Category Tech

Countries compete to keep skilled young workers

Pedro Garcia Technology Reporter, Lisbon Duarte Dias Lisbon, Dublin and Seattle – like many Duarte Dias has moved to move up In 2020, Duarte Dias, a Portuguese software engineer, accepted a job offer to work in Microsoft’s Dublin subsidiary. A…

Amazon joins quantum race with ‘cat-qubit’ powered chip

Chris Vallance Senior Technology Reporter Amazon The Ocelot chip uses so-called “cat qubits” Amazon has become the third tech giant in as many months to announce a breakthrough in quantum computing – a technology that promises vast processing power but…

Can AI help modernise Ireland’s healthcare system?

Padraig Belton Technology Reporter Mater The Mater hospital in Dublin – home to Ireland’s busiest emergency department For a country famous as Big Tech’s European address, Ireland’s hospitals often lag far behind in technology. They lack shared computerised patient records,…

Lloyds Bank says app issues fixed after payday IT issue

Banking apps have once again been hit by IT issues on payday in the UK. Lloyds Bank and Halifax apps went down on Friday morning, according to thousands of user reports to platform outage monitor Downdetector. Users also reported technical…

Skype announces it will close in May

Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Getty Skype, the video-calling service that had hundreds of millions of users, is closing in May, its owner Microsoft has said. It was once one of the world’s most popular websites and allowed people to make…

TikTok investigated by UK watchdog over use of children’s data

Tom Gerken Technology reporter PA Media The UK data watchdog has launched what it calls a “major investigation” into TikTok’s use of children’s personal information. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will inspect the way in which the social media platform…