Wikipedia does not trust artificial intelligence enough to let it play a direct role in editing articles on its platform, co-founder Jimmy Wales told AFP on Monday. The problem of AI ‘hallucinations’ – in which fabricated output is confidently presented – has been reduced with newer AI models but remains “very, very bad”, Wales said [&hellip

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Online spending is expected to reach an all-time high of $26.3 billion (€23 billion) during Amazon’s 12th annual Prime Day event. According to data from Adobe, this represents a 9% increase compared to last July’s sale. Due to rising fuel costs, many customers are expected to prioritise discounts on household essentials and clothing for the [&hellip

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After its sizeable stock market flotation, SpaceX is preparing to tap the bond market. The company is looking to raise at least $20 billion dollars in debt, possibly as early as this week, reported The Wall Street Journal. According to sources, the underwriters were in talks with potential investors on Monday, aiming to possibly set [&hellip

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Cloudflare has brought Mozilla, Google and Microsoft on board for a new protocol that must demonstrate that web traffic can be trusted, without identifying or tracking the user. The tech companies are jointly going to develop the so‑called Private Access Control Tokens system (PACT). Its purpose is twofold: to remove the irritating clicking work of [&hellip

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The Employment and Recruitment Federation (ERF) has called on Government to use Budget 2027 to fund a National Artificial Intelligence Academy and a major expansion of workforce training, rather than let an surplus estimated at €1.8 billion in the National Training Fund go unspent. The National Training Fund is built from a levy on employers. [&hellip

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Auralink has today been announced as the overall winner of the 2026 NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition, an intensive four-week accelerator programme for emerging student entrepreneurs at University College Dublin (UCD). Auralink is focused on developing an AI-powered assistive technology platform using smart glasses to enhance safety and independence for people with visual impairments. By combining [&hellip

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US President Donald Trump has revised his position on Anthropic, stating in a conversation with news website Axios that he no longer considers the AI company a threat to national security. This marks a significant reversal from earlier this year, when the US government officially designated the company as a security risk, a move that [&hellip

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Kildare County Council has announced a new partnership with EnergyCloud, a charity that uses innovative solutions to divert otherwise wasted renewable energy to homes, and Microsoft to deliver an initiative that will provide 200 households with hot water using surplus renewable electricity. The scheme, which is being rolled out in County Kildare for the first [&hellip

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Equinix has trialled its first-ever deployment of a hydrogen power unit for data centre critical back-up systems in Ireland. The trial installation is in collaboration with ESB and GeoPura. It marks a significant step in the exploration of hydrogen as a back-up power resource for large energy users (LEUs), which could potentially replace diesel and [&hellip

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Teachers are adopting digital tools and artificial intelligence in the classroom, but many are doing so without the training, support, or safeguards needed to use them effectively according to a survey by managed service provider Cusken Sync IT. The research, based on a sample of 109 primary and secondary school teachers across Ireland, revealed that [&hellip

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Cyber-attacks are costing Irish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) up to €3.4 billion annually, but the greatest impact is not from major one-off breaches. Instead, repeated day-to-day cyber disruption is driving many losses, according to new research from eir business. The report, The Hidden Cost of Cyber Risk, which was supported by Microsoft and Dr [&hellip

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News broke this week that Tesco, Britain’s Brobdingnagian supermarket chain, is to undertake a likely painful migration of its virtualisation platform, leaving VMware for an unspecified alternative. Maybe Broadcom, which swallowed VMware whole in 2023, jacking up licensing costs by what customers could be forgiven for calling near-infinite levels was not such a smart idea [&hellip

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Apple is reportedly working on integrating miniature cameras into its AirPods, with a potential launch planned for the end of 2027. These built-in sensors are not intended as traditional photography tools, but as visual input for Siri. By using Apple’s Visual Intelligence technology, the AI assistant will be able to interpret the user’s environment and [&hellip

