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The smart doorbell provider faced blowback for its Super Bowl TV ad last Sunday. Read more: Ring cancels Flock deal amid controversy
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The company has announced that the expansion of roles will be across the board, impacting a wide range of departments. Read more: IBM to triple entry-level US hiring, with roles reimagined for AI era
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The AI giant announced a revenue run rate of $14bn – up from $0 three years ago, and $9bn two months ago. Read more: Anthropic raises $30bn led by GIC, Coatue at $380bn valuation
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CEO Mike Doustdar told Bloomberg its Athlone site will make the drug for non-US markets. Read more: Novo Nordisk plans Irish expansion to manufacture Wegovy

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With the Legalweek conference fast approaching, we know that you will join us in congratulating Vicki LaBrosse on being promoted to managing director of Edge Marketing, the agency behind The Edge Room virtual press room at Legalweek. Edge Marketing specialises in strategic marketing and public relations for the legal, accounting and professional services industries.…
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From automating in industry and manufacturing to space-tech, Irish robotics start-ups making a name for themselves. Read more: 8 Irish robotics start-ups you should know about
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The report found that in an economy close to full employment, failing to fully utilise the advanced digital capability of women in the labour market is unsustainable. Read more: Report: Ireland has Europe’s largest digital skills gender gap

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OpenAI is reaching out to enterprise clients to perform early testing of ‘Skills’ in ChatGPT, bringing closer the prospect of another general-purpose AI platform providing standardised, repeatable legal workflow capabilities. Skills are reusable task bundles (instructions plus optional files/code) that can be applied automatically and teach AI how to do a specific repeatable task or workflow. They are available in OpenAI’s Codex…
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A court upheld an October decision to suspend the company’s Chinese CEO Zhang Xuezheng. Read more: Netherlands to probe Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia
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The programme offers third level students practical work experience at Ireland’s national marine research and development agency. Read more: Marine Institute seeking applicants for 2026 Bursary Programme