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Regardless of your field, you aren’t going to get too far without an arsenal of soft skills, but which ones should you prioritise? Read more: What are the must-have soft skills for the year ahead?
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AI litigation platform Crimson has today (8 January) published its Litigation AI Playbook 2026, setting out how artificial intelligence is now being used across the lifecycle of disputes, examining its impact on early case assessment through advocacy, pricing, professional conduct and judicial expectations. Over the past year, Crimson’s CEO Mark Feldner says the company spoken with more than 200 litigation partners, innovation…
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More than 230m people globally ask health and wellness-related questions on ChatGPT every week, OpenAI said. Read more: OpenAI tries tackling privacy concerns with new ChatGPT Health
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The acquisition will enable Amgen to further its research and improve the development of cancer-targeting treatments. Read more: Biotech Amgen acquires UK-based Dark Blue Therapeutics in $840m deal
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Reports suggest Anthropic is raising $10bn, making it one of the most valuable start-ups in the world, as the appetite for AI investment continues unabated. Read more: Claude maker Anthropic to raise $10bn round at $350bn valuation – reports
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Created by academic experts, Segotia is an audio integration maker for hearables. Read more: US firm Ozlo buys Galway’s Segotia to innovate sleep wearables
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The second episode of The Leaders’ Room season four features Graham Abell, VP of software engineering and Ireland site lead at Workday. This series is created in partnership with IDA Ireland. Read more: The Leaders’ Room: Scaling with purpose with Workday’s Graham Abell

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The US legal market in 2025 celebrated record profits while standing on increasingly unstable ground, Thomson Reuters’ 2026 state of the market report out today (7 January) finds. The average law firm celebrated 13% profit growth in 2025 and demand surged to the best year of growth since the global financial crisis (GFC). Technology spend…
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The funding round comes at the same time as the announcement of an additional 130 jobs within the organisation. Read more: Galway’s Luminate expanding home cancer treatments amid raise of $21m in funds
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The funding round comes at the same time as the announcement of an additional 130 jobs within the organisation. Read more: Galway’s Luminate Medical raises $21m, plans 130 jobs