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Security experts at the UK company Mindgard have discovered that the current version of ChatGPT can be manipulated into producing violent and sexually explicit images. Using a widely used prompt, the researchers successfully bypassed the system’s restrictions. That prompt was originally intended for humour, with only a slight adjustment. OpenAI stated that it has since [&hellip

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When is the right time to do something, make a change, embark on a course of action? It’s something we have all agonised over at some point in our lives. Sometimes we get it right, sometimes we don’t. There are times when doing something isn’t the problem, the issue is the timing of when we [&hellip

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In a week where the latest Mythos AI model managed a full company network takeover, we hear why AI leaders went to the G7 begging for regulation. Plus, we give our verdict on the trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning, dive into why Anthropic is facing a court case over ‘tokenmaxxing’ usage limits, and [&hellip

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Almost three-quarters (74%) of adults are in favour of a social media ban for under-16s according to Pure Telecom’s Connected Lives 2026 survey and comes as the UK this week announced plans to ban social media for under-16s. The survey of 1,000 adults conducted by Censuswide explored Internet usage and trends in Ireland. The survey [&hellip

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The US is blocking Anthropic Fable and Mythos 5 for foreigners is fundamentally wrong, mediaeval practices, according to former chief AI scientist at Meta Yann LeCun. Speaking at the Vivatech trade fair in Paris, he compared the move to banning the printing press, with mediaeval practices to keep the people stupid. “When the printing press [&hellip

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Healthtech start-up Enoda has launched a novel platform to deliver real-world mobility data to global pharmaceutical, medtech and clinical research partners. The data will enable them to gain unprecedented insight into how their therapies impact patient mobility in everyday life. For patients with conditions like Parkinson’s, MS, and COPD, mobility is a vital aspect of [&hellip

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They can mix cocktails, run marathons and fold laundry. But humanoid robots are still a long way from doing lots of different jobs on command, whatever the marketing says. The gap was easy to spot at the Robotics Summit in Boston in late May. The glossy brochures promised one thing. The people who actually build [&hellip

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DeepSeek has grown into the most highly valued artificial intelligence start-up in China after a major first funding round that brought in more than $7.4 billion (€6.4 billion). That capital injection has pushed the company’s valuation above the $50 billion mark (€43 billion). A substantial share of this total came from the founder, Liang Wenfeng, [&hellip

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The Bar of Ireland has announced the formal selection of Newcode as its AI provider, appointing the legal Agentic AI platform to deliver a dedicated AI service for Irish barristers following a rigorous evaluation process. Newcode was chosen after outperforming major international competitors, marking a significant step in The Bar of Ireland’s approach to responsible, [&hellip

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Currenxie, the global financial platform for borderless businesses, has been officially granted Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) participant status by the European Payments Council (EPC). Currenxie joins a select group of international financial institutions with direct access to SEPA, becoming one of the few fintech platforms to complete the adherence process with the EPC and [&hellip

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In association with BeSecure Online BIMI inbox branding transforms your e-mail security into real business results, making it the gold standard for marketing and email marketing. When your BIMI (brand indicators for message identification) logo shows up next to your e-mails, customers get a clear message: “This is really us, and it’s safe to engage.” [&hellip

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OpenAI’s spending reached $34 billion (€29 billion) last year. This massive investment reflects the company’s strategy to secure a leading position in the rapidly growing AI sector. Verified financial data reviewed by the Financial Times showed that the organisation spent around $19 billion (€16 billion) on research and development, while sales, marketing and general operating [&hellip

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Apple has already had several conflicts with the European Union over competition rules, and now yet another investigation is looming. The Italian competition authority has opened an inquiry into whether Apple is giving its own cloud service, iCloud, an unfair advantage over competing cloud storage services. The findings will also be forwarded to the European [&hellip

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Consumers recycled a record 21.1 million electronic and electrical waste items in Ireland in 2025, up from 18.8 million in 2024, new data shows. However, despite the record performance, the country’s largest e-waste recycling scheme warned that the European measurement system fails to capture the full picture of the nation’s recycling progress. Waste Electrical & [&hellip

