Gardai quiz senior ally of Hutch gang over multi-million euro drugs seizure
The criminal – who is suspected of being closely associated with the leadership of the gang - was arrested in a dramatic operation yesterday that saw elite gardaí seize €2…
Baz Ashmawy ‘glad’ it took him almost six years to write first comedy series Faithless
The Emmy award winner said despite his show 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy being a hit with audiences, it took him a long time to have his new Virgin…
New Russian PSYOPs mix disinformation, spam, and Navalny
Researchers have discovered a Russia-aligned PSYOPs campaign with a curious mix of espionage, disinformation, and Canadian pharmacy spam. It also has links to Alexi Navalny, the Kremlin critic who died…
Arm says ‘software is becoming the driver’ for cars after inking deal with Nuro
After watching its share price almost double in a week, Arm has further tapped into the demand for AI compute. The chip designer today announced a deal with Nuro, a…
Space engineer talks about her search for life on Mars
Last week, NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted its companion, the downed Ingenuity helicopter, in its final resting place amongst a sea of sand ripples on Mars. The aircraft had suffered irreparable…
Garda probe launched after luxury Dublin gym smashed up in ‘rampage’
The individual smashed a pane of glass at the entrance to the reception before kicking off one of the barrier gates where members swipe in
Dublin traffic LIVE: Crashes on M1 and Stillorgan Road cause delays
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Dutch EV charging startup raises €27.5M to grow European network
Amsterdam-based Fastned has raised more than €24mn in new bonds to grow its fast charging network across Europe. Investors have also extended €3.5mn from earlier bonds, bringing the total funding…
Google DeepMind has a new family of open AI models for devs: Gemma
Just months after Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini — its most capable AI model ever — the London-based lab has released its compact offspring: Gemma. Named after the Latin word for…
AI model Poro sets new milestones for multilingual LLMs in Europe
Helsinki-bases Silo AI has completed the training of the Poro model — a new milestone in its mission to create large language models (LLMs) for low-resource languages. Named after the…
Trailer drops for Lindsay Lohan’s Netflix film Irish Wish featuring Corrs classic
The film is scheduled for release on March 15, just before St. Patrick's Day
TNW Podcast: Gerard Grech on startups, governments, and academia
Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of…