Affected data includes social security numbers, bank details, payment cards and medical diagnoses.

Read more: 100m affected in February cyberattack, UnitedHealth reveals

More than two-thirds of Irish cybersecurity leaders believe that reputational damage from a cyberattack would 'significantly' damage their business.

Read more: 74pc of Irish businesses report increase in cyberattacks this year

More than half of all breaches occurred in the Department of Social Protection, data revealed.

Read more: Human error the leading cause of Government data breaches

The operation has led to the arrest of 41 individuals, with 65 others still under investigation.

Read more: Interpol takes down 22,000 servers and IP addresses linked to cyberthreats

VC activity is likely to remain 'soft' until after the US presidential elections in November, KPMG predicts.

Read more: Irish VC deals down 59pc in Q3 amid global slowdown

The network of more than 70 investors represent more than €90bn in assets.

Read more: EU partners with venture capital to scale European deep tech

More than 70,000 people are expected to attend this year’s highly anticipated event in Lisbon.

Read more: Revealed: The Irish start-ups heading to Web Summit 2024

The company’s modular technology improves energy efficiency, reduces emissions and recovers radiated waste heat.

Read more: Pyramp: How this TU Dublin spin-out is converting heat waste to electricity

xWave, which is headquartered at NovaUCD, has also announced the launch of a crowdfunding campaign.

Read more: Health-tech firm xWave Technologies secures NHS tender

Commissioner-designate Ekaterina Zaharieva wants to push for 50pc women on all Horizon-related boards and expert groups.

Read more: EU to appoint first ever commissioner for start-ups, research and innovation

The jobs will be in areas such as software engineering, applied sciences, data science, design, technical writing and analytics.

Read more: Microsoft to create 550 Irish-based jobs in R&D investment

Whether you are a natural-born leader or acquired the skill over time, your choice of the appropriate leadership style is crucial for success.

Read more: Leading with style: Do you know yours?

C-suite roles have changed significantly in the last decade, so how can a modern CEO upskill and stay ahead of the crowd?

Read more: Modern leadership and those crucial CEO skills

As people continue to live longer, the expectations of work and the working environment are shifting. From a wellbeing point of view, what does this mean for the individual?

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Open to students, parents and teachers, the STEM South West exhibition aims to inform school students about opportunities in STEM.

Read more: Can Ireland sustain its leadership in tech, pharma and engineering?

Expleo’s research indicates that larger Irish firms are prioritising company culture investment amid efforts to attract and retain talented employees.

Read more: Irish businesses to spend nearly €8bn on company culture plans

Instagram is integrating some useful new functionalities into the app.

Read more: Instagram expands new features including polls and shoppable photos

Wireless pairing is about to become a lot less frustrating for Android device users.

Read more: Android makes it easier to pair Bluetooth devices with new technology

Gaming giant Razer had been rumoured to be working on a smartphone for some time.

Read more: Razer launches Android smartphone geared towards gamers

None of the most popular illegal streaming devices meet UK fire safety standards.

Read more: Warning: Illegal streaming boxes are a fire hazard

Never lose a gem of a tweet to the ravages of the algorithmic timeline again.

Read more: Twitter is testing a feature allowing users to bookmark tweets

Users can find if an image has been altered with AI in the photo details, under file name and size.

Read more: Google Photos increases transparency with new AI label

The new quantised models are 56pc smaller and use 41pc less memory when compared to the full-size models released last month.

Read more: Meta releases compact versions of Llama 3.2 AI models

The Geotab research also shows that only five out of the 27 local authorities that were surveyed have electrified more than 8pc of their fleets.

Read more: Cork City Council leads the EV fleet charge while others lag behind

Iona Drones hopes to be up and running in Ireland by late 2025, according to founder and CEO Etienne Louvet.

Read more: Rural Ireland might get drone deliveries by next year

ChatGPT Plus and Team users will have access to the function from today, while free users will gain access in the coming months.

Read more: OpenAI adds search engine to ChatGPT

The aim of the project is to develop and test AI tools to boost the efficiency and sustainability of Europe's energy sector.

