Google has launched its new router – Google Wifi – in Ireland, with the promise of ending the dreaded reception blackspots found in some people’s homes.

Read more: Google’s new Wi-Fi router promises to end reception ‘blackspots’

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

A European initiative will see a quantum light source travel around Europe to 12 top laboratories in the space of a year.

Read more: Quantum on tour: Cutting-edge light source arrives in Cork

The piece draws 'heavily' from Pablo Picasso, George Orwell and Aldous Huxley, according to art broker Sotheby's.

Read more: AI artwork made by robot Ai-Da sells for more than $1m

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

An anonymous reader shares a report: Tucked inside a 32-page earnings report, oil and gas giant BP revealed it was killing 18 early-stage hydrogen projects, a move that could have a chilling effect on the nascent hydrogen industry. The decision, along with the sale of the company's U.S. on-shore wind power operations, will save BP $200 million annually and help boost its bottom line. The hydrogen industry, which has relied on oil and gas companies both financially and through lobbying efforts, is preparing for a grimmer outcome. BP has been a supporter of hydrogen. The company's venture capital arm has invested in several green hydrogen startups, including Electric Hydrogen and Advanced Ionics. Earlier this year, BP said it would develop "more than 10" hydrogen projects in the U.S., Europe, and Australia. Now, BP is scaling back those plans, saying it'll develop between five and ten projects. The company is keeping quiet about which ones will receive the green light.

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"AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D debuts with impressive performance gains, powered by advanced 3D V-Cache technology and improved thermal efficiency," writes Slashdot reader jjslash. "While the CPU shines as a top choice right out of the gate, AMD's history of quick price cuts suggests waiting could yield even better value for savvy buyers." TechSpot reports: Today we're finally able to show you how AMD's new Ryzen 7 9800X3D performs, and spoiler alert -- it's a real weapon that solves the issues we encountered with the non-3D Zen 5 chips before this. Without question, this is the best CPU released since the 7800X3D, making this launch particularly exciting. [...] For now, the 9800X3D is mighty impressive, the undisputed king of gaming, and it marks a historic milestone. We don't think AMD has ever been this dominant over Intel, certainly not in the last 15 years.

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After missing a chance to capitalize on the AI boom, "Samsung's profit has plunged," reports CNBC, and "around $126 billion has been wiped off its market value, according to data from S&P Capital IQ." It's gotten so bad that "an executive issued a rare public apology about the company's recent financial performance." [A]s AI applications such as OpenAI's ChatGPT rose in popularity, the underlying infrastructure required to train the huge models they rely on became a bigger focus. Nvidia has emerged as the top player in this space with its graphics processing units (GPUs) that have become the gold standard used by tech giants for AI training. A crucial part of that semiconductor architecture is high-bandwidth memory, or HBM. This next generation of memory involves stacking multiple dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, but it had a small market before the AI boom. That's where Samsung got caught out and failed to invest... SK Hynix saw this opportunity. The company aggressively launched HBM chips which were approved for use in Nvidia architecture and, in the process, the South Korean firm established a close relationship with the U.S. giant. Nvidia's CEO even asked the company to speed up supply of its next generation chip, underscoring the importance of HBM to its products. SK Hynix posted record quarterly operating profit in the September quarter... Analysts said that Samsung is lagging behind competitors for a number of reasons, including underinvestment in HBM and the fact that it is not a first-mover. "It is fair to say that Samsung has not been able to close the gap with SK Hynix on the HBM development roadmap," said Kazunori Ito [director of equity research at Morningstar]. Samsung's ability to make a comeback in the short term appears to be closely linked to Nvidia. A company must pass a strict qualification process before Nvidia approves it as a HBM supplier — and Samsung has not yet completed this verification. But a green light from Nvidia could open the door for Samsung to return to growth and compete more effectively with SK Hynix, according to analysts.

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

Read more: Why small energy parks are a smart piece of the clean-energy puzzle

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

Read more: Why knowledge is vital for securing Ireland’s ocean economy

‘For young people to thrive, they need strong ties to their community and easy access to mental health services,’ says NCI’s Dr April Hargreaves.

Read more: How this neuropsychologist is tackling the loneliness epidemic

Black holes form when a star dies, or do they? Cosmologist Dr Syksy Räsänen says solving fundamental questions about the universe helps us better understand our own place in it.

Read more: Can studying the ‘inhuman universe’ make us more humane?

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

Read more: 2024 on track to become the warmest year on record

To celebrate Science Week, we’ve put together a bumper list of 25 scientists based in Ireland who are innovating across STEM.

Read more: 25 scientists you need to know about

The Italian competition watchdog requested the investigation for fear the acquisition will affect trade in the single market.

