Tech

The project hopes to enable a new generation of intelligent, energy-aware networks with the capacity to learn and adapt in real time. Read more: Trinity and Adapt to lead new AI mobile and wireless integration project

In a major private equity buy out deal, life science giant Thermo Fisher Scientific will pay up to $9.4bn cash to acquire drug trial data software firm Clario. Read more: Thermo Fisher acquires drug trial software firm Clario for up to $9.4bn

Bending Spoons plans to ‘invest significantly’ into AOL, calls it a ‘beloved business’ in ‘good health’. Read more: Bending Spoons to acquire AOL: Is it finally time for a comeback?

Global tech services and solutions provider Presidio confirmed this afternoon it is to acquire Dublin’s Ergo in a deal reported to be worth $100m. Read more: Presidio to acquire Dublin’s Ergo as it eyes European growth

‘Innovation happens when you bring people together,’ says BioDirect project lead Stephen Barry-Hannon. Read more: BioDirect 2.0 launches to boost Irish circular bioeconomy innovation

UL’s Prof Donna O’Shea discusses the importance of cyber resilience in interconnected systems and why digital sovereignty is central to cybersecurity. Read more: Why cybersecurity is more vital than ever in digital engineering

A UCD-born project uncovers more about Ireland’s peatlands than previously known. Now the team hopes to help authorities with regeneration efforts. Read more: AI2Peat: UCD’s tech-driven effort to restore Irish peatlands

Bloomberg reports that the Commission hopes to eventually grow the fund to €25bn. Read more: EU teams up with private investors for multibillion-euro scale-up fund

As a Zeiss reference site, the university will host system demonstrations and training and joint research initiatives with partners across Ireland and abroad. Read more: In European first, Zeiss selects University of Galway as site for imaging tech