Read more: Dublin’s EPRI leads European project to advance AI use in the energy sector

The team will work with CKDelta to deliver predictive maintenance models that could improve efficiency.

Read more: Trinity researchers will use AI to tackle utilities sector challenges

People think AI can solve problems instantly, says SETU’s Dr Indrakshi Dey, but the reality is much more complex.

Read more: ‘AI can only solve real-world problems with the right data’

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Sweden has vetoed plans for 13 offshore windfarms in the Baltic Sea, citing unacceptable security risks. The country's defence minister, Pal Jonson, said on Monday that the government had rejected plans for all but one of 14 windfarms planned along the east coast. The decision comes after the Swedish armed forces concluded last week that the projects would make it more difficult to defend Nato's newest member. The proposed windfarms would have been located between Aland, the autonomous Finnish region between Sweden and Finland, and the Sound, the strait between southern Sweden and Denmark. The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad is only about 310 miles (500km) from Stockholm. Wind power could affect Sweden's defence capabilities across sensors and radars and make it harder to detect submarines and possible attacks from the air if war broke out, Jonson said. The only project to receive the green light to was Poseidon, which will include as many as 81 wind turbines to produce 5.5 terawatt hours a year off Stenungsund on Sweden's west coast. "Both ballistic robots and also cruise robots are a big problem if you have offshore wind power," Jonson said. "If you have a strong signal detection capability and a radar system that is important, we use the Patriot system for example, there would be negative consequences if there were offshore wind power in the way of the sensors."

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) blocked Amazon's bid to access more power from the Susquehanna nuclear plant for its Pennsylvania data center, citing grid reliability and consumer cost concerns. The Hill reports: In a 2-1 decision, the FERC found the regional grid operator, PJM Interconnection, failed to prove that the changes to the transmission agreement with Susquehanna power plant were necessary. The regulator's two Republican commissioners, Mark Christie and Lindsay See, outvoted Democratic chair Willie Phillips. The chair's two fellow Democratic commissioners, David Rosner and Judy Chang, sat out the vote. "Co-location arrangements of the type presented here present an array of complicated, nuanced and multifaceted issues, which collectively could have huge ramifications for both grid reliability and consumer costs," Christie wrote in a concurring statement. In a dissenting statement, Phillips argued the deal with Amazon "represents a 'first of its kind' co-located load configuration" and that Friday's decision is a "step backward for both electric reliability and national security." "We are on the cusp of a new phase in the energy transition, one that is characterized as much by soaring energy demand, due in large part to AI, as it is by rapid changes in the resource mix," Phillips wrote. Amazon purchased a 960-megawatt data center next to the Susquehanna power plant for $650 million earlier this year. Following the announcement, PJM sought to increase the amount of power running directly to the co-located data center. However, the move faced pushback from regional utilities, including Exelon and American Electric Power (AEP).

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Wednesday Cuba was hit by a major hurricane which took down its entire power grid again, this time for about 24 hours, according to CNN: Videos of the aftermath showed power infrastructure turned into a mangled mess and power poles down on streets. Hundreds of technicians were mobilized Thursday to reestablish power connections, according to state media... Operations at two electrical plants were partially restored and parts of eastern and central Cuba had electricity back up by Thursday afternoon, state media reported... The country's power grid has collapsed multiple times, including when Hurricane Oscar hit in October and killed at least 7 people. In the capital of Havana, where 2 million people live, power had been restored to less than 20% of the city by late Friday afternoon, . "Authorities had not yet given an estimate for when power would be fully restored..." Then tonight, CNN reported: A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Cuba on Sunday, causing material damage in several regions as the island continues to recover from widespread blackouts and the impact of two hurricanes over the past few weeks. The earthquake was reported about 39 km (24 miles) south of Bartolomé Masó before noon local time, about an hour after a 5.9 magnitude quake rocked the area, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. "There have been landslides, damage to homes and power lines," Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said, adding that authorities are evaluating the situation to start recovery efforts.

