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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 1h
OpenAI has today intends to create 200 new jobs in Ireland. The successful candidates will join the workforce at the new Dublin-based Applied AI Lab, which is also the EU headquarters.
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OpenAI to create 200 Ireland-based roles at new EU headquarters
OpenAI is set to create 200 new jobs in Ireland, alongside the 250 that have already been announced for the new Applied AI lab.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 2h
Allison Faix and Samantha Duncan of Coastal Carolina University discuss the easy steps researchers can take to ensure that their work is accurate.
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Top tips for double checking AI info in your academic research
If you are using AI to research within your academia career, here are some tips to ensure that you do so accurately and efficiently.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 2h
BMS’ Jack Kneafsey offers his advice on how young people and career starters can maximise the intern experience.
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How can habits and technical skill ground people beginning their careers?
There are a range of positive habits and technical skills that interns can glean from an early-career programme.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 5h
Japan’s financial regulator has asked banks to protect themselves against fraud after a series of cyberattacks rattled the country in recent years.
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Japan declares cyber ‘emergency’ after millions affected in hacks
The head of the National Cybersecurity Strategy Headquarters Masaaki Taira called the situation a “state of emergency in [the] cyberspace”.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 7h
Check out today’s Daily Brief for the latest sci-tech news, including: Tines plans 100 new Dublin jobs Irish AI firms raised nearly €950m from VCs since 2025 FIT unveils plan to upskill 400,000 people in AI by 2030 ...and more! mailchi.mp/siliconrepub...
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Tines plans 100 new Dublin jobs
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 8h
Through the FIT’s AI Training Centre of Excellence, learners can engage with AI education, training and certification opportunities.
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FIT unveils plan to upskill 400,000 people in AI by 2030
FIT has ambitions of upskilling 400,000 individuals by 2030, so they can meet the needs of an AI-focused and skilled workforce.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 9h
Irish AI companies have raised nearly €950m in venture funding since the start of 2025, but consistent with previous findings, funding is largely concentrated among later-stage companies.
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PitchBook: Irish AI firms nabbed nearly €950m from VCs since 2025
Consistent with previous findings, VC funding into AI is largely going to fewer, larger rounds in more established companies.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 10h
Following 100 new US jobs announced in March, Tines is now doubling down on Dublin with a hiring drive across all company teams.
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Irish AI unicorn Tines plans 100 new Dublin jobs
Over half of the 100 new roles will be entry-level, as Tines opens a new Dublin headquarters later this year.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Featured Employer of the Week: Amgen. Explore Life at Amgen 🔗 vist.ly/5mqm5 Watch the full video interview: Supporting mentorship, leadership and culture at Amgen 🔗 vist.ly/5mqm6
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How does mentorship impact a professional’s career longevity?
Amgen's experts explore the importance of mentorship to career longevity and the impact it can have on a professional's overall experience.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Marine Institute’s Dr Niall McDonough outlines why Europe needs to strengthen its ocean knowledge systems to help the region ‘adapt, compete and lead’.
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Why Europe needs to invest in ocean intelligence
The Marine Institute’s Dr Niall McDonough outlines why Europe needs to strengthen its ocean knowledge systems to help the region ‘adapt, compete and lead’.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Anthropic is expanding its cyber defence programme with new tools to scan open source projects and a collaborative mission that brings its security expertise to big businesses.
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Anthropic expands AI security plans for critical infrastructure
Anthropic launches an OSS scanner and a collaborative mission that brings its security expertise to big businesses.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
According to the study, the rare, naturally found 15N15N isotopologue can be used to determine the amount of nitrogen production in water, offering scientists a new tool to improve water-quality assessments and estimate global nitrogen budgets.
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Rare nitrogen molecule could be key to better water quality testing
Scientists, including UCD experts, have found a new way to improve water-quality assessments using a rare form of nitrogen gas.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Deloitte’s Nicola Flannery discusses how we can contribute to the creation of a safer online world for young people and the wider community.
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How can Deloitte’s CyberSafe Kids report create a secure ecosystem?
Deloitte's Nicola Flannery explores the results of the CyberSafe Kids report and how changes might better protect children and young people.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Check out today’s Daily Brief for the latest sci-tech news, including: Italy’s foreign ministry website hit by cyberattack European start-up VC sees best quarter in four years Google launches workplace AI agent ...and more! mailchi.mp/siliconrepub...
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Italy’s foreign ministry website hit by cyberattack
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Career strategist and talent consultant Elizabeth Lenihan discusses how AI skills and knowledge can amplify the graduate experience, but only when implemented correctly.
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How might artificial intelligence impact the graduate experience?
Career strategist Elizabeth Lenihan explores how students and graduates can utilise AI and other advanced skills in their early careers.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In a bid to keep pace with competitors in the artificial intelligence sector, Alphabet’s Google has announced the launch of a new Gemini agent, designed for the workplace.
