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Global tech spend to rise despite difficult economic conditions

Much of this year’s projected spend will be focused on tech software and services

VC investment in Northern Ireland jumps to all-time high with rise in overseas backers

New data shows there were five funding rounds worth more than £10 million in 2022

Women and Web3

Can women get ahead more easily with the latest iteration of Web technology? Paul Hearns investigates

‘It came completely out of the blue’

How does a job loss affect someone and what about those who survive the cull? Fiona Alston investigates

Going public: Why Irish tech firms are wary of IPOs

For start-ups and scaling companies in Ireland, the route to the stock market can be an unruly one

A whole new ballgame

With interest in esports growing worldwide, Emmet Ryan examines Ireland’s position on the digital field of play

Smart homes: using tech to lower your bills

Are you wasting money on power? Alex Meehan investigates if technology could play a part in helping you to cut costs

Insecure by design: why we need to focus on data, not systems

Cybersecurity spending continues to rise but, while it is essential to business, does the cost spiral suggest something is fundamentally wrong with our IT systems

Public cloud gets an unexpected tailwind

With pressure on corporate spending arriving at a time when businesses need to invest in new technologies, could public cloud adoption gain even more momentum

Buyer’s Guide: Get smart

Samsung and Oppo have both started 2023 with a bang as Emmet Ryan breaks down the best smartphones on the market

‘Big tech companies helped make Ireland a multicultural society’

Sandra Healy is founder and chief executive of Inclusio, a diversity and inclusion employee management platform which recently raised €6.2 million and announced plans to create 80 jobs. A trained organisational psychologist, Healy spent 20 years working in the telecoms sectors for companies that include Vodafone, Telefonica, O2 and Eir. She is also founding director of the DCU centre of excellence for diversity and inclusion

Irish firms missing out on €1bn EU innovation funding package

Research company Lira finds not enough start-ups from outside life sciences sector are applying for EIF grant of up to €17.5m apiece

Samsung predicts trade-ins to increase in popularity

Cost and sustainability are main factors in uptick, says firm

Gender Equality

Sexism still strong in tech sector, survey finds

New Web Summit survey finds majority of women tech workers feel they are paid unfairly in comparison to male counterparts

European public cloud spend set to soar

Spending on the public cloud will hit $258 billion by 2026, up from $148 billion this year

Boot camp and start-up weekend aim to kick-start women in tech

Techstars weekend offers access to mentors and investors, while TechFoundHer will hold workshops and talks to help female founders get more tech savvy

Google and Microsoft go to war over Internet search

Search engines have not changed much in the past decade, but the rise of new technology such as ChatGPT could have an enormous effect on the web as we know it

Driving things forward: How car tech is coming of age

Smart interfaces will change the face of driving long before self-driving arrives

Banking on it: How close is Europe to getting a digital currency?

As the EU weighs up plans to introduce a digital euro, Jonathan Keane looks at the hurdles that need to be overcome

Eamon Carey: Why liberal arts is the new engineering

As AI hits the mainstream, engineers are going to have to collaborate more with others