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Global tech services and solutions provider Presidio confirmed this afternoon it is to acquire Dublin’s Ergo in a deal reported to be worth $100m. Read more: Presidio to acquire Dublin’s Ergo as it eyes European growth

‘Innovation happens when you bring people together,’ says BioDirect project lead Stephen Barry-Hannon. Read more: BioDirect 2.0 launches to boost Irish circular bioeconomy innovation

UL’s Prof Donna O’Shea discusses the importance of cyber resilience in interconnected systems and why digital sovereignty is central to cybersecurity. Read more: Why cybersecurity is more vital than ever in digital engineering

A UCD-born project uncovers more about Ireland’s peatlands than previously known. Now the team hopes to help authorities with regeneration efforts. Read more: AI2Peat: UCD’s tech-driven effort to restore Irish peatlands

Bloomberg reports that the Commission hopes to eventually grow the fund to €25bn. Read more: EU teams up with private investors for multibillion-euro scale-up fund

As a Zeiss reference site, the university will host system demonstrations and training and joint research initiatives with partners across Ireland and abroad. Read more: In European first, Zeiss selects University of Galway as site for imaging tech

As more users use their AI chatbots to source purchases, PayPal has struck a deal with OpenAI to enable instant payment within ChatGPT. Read more: PayPal to be first payment wallet in ChatGPT in agentic commerce boost

The partnership ‘marks the beginning of the AI-native wireless era’, the companies said. Read more: Nvidia bets on AI-native 5G, 6G with $1bn stake in Nokia

In deep tech, the important breakthroughs don’t happen over night, says founder Chelsea Williams. Read more: The deep-tech founder growing the thermoelectric materials sector