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Google launches workplace AI agent in bid to keep pace with rivals
Google Gemini has launced a new enterprise-focused AI agent, to make workplace tasks more efficient and less laborious.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Crunchbase: European start-up VC sees best quarter in 4 years – again
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Crunchbase: European start-up VC sees best quarter in four years – again
Europe’s start-up scene recently enjoyed its best quarter for venture funding in four years, according to business data tracking platform Crunchbase.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The situation is under constant monitoring, while cyber experts are also carrying out security checks across Italian diplomatic and consular missions worldwide for similar infiltration attempts.
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Italy’s foreign ministry website under cyberattack
Just this year, attackers have targeted the official websites of Spain, Norway, Germany, Denmark and the European Commission.  
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Mastercard is opening a second office at its Leopardstown campus tech hub in Dublin alongside announcing a number of commitments to expand its payments infrastructure in Europe.
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Payments giant Mastercard opens second Dublin office
Mastercard also made a number of commitments to develop its payments infrastructure in Europe, including expanding offline payments.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
University of Sussex-founded Universal Quantum has raised more than $100m in what is the largest Series A ever raised by a UK-headquartered quantum company.
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Universal Quantum raises $100m in largest UK quantum Series A
Universal Quantum has raised more than $100m in what is the largest Series A ever raised by a UK-headquartered quantum company.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Larry, a senior vice-president of analytics at Optum, discusses his role in the artificial intelligence space and addressing the problems in the healthcare industry.
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Growing professionally and building teams in the AI age
In the AI age, building teams and growing professionally are critical to the wider success of the industry and the people within it.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Check out today’s Daily Brief for the latest sci-tech news, including: 🔍 Google makes SynthID AI detector publicly available ⚛️ Molecular reaction duo win Nobel Prize in Chemistry 💰 AI start-up Manus raises $500m ...and more! mailchi.mp/siliconrepub...
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Google makes AI detector publicly available
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It has been confirmed that Manus has raised funds of more than $500m, not long after Meta’s proposed $2bn-plus acquisition of the AI start-up fell through
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AI start-up Manus confirms fundraising of $500m post Meta’s failed acquisition
Manus, an AI start-up, has raised more than $500m in its first funding round since the potential acquisition by Meta was abandoned.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Pioneering molecular reaction duo win Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Pioneering molecular reaction duo win Nobel Prize in Chemistry
A French and a Japanese scientist have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discoveries that proved to be crucial to how chemists design reactions.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Huawei Ireland’s Derek Collins discusses the Tech Arena 2026 hackathon, and why this year’s challenge revolves around recommendation systems.
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How Huawei’s Tech Arena 2026 aims to develop Ireland’s AI talent
Huawei Ireland’s Derek Collins discusses the Tech Arena 2026 event, and why this year’s challenge revolves around recommendation systems.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Google is making its generative AI detector available to the public globally, as content created from the technology becomes increasingly harder to discern by humans.
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Google makes SynthID AI detector publicly available
Three years after first launching the tool, Google is now making its generative AI detector available to the public globally.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Dr Bing Lin and Prof Joshua Cinner of the University of Sydney explore the environmental areas and ecosystems that are faring better than expected, and what we can learn from them.
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How global ‘bright spots’ can inform environmental efforts
Bing Lin and Joshua Cinner of the University of Sydney explore the environmental areas and ecosystems that are faring better than expected.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Fidelity Investments’ Eimear Coffey and TCS’ Jennifer Scott explore how a diverse skillset, an open mind and adaptability can form the foundations of a strong career for school leavers and graduates.
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What do the experts say about starting out in a STEM career?
Starting out in STEM is for many graduates an exciting and worrying time, but the experts can offer some sage advice.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
French AI company Mistral has announced its new open-weight AI model ML4, which it said “significantly outperforms” any open-weight model developed in the US or Europe.
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France’s Mistral unveils new open-weight AI model ML4
France's Mistral has announced its new open-weight AI model ML4, which it said outperforms any open-weight model made in the US or Europe.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Check out today’s Daily Brief for the latest sci-tech news, including: Ofcom probes Meta for child safety of ‘Instants’ Boston Dynamics picks new CEO Mistral unveils new open-weight model ML4 ...and more! mailchi.mp/siliconrepub...
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Ofcom probes Meta over ‘Instants’ safety
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Dr Brandy Zachary discusses how her own experiences navigating complicated medical frameworks gave her the motivation to redesign the system.
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How did a professional's own lab battles lead to new medical resources?
Dr Brandy Zachary explores medical frameworks and how sometimes you have to be the architect of the systems that solve your own problems.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Robotics company Boston Dynamics has announced that former senior-vice president and head scientist for Alexa and artificial general intelligence at Amazon, Rohit Prasad, will be the new CEO.
