Eleven start-ups hae been selected to participate in University College Dublin’s (UCD) inaugural AI Ecosystem Accelerator. The focus of the programme is to support entrepreneurs who are developing disruptive AI solutions for a global market. The six-month accelerator programme will be delivered by NovaUCD in partnership with CeADAR, Ireland’s National Centre for Applied AI. The [&hellip The post Eleven start-ups enter inaugural AI ecosystem accelerator at UCD appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is issuing a negative opinion on Meta’s pay-or-okay revenue model, where users pay a subscription to opt out of targeted advertising. The EDPB, which is an advisory umbrella body of privacy regulators, believes that choice is unfair and has argued that the privacy risk of the current and model [&hellip The post European privacy regulator blasts Meta’s ‘pay-or-okay’ appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more

This week Apple presents a new line of iPads in record time; Amazon promises a website for Ireland but you might be waiting a while; and we look at what lessons learned from the collapse of non-fungible tokens with Tyler Adams from Item Systems. To never miss an episode of TechRadio subscribe, comment and rate us on iTunes, Soundcloud and Spotify or [&hellip The post New iPads and NFIs explained with Tyler Adams from Item Systems appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more

IBM X-Force hasn’t seen any AI-engineered campaigns, yet, but mentions of AI and ChatGPT are proliferating on the Dark Web.  The X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2024 report identified over 800,000 references to the emerging technology on illicit and dark web forums last year. While X-Force does expect AI-enabled attacks in the near term, the real threat [&hellip The post Generative AI is a looming cybersecurity threat appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more

Expleo is investing €1 million investment in an centre of excellence for artificial intelligence with hubs in Dublin and Belfast. The CoE will draw on Expleo’s local market knowledge and global expertise to accelerate innovation and drive business value by helping enterprises adopt AI and emerging technologies. The CoE will serve businesses worldwide, helping them [&hellip The post Expleo invests €1m in AI centre of excellence appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more

Ergo has announced a strategic partnership with legal service company Johnson Hana to support organisations in the financial sectors for compliance with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). DORA is an EU Regulation that aims to increase the resilience of the European financial market and reduce the risk of serious breaches that could adversely impact [&hellip The post Ergo starts offering DORA assessments with Johnson Hana appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more

Kildare Innovation Campus (KIC) located in a parkland setting on 184 acres between Celbridge and Leixlip is announcing a €2.4 billion investment in the further development of the site. This will create 3,000 new high tech jobs over three phases by the end of 2030. KIC will be Ireland’s only carbon neutral campus, committed to [&hellip The post Kildare Innovation Campus forecasts creation of 3,000 jobs by 2030 appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more

Amazon has today announced that it will launch new dedicated store in Ireland, Amazon.ie, in 2025 to enhance the retail experience for new and existing customers. While many people in Ireland already shop on Amazon stores in other countries, the new store promises a selection of more than 100 million products including more from Irish [&hellip The post Amazon to launch dedicated Irish website in 2025 appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Peter Burke, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Patrick O’Donoghue, and Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Dara Calleary, launched Call 7 of the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) today. The aim of the Fund is to encourage collaborations by industry [&hellip The post New projects sought for €500m Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more

Vertigenius, a pioneering MedTech company specialising in the treatment of vertigo has closed its seed round investment, raising more than €2.1 million in funding. This will enable the company to create 10 new jobs and expand into the UK and US. Vertigo is a common, highly treatable, but often debilitating condition affecting 390 million people [&hellip The post Vertigenius secures €2.1m investment to develop wearable device to aid vertigo treatment appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more