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Health kick: the start-ups primed for growth in 2023

Jonathan Keane looks at the top up and coming firms in the medtech space

Does the era of the super app beckon?

How far are we from having a single app that does pretty much everything we could need?

Chip wars ramp up for an unsavoury battle

A US-China trade war is the latest sign of the faltering globalisation project – and semiconductor microchips are becoming weaponised, writes Jason Walsh

Stripe weighing plans to go public within 12 months

Company also considering whether or to allow employees to sell shares in a private-market transaction as an alternative to listing

Changing the culture to embrace the digital nomad

Would you employ a digital nomad or have you considered becoming one yourself? Fiona Alston looks at the benefits for employers and employees

Start-up of the month: Bounce Insights

Trinity College graduates set up firm to design market research to woo users

Why cloud should always be on your organisation’s horizon

AWS’s re:Invent conference recently drew over 50,000 techies to Las Vegas to consider all things cloud. Charlie Taylor was in attendance

Global IT spending to grow despite economic slowdown

Consumer spending decline will be offset by continued strong spend by enterprises this year

Europe and the US try to find common ground on data privacy

The European Commission is pushing ahead with a shared data privacy framework with the US despite widespread differences. Can it work

Quantum Computing

Quantum tech prepares for its big leap

It is touted as the next big thing. So where is Ireland at in terms of quantum computing? Jonathan Keane finds out

Distinction between digital and real lives ever more blurred, study finds

Droga5 research shows people increasingly don’t see a difference between online friends and those they meet in person

Quantum Computing

Quantum classics: sounds from another realm

The connection between music and quantum technologies is deepening. Alex Meehan caught up with Dr Florian Carle to discuss the trend

VC investment in European start-ups still strong

New figures show that while VC investment declined last year, it was still at the second-highest level ever recorded

AI enters the working world

It’s looking like 2023 will be the year that artificial intelligence enters the mainstream. Will it bring benefits to the world of work, or will it just bring P45s

Raising Generation Google

Without Jessica McCarthy, your day wouldn’t go so smoothly. Emmet Ryan spoke to Google’s head of engineering in Dublin about her wish to change the face of the tech sector

Can Ireland have a digital and decarbonised economy?

If ‘green technology’ delivers on its promise then all things are possible

Easy listening: the buyer’s guide to the best headphones and earbuds

Emmet Ryan breaks down the best options for those seeking to improve the way they listen to music and podcasts

‘There are so many amazing ideas that people have within big firms that don’t get followed up on’

Liam Cronin is chief executive of RDI Hub, an innovation hub based in Co Kerry. Prior to this, he was commercial director at the ADAPT Research Centre in Trinity College Dublin, and also spent 25 years working at Microsoft in a number of senior roles

Sales of used smartphones on rise as buyers look to save cash

Total global sales volume of smartphones last year was up 11.5 per cent on 2021

From funding to clinical trials, the challenges facing Ireland’s healthtech start-ups

Ireland punches above its weight when it comes to medtech, writes Jonathan Keane

Does the era of the super app beckon?

How far are we from having a single app that does pretty much everything we could need?

Health kick: the start-ups primed for growth in 2023

Jonathan Keane looks at the top up and coming firms in the medtech space

Stripe valuation cut as Principal marks down its stake while Collisons consider IPO

Revaluation means the online payments company is now valued at $63 billion compared to a March 2021 high of $95 billion

The Big Interview

Bernard and James Brogan on how Dublin GAA’s winning mentality inspired their business

The need to work together as a team was the inspiration for PepTalk, the employee wellness platform that Dublin footballing cousins James and Bernard Brogan founded with Michelle Fogarty