A dozen influencers you need to know if you’re doing sci-tech business in Galway and the west of Ireland. This month, as Siliconrepublic.com focuses on Galway and Ireland’s west coast sci-tech scene, we’ve identified the need-to-know influencers in this space. From the areas of business and research to start-ups, investment and Government, these are a […]
The engineering ecosystem of Galway and its environs has evolved significantly in recent years, attracting companies large and small. Galway long been revered as a cultural nucleus of the country. This is certainly not a characterisation it has ever shied away from. Yet for Mike Conroy, this association risks overshadowing one of the most compelling
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After a scary quarter that showed Netflix could be facing serious challenges ahead, hit series such as Stranger Things helped bolster its numbers. In July, shares in Netflix tumbled after its earnings report for Q2 showed overall subscriber growth was almost half of its expected figure, with the streaming service losing a total of 126,000
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Facebook has pledged to fight an EU ruling that would compel it to globally remove content deemed to be illegal in certain jurisdictions. The latest ruling from the European Court of Justice has concluded that social media firms such as Facebook can be compelled to globally remove content that violates local laws. Currently, material that
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Amazon has brought its smart assistant to an array of new wearable and wired devices and addressed issues on user privacy in voice interactions. Amazon has announced a wave of new virtual assistant-powered devices despite ongoing concerns about the privacy of those who use its smart helper, Alexa. The technology giant unveiled a number of
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Apple and the Irish Government have launched their appeal against the EU Commission’s 2016 tax ruling. Lawyers representing Ireland have called the European Commission’s ruling that the country gave Apple €13bn in illegal tax aid “fundamentally flawed” today (17 September) in an appeal against the decision in one of the EU’s highest courts, according to Reuters.
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As Dublin’s status as a business and tech hub goes up, the quality of life in the city is going down, squeezing out community, arts and culture, writes Elaine Burke. By many measures, Dublin is a city on the rise. I mean, just look at all those cranes sprouting skyward. Almost as high as the
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Alibaba is acquiring Kaola and integrating it into Tmall, creating the largest cross-border e-commerce platform in China. On Thursday (5 September), Alibaba announced its intention to acquire NetEase’s import e-commerce platform Kaola for approximately $2bn. Both Alibaba and Kaola have significant operations in Hangzhou, the capital of China’s Zhejiang province. The transaction will pave the
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The company will use the financing to amplify efforts to support access to legal services across Europe. On Wednesday (4 September), Canadian legal technology company Clio announced that it has closed a $250m (USD) funding round. The company, which has EMEA headquarters located in Dublin 8, raised what it calls “one of the largest private
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California politician Lorena Gonzalez criticised the companies for pledging tens of millions of dollars when they previously claimed they could not pay drivers minimum wage. On Thursday (29 August), Uber and Lyft took a significant step to ensure that drivers using the platforms would remain as contractors, rather than become recognised as employees. The companies
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