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An AI bovine scanner, a slurry emissions cutting mechanism and a herd monitoring app were honoured at yesterday’s contest. Read more: Cork’s ScanInsights bags top EI prize at national ploughing
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Rachel Murphy discusses the importance of knowing that new and different ventures often require out of the box thinking. Read more: Real leadership is knowing when to step back and when to go for it
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Photonics gets brought into the spotlight with a new European education network. Read more: Photonics education network gets €5m EU funding to build skills
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The report shows that men are twice as likely as women are to enter into a STEM career. Read more: ‘Encouragement gap’ blocking women in STEM, finds Engineers Ireland survey
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‘We continually evaluate our real estate footprint to ensure we are operating efficiently’, the company said, hinting at a possible reason behind the closure. Read more: US finance giant BNY to close Cork office employing 200
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The agritech start-up’s latest raise will be used to expand its virtual fencing tech to pastures new in Europe and North America. Read more: Agritech Nofence raises €30m to expand virtual fencing system
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The team quickly developed computer models to estimate Covid-19 spread and informed policies to control it. Read more: Insight centre scientists awarded for Covid response tool
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The new feature will enable users to send and receive money ‘as easily as sending a text, across apps, borders and currencies’. Read more: PayPal launches new peer-to-peer payment feature
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We can expect a flurry of tech announcements in the coming days as Donald Trump visits the UK, reportedly accompanied by Nividia and OpenAI CEOs. Google is first out of the blocks. Read more: Google announces £5bn UK investment as details of UK-US ‘tech pact’ awaited
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The new deal could bring the platform’s ownership to the US, treasury secretary Scott Bessent said. Read more: US, China nearly finalise deal on TikTok