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Driving tourism, enabling corporate rewards and locking spend into the area are key aims for a newly launched gift card in Kilkenny. The Kilkenny Gift Card replaces the paper Kilkenny Gift Vouchers introduced in 2012 by Kilkenny Chamber, which have generated over €1.3 million in sales to date. A collaboration between Kilkenny Chamber and Kilkenny […]
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Jason Momoa stars as the iconic character in 'Supergirl,' in theaters June 26. Read more ›
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For the 20th anniversary of "High School Musical," director-choreographer Kenny Ortega opened up about pitching, casting, and filming the franchise. Read more ›
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Meta will no longer allow teens to chat with its AI chatbot characters in their present form. The company announced Friday that it will be "temporarily pausing teens’ access to existing AI characters globally."The pause comes months after Meta added chatbot-focused parental controls following reports that some of Meta's character chatbots had engaged in sexual conversations and other alarming interactions with teens. Reuters reported on an internal Meta policy document... Read more ›
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Personal Intelligence from Google connects Gemini AI to Gmail, Photos, and Search history, setting new standards for personal AI assistants. Read more ›
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Wind and solar power overtook fossil fuels last year as a source of electricity in the EU for the first time, a new report found. Semafor adds: The milestone was hit largely thanks to a rise in solar power, which generated a record 13% of electricity in the EU, according to Ember. Together, wind and solar hit 30% of EU electricity generation, edging out fossil fuels at 29%. The shift... Read more ›
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Trump’s attacks on bedrock environmental and climate laws are inherently fragile—and could reflect the president’s preference for political dominance over lasting change. Read more ›
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The Eastern U.S. is bracing for widespread outages this weekend as heavy snow and ice pummel the region. Read more ›
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In a memo to staff, chief human resources officer Melissa Kremer said the company is "listening and working to de-escalate where possible." Read more ›
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A Toronto man posed as a pilot for years in order to fool airlines into giving him hundreds of free flights, prosecutors have alleged, in a case that has prompted comparisons to the Hollywood thriller Catch Me If You Can. From a report: Authorities in Hawaii announced this week that Dallas Pokornik, 33, had been charged with wire fraud after he allegedly fooled three major US carriers into giving him... Read more ›
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The exchange shut its earlier effort under regulatory pressure, but the tokenization push is gaining fresh momentum, a report said. Read more ›
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Vimeo just got hit by a brutal round of layoffs, according to a report by Business Insider. Staffers are posting on various social media sites that the layoffs have impacted most of the company, including the entire video team. Vimeo is a video-hosting platform, so that sounds bad. “Yesterday, following Vimeo’s recent acquisition by a private equity firm, I learned that I, along with a large portion of the company,... Read more ›
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US Customs and Border Protection is paying General Dynamics to create prototype “quantum sensors,” to be used with an AI database to detect fentanyl and other narcotics. Read more ›
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Most of the US is bracing for a prolonged stretch of frigid weather and a massive winter storm that could wreak havoc on roads and power grids over the next several days. At least 170 million Americans are under winter weather alerts. "Bitterly cold temperatures and dangerously cold wind chills" will linger even after the […] Read more ›
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Trump Mobile's T1 phone is now said to ship in March, if it isn't delayed again. Read more ›
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It has once again been rumored that Apple might revive its chipmaking partnership with Intel, but the chips would be designed by Apple rather than Intel. In a research note today, obtained by MacRumors, GF Securities analyst Jeff Pu reiterated his expectation that Intel will begin supplying some Apple chips using its future 14A process, which is expected to be ready for mass production in 2028. Last month, Pu said... Read more ›
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TikTok has finalized a deal to sell parts of its US business. Oracle, Silver Lake, MGX, and Michael Dell are part of the consortium of new investors. Read more ›
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This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. The leaders of the three preeminent frontier AI labs spent this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, taking shots at each other like candidates in a […] Read more ›
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A new report claims that Alibaba's chip manufacturing business, T-head, is preparing to IPO. It's likely that Alibaba is pinning its hopes on T-head to raise capital for the company's domestic AI accelerator solutions, and to fund further infrastructure projects. Read more ›
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Pendulum Summit kicks off this Friday for the 12th year, founded by Irish International rugby player Frankie Sheahan and his wife, Norma Sheahan. This year, as always, the line-up packs a punch, with the keynote speaker being researcher and storyteller Brené Brown. Brené has spent two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy as a […] Read more ›
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Payoneer, the global financial technology company powering business growth across borders, has announced it has acquired Boundless, an Ireland-based Employer of Record (EOR) platform that helps companies seamlessly and compliantly employ people around the world. This acquisition marks another step in Payoneer’s strategy to deliver a comprehensive financial stack for small-and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that operate internationally. In 2024, Payoneer acquired Skuad, now rebranded […] Read more ›
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CloudCIX, in conjunction with AlloComp, will host AI FORWARD > Supercomputing the Future, a one-day open event at the CloudCIX data centre in Cork, home to the newly upgraded Boole Supercomputer. The event marks the deployment of Ireland’s first liquid-cooled NVIDIA B200 supercomputer, delivered by AlloComp in partnership with Dell Technologies, and provides an in-depth […] Read more ›
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Most leadership teams are trying to be responsible about AI. They want clearer rules and a clearer ROI story before they commit, guest article by Fahed Bizzari . The problem is that this assumes something that isn’t true. It assumes AI adoption can be paused until certainty arrives. It can’t. McKinsey’s 2025 State of AI […] Read more ›
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Munster Technological University (MTU) will host a major stakeholder workshop exploring the future of rural life and farming in Ireland on Friday, 20 February 2026, at its Bishopstown Campus. Titled “Strengthening Rural Life: From Farm to Community,” the free, public workshop will bring together policymakers, farmers, educators, innovators, community leaders and interested members of the […] Read more ›
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The tech skills gap is ever worsening in Ireland, with even large firms struggling to compete with multinationals to snaffle the best professionals. One person who knows all about this is Gillian Whelan, Managing Director and Country Manager of Emagine Ireland. Gillian has tackled the challenge of accessing specialised tech skills with a model she calls ‘Bestshoring’, bringing together bespoke, global teams for each project, using […] Read more ›
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Kingspan, the global leader in high-performance insulation and building envelope solutions, has partnered with the Big Life Foundation, a leading conservation organisation working to protect over 1.6 million acres of wilderness in the Greater Amboseli ecosystem of East Africa. The partnership reflects Kingspan’s commitment to delivering lasting positive impact for both people and the environment […] Read more ›
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Dell Technologies has announced new innovations for its PowerStore platform designed to help organisations address some of the biggest IT challenges head-on. Today’s businesses face unprecedented uncertainty while continuing to manage familiar challenges: exponential data growth, escalating cyber threats and zero-downtime expectations, all under pressure to do more with less. The latest PowerStore release introduces […] Read more ›
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HRLocker has announced findings from national research showing that 74% of Irish SMEs fear they would fail a surprise Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) inspection, raising concerns about widespread under?preparedness across the sector. The Irish SME HR Report, drawn from a 2025 survey of 400 HR professionals working in SMEs with 20–249 employees, reveals significant documentation […] Read more ›
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Provisional data from EirGrid, the operator and developer of Ireland’s electricity grid, shows that 44% of electricity in December came from renewable sources. According to EirGrid, demand for electricity usually peaks between 5pm and 6pm on winter evenings when people get home from work and put heating and other appliances on. On Christmas Day, however, […] Read more ›
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