohort for start-up accelerator https://bit.ly/3S38lnz
Jira is a powerful, yet easy-to-use software tool that enables people to plan, track and manage their workload. Read more: How to get started on Atlassian’s Jira https://bit.ly/3Ln0AEY
Founded by Conor Lyden in 2017, the former Start-up of the Week aims to become a market leader in trusted transactions across the globe. Read more: Cork fintech Trustap raises $5.5m led by TX Ventures https://bit.ly/3xTaStA
Even as Ireland remains ‘well off track’ in terms of meeting national and EU climate targets, fresh EPA figures show signs of promise. Read more: Ireland’s emissions were at a three-decade low last year https://bit.ly/3Y1lpO9
The company joins a host of other start-ups riding the generative AI wave, while A16z continues to bet big on the technology. Read more: AI start-up Hebbia raises $130m led by Andreessen Horowitz https://bit.ly/3S0VeDr
Dublin-based Réaltra has built two key technologies for the French-designed rocket: a video telemetry system and a global navigation satellite system. Read more: ESA rocket Ariane 6 carrying Irish tech set to launch https://bit.ly/3S0UWMR
In the pressure cooker environment of an important job interview, can you spot the difference between a relevant query and an unprofessional one designed to throw you? Read more: How to navigate awkward interview questions https://bit.ly/4bB8DsJ
Direct employment by IDA Ireland clients in 2023 was 300,583, accounting for 11pc of national employment according to the agency’s annual report for 2023. Read more: Slight dip in jobs and investments won by IDA Ireland this year https://bit.ly/3VSykiF
Cork pushed Kerry off the top spot as Ireland’s leading county for wind energy last month for the first time since WEI started publishing data at a county level. Read more: Kerry reclaims top wind energy producer title from Cork https://bit.ly/4cIgC8i
Workers have begun a three-day strike at the South Korean chipmaker over pay and other employee benefits. Read more: Samsung strike: What you need to know https://bit.ly/4eV0q5y
However, Epic wrote on X that Apple is still demanding Epic change the user interface in a future version. Read more: Apple approves Epic iOS app store after initial rejection https://bit.ly/3xNGxfU
Founded earlier this year, Jack Manning’s Safely was declared the Most Investable Start-Up at the Further Foundry accelerator finals last month. Read more: Safely: A suite of tools to find the sweet spot in fleet safety https://bit.ly/4cnfp6x
The new centre will focus on designing software for land mobile radio systems, which are commonly used by emergency services. Read more: Motorola Solutions to create 200 jobs at new R&D centre in Cork https://bit.ly/45XOoUE
The Fortnite developer claims Apple is in violation of EU rules as it prepares to launch an Epic Games Store on iOS in the ‘next couple of months’. Read more: Epic criticises Apple for ‘arbitrary’ rejection of its iOS store https://bit.ly/4cr7RzJ
If CEOs can recognise their own limitations and take breaks when necessary, the whole organisation benefits, says talent expert Barry Guiney. Read more: CEOs are not superheroes and they don’t need to be, says expert https://bit.ly/460eFBV
The world’s largest maker of memory chips, TVs and smartphone, Samsung has made a strong comeback after a profit plunge last year. Read more: Samsung expects 15-fold jump in profits as chip demand soars https://bit.ly/3WaG5li
Salesforce’s Paul O’Sullivan on why striking a balance between regulation and innovation is ‘critical’ for the AI revolution. Read more: ‘A company’s AI strategy is only as strong as its data strategy’ https://bit.ly/3W9vZRx
Defence and intelligence agencies in Australia will soon be able to use Amazon cloud services to securely host sensitive information. Read more: AWS to provide ‘top secret’ cloud services in Australia https://bit.ly/4bqev80
Canadian researchers and organisations can now participate in Horizon Europe, which funds research projects across a wide range of domains. Read more: Canada latest to join Horizon Europe research programme https://bit.ly/3VTpa5d