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Renew Home says they're building a "virtual power plant" in Texas by "enabling homes to easily reduce and shift the timing of energy use." Thursday they announced a 10-year project distributing hundreds of thousands of smart thermostats to customers of Texas-based power utility NRG Energy, starting next spring. (Bloomberg calls them "AI-enabled thermostats that use Alphabet Inc.'s Google Cloud technology.") The ultimate goal? "Create a nearly 1-gigawatt, AI-powered virtual power plant" — equivalent to 1.9 million solar panels, enough to power about 200,000 homes during peak demand. One NRG executive touted the move as "cutting-edge, AI-driven solutions that will bolster grid resilience and contribute to a more sustainable future." [Residential virtual power plants] work by aggregating numerous, small-scale distributed energy resources like HVAC systems controlled by smart thermostats and home batteries and coordinating them to balance supply and demand... NRG, in partnership with Renew Home, plans to offer Vivint and Nest smart thermostats, including professional installation, at no cost to eligible customers across NRG's retail electricity providers and plans. These advanced thermostats make subtle automatic HVAC adjustments to help customers shift their energy use to times when electricity is less constrained, less expensive, and cleaner... Over time, the parties expect to add devices like batteries and electric vehicles to the virtual power plant, expanding energy savings opportunities for customers... Through the use of Google Cloud's data, analytics, and AI technology, NRG will be able to do things like better predict weather conditions, forecast wind and solar generation output, and create predictive pricing models, allowing for more efficient production and ultimately ensuring the home energy experience is seamless for customers. Google Cloud will also offer "its AI and machine learning to determine the best time to cool or heat homes," reports Bloomberg, "based on a household's energy usage patterns and ambient temperatures." It was less than a year ago that Renew Home was formed when Google spun off the load-shifting service for its "Google Nest" thermostats, which merged with load-shift management startup OhmConnect. Bloomberg describes this week's announcement as "Three of the biggest names in US home energy automation... coming together to offer some relief to the beleaguered Texas electrical grid." But they point out that 1 gigawatt is roughly 1% of the record summer demand seen in Texas this year. Still, "The entire industry has been built to serve the peak load on the hottest day of the year," said Rasesh Patel, president of NRG's consumer unit. "This allows us to be a lot more smarter about demand in shaving the peak."

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The pilot programme funding marks the largest single investment in lung cancer in Ireland’s history.

Read more: Lung cancer research gets €4.9m boost for early detection

Projects funded include a study to reduce seizures in epilepsy, the development of antimicrobial food packaging and the use of AI in speech and language therapy.

Read more: 290 ‘exceptional’ early-career researchers awarded €27.5m

It is estimated that 10 to 28pc of reproductive-aged women complain of persistent pain during intercourse.

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Julius Ceaser once called the aurochs 'extraordinary'. Now ancient DNA is unlocking secrets of this mysterious beast.

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Smart energy communities could be a ‘game-changer’ in the transition to renewables, says SETU’s Sean Lyons.

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MRSA is an antibiotic resistant superbug that causes 120,000 deaths annually.

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Marine Institute’s Dr Niall McDonough talks about the upcoming Ocean Knowledge 2030 Conference and a new national marine strategy.

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This year's grant winners represent the highest proportion of women since the scheme began.

Read more: Trinity and UCD among 57 teams to win €571m in ERC Synergy Grants

UCD's Prof Kate Robson Brown leads the development of analytical models that predict the lifetime of composites in low-Earth orbit.

Read more: UCD professor part of team developing new space materials

Led by Prof Breandán Kennedy, the research project will bring together 21 institutions from 11 countries.

Read more: UCD-led EU project aims to revolutionise biomedical research

The mission includes studies of solar wind, a radiation-tolerant moss, spacecraft materials, and a cold-welding experiment for space applications.

Read more: SETU researchers contribute to NASA space mission

The global average temperature this past year was 1.62 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average.

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The first funding call is open until 20 January 2025 with a subsequent one scheduled to open next September.

Read more: Aquarius opens funding call for marine and freshwater research

The tech giant plans to spend big on AI because it sees 'strong momentum' in this area.

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The investigation will look into Temu's content and product recommender systems as well as the sale of illegal products on the platform.

Read more: EU to formally investigate Temu for possible breach of DSA

Caitlin Kalinowski oversaw the development of Meta's augmented reality glasses that were announced five years ago.

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