Read more: EU investigates Nvidia acquisition of Run:ai over competition risk

When users on X block someone, the blocked user will still be able to view their posts, but can't interact with them.

Read more: X officially allows blocked users to view public posts

Last year, many regions including Canada, the EU and the UK banned the app from government devices citing security concerns.

Read more: Canada orders TikTok to close business, allows app to function

The shared content will link back to the original source on the audio streaming platforms, 'driving further discovery', said TikTok.

Read more: New feature allows users to share audio directly to TikTok

The CEO of Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, had faced accusations that he had ignored and downplayed internal concerns raised about young users.

Read more: Zuckerberg not liable in social media harm lawsuits, judge rules

The reorganisation plans would only focus on Booking.com and not associated brands such as OpenTable, Agoda, Priceline, and Kayak, according to Reuters.

Read more: Booking.com job cuts may be on the way amid restructuring

The project aims to significantly reduce the amount of electricity used by PepsiCo’s Little Island facility.

Read more: PepsiCo invests €2.4m in rooftop solar panels at Cork facility

NYC Tech Week is next week. It will be a week filled with events for the tech sector to engage and connect with each other. A particularly great part of tech week is VC Open Office Hours. There are over 100 VC investors signed up to participate next week. Here is how it works: 1/ […]

In the ambitious pursuit to tackle the harms from false content on social media and news websites, data scientists are getting creative. While still in their training wheels, the large language models (LLMs) used to create chatbots like ChatGPT are being recruited to spot fake news. With better detection, AI fake news checking systems may be able to warn of, and ultimately counteract, serious harms from deepfakes, propaganda, conspiracy theories and misinformation. The next level AI tools will personalise detection of false content as well as protecting us against it. For this ultimate leap into user-centered AI, data science needs…

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New data from LinkedIn on the most in-demand jobs on the platform in the third quarter of this year reveals that software engineering is in second place. Just pipped to the post by sales roles, it is clear that software engineering and development pros are in high demand. Additionally, full stack engineers and application developers feature in the top ten in-demand roles at places eight and ten respectively. Software roles are in such high prominence because software powers pretty much everything. According to McKinsey, these days, “Every company is a software company.” Traditional bricks and mortar businesses are now increasingly…

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This might be a better solution to lower your GPU fans' noise while still getting the required performance.

Kiss your slow PC goodbye by giving it a refresh.

Scammers are using photos of your house to encourage you to send them money, but here's why you shouldn't.

Find out more about Apple's first smart home hardware.

Look around a jobsite, and you’ll likely see many crew members wearing Red Wing boots.

The saw tooth roof of the International Precast Solutions building in Michigan proved challenging for spray foam installation, but installers with Spray Tight Foam Insulators rose to the challenge.

Atlas partnered with the KU School of Architecture & Design and the nonprofit Studio 804 to help graduate students design and build a sustainable home for a final project.

Students and faculty heading back to school in the Milwaukee Public School district have one less thing to worry about thanks to the district’s longstanding partnership with Atlas Roofing Corporation.

Colorado Custom Metal Inc. was selected as the roofing contractor to reroof the museum with help from S-5! for snow retention.

A New York-based apple orchard chose to go metal and solar to supplement the farm’s power generation and achieve its goal of operating a net-zero farm.

SALT Energy sought out S-5! products to install a solar system that can endure 180 mph Category 5 hurricane winds for the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo.

The Kia Forum, outside of Los Angeles, was under pressure to have its existing rooftop logo removed and replaced. Contractor Centimark, using GAF products, got the job done on time. Learn how in this GAF case study.

In this session, learn about the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s multi-employer worksite doctrine and the unforeseeable employee misconduct defense to an OSHA citation. 

IRE attendees can hear from RT3 roofing contractor members directly about starting a digital transition within their own companies.

Roofing industry makes outreach, education and business networking a priority in Dallas as the percentage of Latino workers in roofing continues to climb.

The nation will join former President Jimmy Carter in celebrating his 100th birthday with Habitat for Humanity's 38th Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project.

Hilcove comes to Stronghouse with more than 15 years of investment banking and corporate development experience, leading mergers and acquisitions throughout the U.S.

The roofing contracting market is hot, but high volume can create sloppy practices that can haunt you when the market slows.

Roofing contractors are notorious for not liking paperwork.

Customer service is mostly common sense, but common sense is not so common anymore.

Productivity is what you install and produce, not how hard you work. So take these steps to increase productivity.

We all make mistakes, but it’s important to determine if an employee is simply having a bad day, or is performing poorly.

Avoiding a bad situation is always better than trying to get out of one, so make sure you’re up-to-date on your rights and legal options.