Tech

The group is threatening more leaks unless a ransom is paid. It also wants parents to sue the nursery. Read more: Hackers demand ransom, leak children’s data in UK nursery cyberattack

Kathlyn O’Neil, discusses her experience in the Leap technology Programme and how the sector is evolving to require significantly advanced skills. Read more: ‘AI and ML the main focus in tech right now’

D-wave’s Murray Thom tells SiliconRepublic.com that the tech is not just a thing of the future. Read more: D-wave lead on how quantum is already transforming industries

The expansion is largely focused outside of the US, with a number of locations, for example Australia, Singapore and India, recruiting country leads. Read more: AI start-up Anthropic to triple workforce in major global expansion

Ireland has officially endorsed the Semicon Declaration which was formally presented to the European Commission this morning.  Read more: EU member states endorse Semicon Declaration ahead of EU Chips Act review

Ireland’s start-up ecosystem is growing, but more can be done, finds a new Ibec report. Read more: Ibec demands better start-up funding support, access to talent

EU targets to protect biodiversity on farmland fall way short of what’s needed, finds new research by Trinity’s Prof Jane Stout and colleagues. Read more: Pollinators need double EU target to recover on farmland, study finds

‘This is a foundational step toward building robots that can navigate the complexities of the physical world with intelligence and dexterity,’ said DeepMind’s Carolina Parada. Read more: Google DeepMind adds agentic AI models to robots