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Legal expert Prof Jacqueline Peel from the University of Melbourne sums up the wins and losses at this year’s global climate conference. Read more: COP30: Was any progress made to fight the climate crisis?

Rent the Runway’s Ashwin Ram Kumar discusses the ins and outs of a career in the vibrant technology sector. Read more: ‘I thrive on solving complex problems,’ says full-stack engineer

AI One helps enterprise AI models contextualise by connecting to existing systems to extract context from fragmented data.   Read more: Irish-founded start-up AI One raises $11m to tackle AI context gap

Alphabet climbed close to a $4trn valuation yesterday as markets were enthusiastic about reports of a potential deal with Meta for Google’s TPU AI chips. Read more: Alphabet heads for $4trn valuation on reports Meta to buy Google AI chips

The space will act as the new European headquarters, aiming to attract top Irish talent and bolster Dublin as a hub of innovation. Read more: E-commerce CarGurus expanding its Dublin operation

‘Opus 4.5 is a step forward in what AI systems can do,’ claims Anthropic. Read more: Anthropic targets coding dominance with the new Claude Opus 4.5

If you have an excellent command of English, an eagle eye for accuracy and a journalism qualification, we might have just the job for you at Silicon Republic. Read more: We’re hiring: Silicon Republic is looking for a copy editor/writer

Zsuzsanna Dancso of the University of Sydney discusses how the institution promoted stronger female participation in its mathematics programme. Read more: How one uni achieved greater maths gender diversity in just five years

Luminance today (24 November) formally announced the launch of its AI Certification Pathway, which provides university students with access to Luminance’s platform as well as legal training materials, webinars and assessments. The certification is delivered through a partnership with universities and the first cohort of partners includes The University of Law, the UK’s largest…