Companies Fast-growing gifting platform &Open secures $26m investment Dublin and London-listed Molten Ventures leads funding round with Conor Stanley’s Tribal VC and Middlegame Ventures among other backers
Companies Irish company Tines named among Europe’s leading ‘soonicorns’Tines and Fonoa rank highly in list of companies most likely to achieve unicorn status in Europe
Business Anne O’Leary to leave Vodafone Ireland for new role at Facebook’s parentO’Leary, who has led Vodafone locally since 2013, is to become vice-president of Meta’s small and medium business division for EMEA
Tech Trouble and Stripe: The tech company that everybody loves is facing a backlash The Collison brothers from Dromineer, Co Tipperary – worth $11.4 billion each – have seen their payments empire under fire from within and without, from its own disgruntled sales force and also from competitors
Connected Should you place your trust in VPNs?With the number of people using virtual private networks continuing to grow, we ask whether they actually deliver on privacy and security – or whether they’re even necessary
Connected All-female finalists race to success in F1 in schools competitionBallina’s Future Racing will be going head-to-head with competitors from over 40 other countries at the world finals, which are to be held in July
Connected Euronext targets Irish tech companies Irish Stock Exchange owner’s new initiative aims to grow Europe’s technology sector, which lags behind that of the US and China
Connected Jess Kelly: It’s the grown-ups, not the kids, who need to wise up about online risksSocial media platforms are doing more to protect kids online, but the rest of us should also be stepping up, and doing it now rather than later
Jobs 6,000 people take part in Microsoft training programmeThe programme, called StepIn2Tech, is being run in collaboration with Fastrack into IT and aims to train 10,000 people
Jobs Expleo to create 200 new jobs in IrelandFrench company to take headcount to 1,000 people here as it opens a new regional hub in Cork, with others to follow in Galway and Limerick
Remote work Inaugural Digital First day set for October 5Ireland’s 242 remote hubs are being invited to take part in the event which aims to revitalise rural communities
Companies Irish company Tines named among Europe’s leading ‘soonicorns’Tines and Fonoa rank highly in list of companies most likely to achieve unicorn status in Europe
Companies Act Venture Capital backs buy now pay later firm PlayterDublin-based VC joins Klarna backer Adit Ventures in new $55m debt and equity raise for the British start-up
Companies Fast-growing gifting platform &Open secures $26m investment Dublin and London-listed Molten Ventures leads funding round with Conor Stanley’s Tribal VC and Middlegame Ventures among other backers
HR Dublin critical to Personio’s future success, says CEOThe HR tech firm, which has just secured a further $200m in investment, is set on becoming one of the world’s biggest software companies
Climate & Environment ‘We’ve got the equipment to fight climate change, but not the political will’ — Margaret AtwoodBooker Prize winning author says the technology exists to combat climate change but it must be advanced by global leaders
Connected Patricia Scanlon: ‘I didn’t even think about becoming an entrepreneur until I was 39’Patricia Scanlon is the founder and chair of SoapBox Labs, an Irish technology company that uses AI to develop cloud-based speech recognition solutions for young children. Previously named by Forbes magazine as one of the world’s top 50 women in tech, Scanlon was recently appointed by the government to be Ireland’s first AI ambassador
Business Anne O’Leary to leave Vodafone Ireland for new role at Facebook’s parentO’Leary, who has led Vodafone locally since 2013, is to become vice-president of Meta’s small and medium business division for EMEA
Transport Tier to provide up to 400 e-bikes in deal with Fingal Co CouncilElectric bikes will be available for use by the public in Blanchardstown, Swords, Malahide, Baldoyle, Portmarnock and Howth
Companies Stack Overflow scopes out Ireland as possible tech hubChief executive Prashanth Chandrasekar says firm is on a hiring spree and plans to hire 200 staff in the next year
Companies Intercom and Stripe co-founders back AI dubbing start-upPapercup has devised speech recognition technology that translates people's voices into other languages, allowing for affordable and high-quality dubbing
Artificial Intelligence Irish-founded voice tech company snapped up by SpotifySonantic, founded by John Flynn and Zeena Qureshi, developed a synthetic replacement voice for actor Val Kilmer after he had throat cancer
Tech Trouble and Stripe: The tech company that everybody loves is facing a backlash The Collison brothers from Dromineer, Co Tipperary – worth $11.4 billion each – have seen their payments empire under fire from within and without, from its own disgruntled sales force and also from competitors
The Gadget Guru Technology of sound and silenceThis week, the Guru takes a look at strangely expensive noise-cancelling earbuds, a slick new soundbar and an ergonomic keyboard