Tech

Murmurs of BYD overtaking Tesla first surfaced a few years ago when the Musk-owned EV maker felt its first sales hiccup. Read more: China’s BYD topples Tesla as top battery EV seller

By Neville Hawcock, RSGI Many people see a new year as an opportunity for change. But ContractPodAi is making a fresher start than most: from today it wants to be known as Leah. If the name is a familiar one, that is because Leah is the legal tech firm’s agentic AI platform, launched in…

Which tech skills could give you the best foundation for an exciting and successful professional year? Read more: Trendy tech skills to prioritise in 2026

The figure shows that in 2025 Ireland’s labour market experienced sustained employment growth, rising labour force participation and record job numbers. Read more: Irish employment up by more than 61,000 in first three quarters of 2025

Meta continues its billion-dollar investments into AI with an agreement to acquire the much hyped Chinese-founded start-up Manus. Read more: Meta acquires Chinese-founded Manus for over $2bn in AI push

The funding was announced late last month and is expected to help provide more than 200 training courses and 3,000 engagements in the country. Read more: €23m boost for Irish innovation hubs as EU programme enters second leg

Professors Barry O’Sullivan and V S Subrahmanian discuss the value of a AI-powered drone defence system paired with human judgement. Read more: Opinion: Why Ireland needs human-AI drone defence

Scott Brame of Clemson University discusses the two North Poles and how they aren’t the same. Read more: The North Pole keeps moving – how does that affect Santa’s travel and yours?

SETU’s Rob O’Connor talks academic podcasting, disinformation and the ethics of AI. Read more: ‘Sorting signal from noise’: Academic podcasting in an age of excess