Silicon Republic
-
Estonian identity verification start-up Veriff raises $15.5m
On Wednesday (1 July), Estonian identity verification start-up Veriff announced that it has raised $15.5m to ramp up global growth and sales to...
-
Irish start-up launches online toolkit for learners with dyslexia
This week, social enterprise start-up Dyslex.ie launched its software solution in Ireland. The platform, which has been backed by Enterprise...
-
Fivetran plans new jobs for Dublin after $100m funding and unicorn status
Fivetran has announced plans to accelerate its global expansion after raising $100m in Series C funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and General...
-
Patricia Moore on having a bird’s-eye view of part of Ireland’s space sector
Mindseed is a consultancy firm that specialises in space-related technologies, particularly those linking space and ground systems. Prior to...
-
‘I’m passionate about leaving the world better than I found it’
User experience (UX) design has become a thriving industry over the last number of years as the interaction between human users and everyday...
-
Sundar Pichai announces new Google privacy features
Today (24 June), Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai authored a blogpost sharing some updates on the company’s ongoing work to improve...
-
How to replicate office investments in an at-home workspace
While employers are busy focusing on technology support and getting fitness perks up online, very little has been said of the physical space in...
-
In major u-turn, UK agrees to adopt Apple-Google contact-tracing API
In a similar move to Germany, the UK has now decided to embrace the contact-tracing solution put forward by Apple and Google called the Exposure...
-
Facebook’s $400m deal to buy Giphy being investigated by UK watchdog
An investigation is to get underway into whether Facebook’s planned acquisition of Giphy would create an uncompetitive market in the social media...
-
How this Donegal company switched to a four-day week
With recent disruptions from Covid-19, it’s hard to remember a time when our conversations about the future of business didn’t revolve around...
-
How an Intel incubator helps start-ups get to grips with computer vision
Back in May, we looked at seven start-ups participating in this year’s Intel Edge AI incubator , which sets out to help companies integrate...
-
6 ways a remote workforce can harness automation
Automation has been at the heart of many conversations around the future of work. But it may be more important now that many companies have...
-
How has the coronavirus pandemic impacted the takeaway industry?
By nature, restaurants and cafés are venues for socialising, catching up and spending time with friends, family and co-workers. But the Covid-19...
-
PwC’s Robert Byrne: ‘There’s a need to understand the overall change agenda’
Covid-19 has pushed digital transformation forward so much for many companies that it’s possible the role of the CIO has never been more...
-
$5bn lawsuit claims that Google tracks private browsing
On Tuesday (2 June), a class action lawsuit was filed against Google, claiming that the company violated US federal wiretap laws by collecting...
-
‘The crisis has already massively pushed digital transformation’
For the last two decades, Carlo Gualandri has worked in the world of tech start-ups, introducing digital transformation to new markets. He’s now...