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Harvey today (6 October) announced a €50 million strategic investment from EQT Growth to further support the company’s international expansion efforts. Patrick McBride, managing director at EQT, said: “At EQT we have the privilege of backing some of the world’s best technology businesses. Having looked at the AI professional services market in great detail,…
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Research shows that women currently make up less than one-quarter of professionals in the STEM space. Read more: Fidelity Investments and DCU to collab on project targeting STEM gender gap

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Epiq announced today (6 October) that it has acquired First Watch Data Breach Solutions from First Watch Technologies in a significant milestone for Epiq’s Cyber Incident Response Team. Epiq says that the acquisition reinforces and expands the team’s ability to deliver the most complete end-to-end notification and monitoring services across North America, UK, EMEA,…
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For Niamh Rooney at Rent the Runway, the HR role navigates a fine line between problem-solving and giving others the skills and support they need to progress independently. Read more: The HR balancing act as it shifts towards empowering others
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The trio of new Nobel laureates were awarded the prize for their research on the immune system and how it tolerates our own tissues. Read more: Nobel Prize awarded to trio for immune tolerance research
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According to Amazon, Ireland is one of the first countries in Europe rolling out its satellite internet service. Read more: Green light for Amazon’s Project Kuiper at National Space Centre Cork
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As early reviews of the new Sora video generator app cited numerous uses of copyrighted figures, OpenAI has already rowed back on its copyright stance. Read more: Pikachu instrumental in OpenAI copyright U-turn on Sora app?
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Ardian will purchase Energia Group from I Squared Capital, which acquired the company in 2016 for €1bn. Read more: French private equity firm Ardian to acquire Energia
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As well as keeping cool on the moon, the start-up is developing tech for the AI data centre boom. Read more: Space-tech Enovus Labs opens cool expanded lab in TU Dublin

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Agentic AI is everywhere in legal – at least, that’s what the press releases would have us believe. In Legal IT Insider’s latest TalkingTech webinar, editor Caroline Hill brought together Definely’s chief revenue officer Rhys Hodkinson and head of AI Sigurjón Ísaksson for a candid conversation on the rise of agentic AI and how law firms…