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Former Alexa executive Rohit Prasad appointed CEO of Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics' has appointed Rohit Prasad as the new CEO, where he will lead the acceleration of the company's physical AI endeavours.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Francis Halzen, a Belgian-born physicist and a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
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IceCube Neutrino Observatory lead wins Nobel Prize for physics
IceCube Neutrino Observatory lead Francis Halzen has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work in astrophysics.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thousands of ASOS customers received a threatening push notification earlier today (6 October) claiming that the online fashion retailer has been hacked.
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ASOS customers receive threatening message claiming hack
Thousands of ASOS customers received a threatening push notification claiming that the online fashion retailer has been hacked.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
BearingPoint Ireland’s Catherine Kennedy discusses the unique challenges that organisations face when it comes to AI transformation and the importance of well-managed data.
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What businesses need to know about AI transformation
BearingPoint Ireland’s Catherine Kennedy discusses the unique challenges that organisations face when it comes to AI transformation.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Monideepa Tarafdar of UMass Amherst discusses how engaging with AI on a critical level can improve accuracy and result in stronger work.
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How might ‘arguing’ with AI improve the quality of your work?
In arguing with AI, users of artificial intelligence can find that the quality and accuracy of the work can improve.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Moonshot AI, the Chinese start-up behind the Kimi series of AI models has closed its final private fundraising round, and is gearing up for a much-anticipated Hong Kong initial public offering next year.
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Bloomberg: Moonshot closes round at $50bn valuation before 2027 IPO
Chinese deep-tech darling Moonshot AI is gearing up for a much-anticipated Hong Kong initial public offering next year.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Check out today’s Daily Brief for the latest sci-tech news, including: ✒️ OpenAI to watermark AI-generated text in EU 🧠 Foundational brain researchers win Nobel Prize 💰 Irish-founded insurtech Nettle raises $4.8m seed round ...and more! mailchi.mp/siliconrepub...
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OpenAI to watermark AI-generated text in EU
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Foundational brain researchers win Nobel prize in physiology or medicine
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Foundational brain researchers win Nobel prize
Three scientists are the joint winners of the 2026 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for their foundational research in neuroscience.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Irish-founded AI insurance technology start-up Nettle has raised $4.8m in an oversubscribed seed round led by MTech Capital, a specialist insurance sector investor.
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Irish-founded insurtech Nettle raises $4.8m seed round
Irish-founded AI insurance technology start-up Nettle has raised $4.8m in an oversubscribed seed round led by MTech Capital.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The company said that it will add an invisible watermark over the coming weeks to text generated from ChatGPT and Codex in the region.
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OpenAI to watermark AI-generated text in EU
The company said that it will add an invisible watermark over the coming weeks to text generated from ChatGPT and Codex in the region.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How space travel affects an astronaut’s sleep cycle
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How space travel affects an astronaut’s sleep cycle
RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences’ Dr Ronan Lordan discusses the effects of spaceflight on circadian rhythms and sleep.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The 2020-founded German company develops AI-powered flexible robotic hardware kits for various applications in SME manufacturing such as machine loading and unloading, or palletising.
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Germany’s Robco hits unicorn status after secondary share sale
Robco crosses the ‘unicorn’ threshold of a $1bn valuation after selling more than $40m in employee shares to a group investors.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
90pc of life-science manufacturers say digital transformation is critical – report
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90pc of life-science manufacturers say digital transformation is critical
Rockwell Automation has released a report exploring the impact digital transformation is having on the manufacturing industry.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Huawei and Qualcomm have signed a multi-year broad cross-licensing deal across a number of technologies, including 5G, compute and AI.
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Huawei, Qualcomm sign multi-year patent licensing deal
Huawei and Qualcomm have signed a multi-year broad cross-licensing deal across a number of technologies, including 5G, compute and AI.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Schneider Electric to acquire PTC for $22.6bn
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Schneider Electric to acquire PTC for $22.6bn
French conglomerate Schneider Electric is to acquire US engineering software provider PTC at an equity value of around $22.6bn.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Check out today’s Daily Brief for the latest sci-tech news, including: BT acquires struggling rival TalkTalk for £400m Schneider Electric to acquire PTC Digital transformation vital to life science manufacturers ...and more! mailchi.mp/siliconrepub...
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BT acquires struggling rival TalkTalk
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This month is all about deep-tech at SiliconRepublic.com, and in honour of that, we have put together a list of 10 Irish-founded companies making waves in the sector.
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10 Irish-founded deep-tech companies to watch out for
SiliconRepublic.com has put together a list of 10 Irish-founded companies commercialising cutting-edge technologies.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The company said that it will “step in immediately” to provide uninterrupted services to TalkTalk’s 2.5m customers.
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BT acquires struggling telecoms rival TalkTalk for £400m
BT said that stabilisation efforts at TalkTalk will be led by Clive Selley, the Group’s CEO for international operations.
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Silicon Republic @siliconrepublic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Amgen’s Conor Hughes explores Ireland’s biotechnology industry and how an early STEM education can be the gateway to a future career.
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The biotech process development associate in Amgen’s grad programme
Amgen's grad programme can be, for many young people and graduates, an opportunity to begin a long and successful career.
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