Early Stage MedTech Venture Named Winner of NovaUCD’s 2023 Student Enterprise Competition
NovaUCD announced exVal, an early stage MedTech venture, as the overall winner of the 2023 NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition and a €5,000 cash prize. exVal is focused on addressing the…
Irish Cyber Security Technology Start-Up Launches €900,000 Crowdfunding Campaign
Binarii Labs, an Irish cyber security technology start-up headquartered at NovaUCD, today announced the launch of a €900,000 crowdfunding campaign via the Spark Crowdfunding platform. The funding will be used by the company to…
Irish Agritech Start-Up Secures €750,000 in Funding to Commercialise Automatic Weighing Device for Beef Production Sector
StrongBó Agritech, an Irish start-up, today announced that it has closed a €750,000 seed funding round to enable the company to commercialise its Automatic Animal Weighing device, a hardware-enabled software solution,…
Irish cleantech company creates 15 new roles in sustainability on back of UK expansion
Exergyn, an Irish industry-leading cleantech company, has today announced the creation of 15 new roles in line with the opening of its new office in Rugby, Eastern Warwickshire, England. It…
Dublin Tech Summit: Cyber Awareness and AI talk
Over eight thousand people attended Ireland’s largest tech conference, Dublin Tech Summit, which occurred earlier this month. The two-day affair focused on connecting the world’s most innovative companies between Ireland, the rest…
Google, one of AI’s biggest backers, warns own staff about chatbots
By Jeffrey Dastin and Anna Tong SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc is cautioning employees about how they use chatbots, including its own Bard, at the same time as it…
LinkedIn to test ad product for video streaming services
By Jaspreet Singh (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp-owned LinkedIn said on Thursday it was working on a video advertising product that would allow marketers to target users of the professional networking…
UK self-driving car dreams could break down at the starting line
By Nick Carey and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Britain could lose out on investments in autonomous vehicles (AVs) and see startups shift testing elsewhere if promised laws to regulate…
EU approves $8.7 billion of state aid for tech innovation projects
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission has approved 8.1 billion euros ($8.7 billion) of state aid for microelectronics and communication technology projects as part of the…
Majority of EU countries against network fee levy on Big Tech, sources say
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A majority of EU countries have rejected a push by Europe’s big telecoms operators to force major tech companies such as Google to…