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Sponsored content The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), operational arm of the Department of the Justice, Home Affairs and Migration is responsible for leading in the management of major cyber security incidents across government. It is also tasked with providing guidance and advice to citizens and businesses on major cyber security incidents and developing strong [&hellip

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Landmark Technologies, an Irish provider of IT and cybersecurity services, has appointed Adrian Kelly as sales and marketing director. In this role, he will lead the commercial function of the business and help to steer the company through a new phase of expansion. Kelly will be responsible for driving growth into new market segments and [&hellip

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Integrity360 added Venari’s Adaptive Cryptographic Intelligence Platform, to its managed security service offering. The partnership will support organisations in moving beyond one-off discovery exercises and towards a more continuous approach to cryptographic risk management. This includes helping clients discover and understand cryptographic assets and dependencies; identify weak, legacy or potentially non-compliant cryptographic implementations; build visibility [&hellip

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A new healthcare innovation that aims to predict which concussion patients are most at risk of prolonged recovery has been unveiled at the 2026 BioInnovate Ireland Symposium in Galway. Developed during the BioInnovate Ireland programme at University of Galway, and supported by Enterprise Ireland, BrainForecast is an AI-powered digital health solution designed to address one [&hellip

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For the first time since 2021, Nvidia is returning to the corporate bond market with the aim of raising at least $20 billion (€17 billion). This financial step involves the issuance of bonds in seven different categories, with maturities ranging from two to 30 years. According to sources familiar with the transaction, the bonds with [&hellip

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News consumers around the world are now turning more to social media and video platforms than traditional outlets for information, a report said Tuesday. The year 2026 marks “a significant milestone: for the first time, social media and video network consumption is now ahead of other news sources as the most widely used source of [&hellip

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The American media group Fox Corporation has announced that it intends to acquire the streaming platform and streaming device manufacturer Roku for around $22 billion, which amounts to $160 per Roku share. The acquisition still needs to be approved by regulators and shareholders. Fox chief executive Lachlan Murdoch described the deal as an important moment [&hellip

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The French AI lab Mistral is reportedly talking to investors about a capital injection of three billion euros at a valuation of €20 billion. News agency Bloomberg reported this shortly before the weekend on the basis of anonymous sources. The money would be on top of the €4 billion previously raised. The French are building [&hellip

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The British government has drawn a line in the sand: no more social media and live streams for children up to 16. Parents are getting back control over their responsibilities, argues Prime Minister Keir Starmer. “Children are getting their childhood back. Less time for scrolling, more for playing”, is the resounding message from London. Access [&hellip

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There is a clear wipe-out taking place among news sites, as British figures show. AI search is siphoning off so much traffic that the top 20 news sites in England lost 26% of their traffic over the past year. Compared to last month, the weighted decline amounts to 8%, according to figures from Press Gazette. [&hellip

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OpenText, an Ontario, Canada, headquartered global leader in data management for enterprise AI, have announced a €105 million investment that will create 400 new jobs across the company’s sites in Ireland over the next three years. The commitment, which doubles OpenText’s investment in Ireland, will significantly expand the company’s agentic AI, cyber security, sovereign cloud, [&hellip

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CameraMatics, a company supported by SETU Xcelerate, has secured a €49 million investment to fuel the next phase of its international expansion and ongoing product innovation. The Irish technology company, which uses artificial intelligence to improve safety and efficiency across commercial vehicle fleets, secured a significant growth investment from a consortium led by Blume Equity, [&hellip

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Jeff Bezos has returned to a CEO role, an experience he described as as “Type 2 fun” in an interview with CNBC. This is his first official operational leadership position since he handed over the reins at Amazon in 2021. The 62-year-old billionaire is now co-CEO of AI start-up Prometheus and runs the company with [&hellip

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