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Quantum and semiconductors are on the top of EIC’s priority list for deep-tech innovation. Read more: IQM, Zadient get first equity funds under EIC STEP scheme

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Photo: Caroline Hill In the unusually beautiful setting of Chateau Canet in Carcassonne, France, circa 40 legal tech leaders gathered last week (19-21 November) for an inaugural IT conference, where the focus was on networking, learning, and wine tasting. Run by former Milbank IT director Annette Brown and Roy Harris, who some of you…
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‘At this stage it is too early to say who did this, and why, but we are investigating to see if any data has been compromised,’ read a joint statement from the RBKC and WCC. Read more: Multiple London councils disrupted by suspected cyberattack
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Partsol founder Dr Darryl Williams explains why he thinks the EU’s new proposals to soften the AI Act could harm Ireland’s hard-won tech leadership. Read more: Opinion: EU’s AI Act backtrack threatens Ireland’s lead in trusted tech
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WMG has also sold Songkick, its live music and concert-discovery platform to Suno. Read more: Warner Music, Suno strike AI music deal, settle copyright lawsuit
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The funds will be used to scale the organisation and accelerate its technologies for use in the US. Read more: Galway medtech SymPhysis Medical awarded $1.25m grant
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The €750m Inspire investment package was launched today, with an ambition to ‘transform research infrastructure across Ireland’s higher education sector’. Read more: €750m ‘Inspire’ investment aims to transform Ireland’s research infrastructure

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What are the practical strategies that firms are taking to modernise compliance decision making, and how are they are driving a compliance-first culture? What role will AI have in meeting compliance challenges? These were some of the questions we broached in a webinar with our host OneAdvanced, where we were joined by OneAdvanced’s product…
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Highlights include Ubotica, Réaltra, ÉireComposites and Proveye, just to name a few. Read more: Irish space companies bag record €24m in ESA contracts in 2024
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These eight women are creating new and exciting innovations in the deep-tech sector. Read more: 8 dynamic women to watch in the deep-tech space