Connected 30 under 30: The bright young stars of Ireland’s tech sceneFeaturing AI all-stars, exciting entrepreneurs, developers and engineers, these are the leading lights of the next generation of tech in Ireland.
Connected Magazine Why true matchmaking remains beyond the limit of computingEven though we are inundated with dating apps, many single people still prefer to be paired. Elaine Burke asks, where are the apps going wrong?
Connected Magazine Event horizon: Charting a new landscape in tech showsAfter a wild year for tech events that almost saw Web Summit come a cropper, Elaine Burke looks at what value companies get from attending conferences
Connected Magazine How Enovus partners found opportunity in tech layoffsBrian Donnelly and Nick Jeffers founded Enovus Labs, which now solves challenging thermal and mechanical problems, after they were caught in the recent wave of tech-sector layoffs and made redundant from Nokia Bell Labs
Big Read Open secrets: The next stage for big dataData is no longer the ‘new oil’ that can be stolen or stored at a heavy environmental price. In future it will be used for the betterment of humanity
Big Read Changing of the guard: How tech is transforming policingThe use of facial recognition and other technologies in policing has unsettled privacy activists who see the new methods as an overreach – but it is also very effective when used judiciously and steered by humans, not ‘machines’
Connected Magazine In the loop: tech and innovation in the circular economyFrom manufacturers to consumers, tech is coming around to the ideals of the reuse and regeneration of existing materials and products, writes Elaine Burke
Connected Magazine ‘It’s not you, it’s my programming’Elaine Burke looks into the evolution of sex-tech and relationships in the age of avatars and artificial intelligence
Can SaaS firms avoid the tech wreck?Ireland’s leaders in software-as-a-service (Saas) are undeterred by tech’s turmoil and looking forward to a realistic market where resilient, responsible businesses will thrive, writes Elaine Burke