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With applications for the BioInnovate programme closing on February 4, we speak to its executive director Prof Martin O’ Halloran about the Stanford-affiliated initiative. Read more: BioInnovate on the look out for Irish medtech innovators

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Having spoken at the end of 2025 to a number of legal tech law firms leaders about their predictions for this year, Legal IT Insider has turned the microphone over to the vendor community, who have the advantage – albeit from their own lens – of deep insights gleaned from working with multiple private practice and in-house organisations. …
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AICertified have said that the majority of global employers now regard artificial intelligence as critical to their strategy, yet skill investment lags behind adoption. Read more: Irish edtech ‘creating global standard’ for AI skills secures €1m
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Research from The Conference Board highlights the challenges and opportunities for employees all across Europe. Read more: Ireland in top 3 of best European countries in which to hire, says report
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Luna plans to sell its first consumer cycling product, a rear-facing AI camera device paired with a smartphone app. Read more: Dublin’s Luna bags €1.5m to bring its AI safety camera to market
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Equal1 is behind Ireland’s first home-grown quantum processing unit, Bell-1, launched last March. Read more: Irish start-up Equal1 raises $60m to deploy its quantum tech
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Elon Musk’s xAI has finally bowed to international pressure and blocked Grok from creating the sexualised images which have flooded the X platform in recent weeks. Read more: Musk’s xAI bows to pressure and blocks Grok from ‘nudifying’ images
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According to Amazon Web Services, the European Sovereign Cloud will be ‘physically and logically separate’ from other AWS regions. Read more: AWS expanding in Belgium, Netherlands and Portugal, amid sovereign cloud launch
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The deal comes as both OpenAI and Cerebras are reportedly gearing up for fresh funding rounds. Read more: OpenAI inks AI chips deal with Nvidia challenger Cerebras
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From costing companies billions to becoming more autonomous, here’s what experts expect from agentic AI this year. Read more: Expectations from AI ramp up as investors eye returns in 2026