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‘Tech without compassion is brittle,’ says Irish ambassador for Women in AI
Naomh McElhatton discusses being a voice for women in the technology sector and the responsibility she feels to steer progress. At an age when the majority of us were in secondary school spending time with our friends and thinking more about the...

Tech projects to receive share of £1m government fund
Two Scottish tech projects are among 14 from across the UK that will benefit from £1m of funding designed to help boost local and regional businesses. ScotlandIS' Future Ready programme, which provides business support and learning resources for...

Tech startup raises $3.8m to modernize the food supply chain with agentic AI
Burnt, a tech startup aiming to modernize what it calls an antiquated and fragmented food supply chain, has raised $3.8 million in seed funding to scale its agentic operating system for distributors. The round comes at a time when raising capital...

Technology Innovation Institute launches Manarat quantum platform
Abu Dhabi: The Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research arm of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), has launched Manarat, a milestone electronics platform designed for quantum computing. This development has...

Tech Mahindra and AMD: AI and Hybrid Cloud Solutions
Dr Lisa Su, Chair and CEO at AMD, says: “Together, AMD and Tech Mahindra will help enterprises accelerate their cloud transformation and AI adoption with the performance and efficiency they need to scale. By combining our EPYC processors and AMD...

Tech Insights Powering Orange County Businesses
Orange County is a rising force in tech-driven innovation, with industries like healthcare, advanced manufacturing, finance and real estate embracing digital transformation to stay competitive. From AI-enhanced cybersecurity to smarter...

Tech View: AI continues to redefine the internet experience
COURTESY HAWAIIAN TELCOM Chris Raker Artificial intelligence applications are being rapidly integrated into our everyday lives, enhancing our health, safety and overall well-being. The automation that AI offers may be invisible to most of us, but...

Tech Talk: How to protect yourself from cyber attacks
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Jessica Holt, with U.S. Cellular and T-Mobile, was in the studio to talk about being mindful of your digital habits and what security measures to take in order to avoid...

Tech giants go postmodern on combating misinformation
Misinformation is a matter of political perspective, not fact, according to a Digital Industry Group’s discussion paper. Digital Industry Group inc director of policy, regulatory affairs and research Dr Jennifer Duxbury. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)...

Technology Of Sewing: The Race To Dominance
China is the world’s manufacturing hub for OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) sewing machines, and keeping up to that reputation, approximately 80+ Chinese OEMs were displayed at CISMA. The epicentre of sewing machine manufacturing in China is...

Hong Kong Tech Fairs 2025: 6200+ Exhibitors in AI, Robotics & Smart Lighting
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is set to host four major technology events this October, bringing together more than 6,200 exhibitors from 27 countries and regions. Running under the EXHIBITION+ hybrid model, these fairs will...

Dutch tech giant ASML: ‘Not always easy’ to meet with EU politicians
The comment came after Heemskerk revealed ASML’s CEO Christophe Fouquet had a 2-hour meeting with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “After an hour and a half of listening, he [Modi] said you’re too friendly, tell me what we can do better,”...

PMMI Announces Winners of the 2025 Technology Excellence Awards
The winners in the other three other categories are: Food and Beverage: Senzani U-Seal, Senzani Brevetti SPA U-Seal by Senzani Brevetti is a cold-sealing innovation that transforms flat blanks into fully recyclable paperboard packs while reducing...

Top 10 richest tech billionaires in India 2025: Shiv Nadar leads with Radha Vembu as top woman entrepreneur
India's technology sector has been a significant driver of economic growth, producing a new generation of billionaires who have reshaped the global tech landscape. As of September 2025, Forbes' Real-Time Billionaire List highlights the top 10 tech...

Aramco, Honeywell, KAUST to advance crude-to-chemicals tech
Aramco, Honeywell, and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to co-develop direct Crude-to-chemicals (CTC) technology. The collaboration will focus on developing and scaling up...

Winners Announced: AV Technology ProAV Best in Market 2025 Awards
AV Technology is thrilled to announce the Pro AV Best in Market (BiM) 2025 award winners! Check out the 30 products recognized in the third year of the program. The BiMs provide companies with the opportunity to highlight products that were new or...

Why QSR Tech Demands a Reliability Revolution
Quick-service restaurants are at the forefront of deploying new tech to lower operating costs and even increase revenues. From kiosks to signage to even robot chefs, brands like McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and Chick-fil-A lead the charge. These...

The Digital Afterlife: Ethical implications of memorial accounts on socio-technological platforms
Back to top Facebook memorial accounts The current post-digital society is not imagiable without the use of socio-technological platforms. Facebook, with approximately 2.9 billion monthly active users (Wong, 2023), represents the most extensively...

Periodic Labs Secures Major funding from Tech Giants
In the rapidly evolving tech landscape, strategic investments are crucial for driving innovation. Periodic Labs has emerged as a significant player in this dynamic environment, boasting a high-profile roster of investors. Among them are some of...

North Korea’s IT workers are targeting firms beyond tech, crypto, and the U.S.
North Korea’s clandestine IT Worker (ITW) program, which is long known for targeting U.S. technology firms and crypto firms, has broadened its scope to attempt to infiltrate a variety of industries worldwide, including finance, healthcare, public...