Team Techopia
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Ireland opens €40m technology funding round
Ireland has opened applications for €40 million of collaborative technology funding aimed at moving research towards commercial deployment.
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Thales joins data protection to AI posture
Thales is combining data discovery with encryption, masking, and tokenisation as AI systems gain wider access to enterprise information.
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AI inference economics drive Nebius acquisition
Nebius has bought Inferize as cloud providers turn software efficiency into another lever on expensive GPU infrastructure.
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EU search data regime heads to court
Google wants Europe’s General Court to pause rules requiring it to share search data with qualifying rivals.
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Europe’s innovation gap lies beyond the laboratory
Europe remains scientifically strong, but weak scaling, finance, and technology diffusion continue to constrain productivity.
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Europe’s farm data infrastructure moves into implementation
Europe is building shared digital infrastructure for agriculture, beginning with farm identity, data access, and cross-border services.
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CoreWeave moves beyond the GPU layer
CoreWeave is expanding beyond GPU rental with its Forge platform, combining inference, observability, evaluation, and training as specialist AI clouds compete with hyperscalers higher up the software stack.
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Amazon adds Shetland wind to UK power mix
Amazon has signed a 36MW Shetland wind power purchase agreement. The contract supports Statkraft’s Mossy Hill project as digital infrastructure and wider electrification increase demand for new UK generation.
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AI reshapes the UK cyber skills squeeze
AI use among UK cyber companies has jumped from 53% to 70%, while government research finds workforce growth slowing, basic skills gaps widening, and entry-level routes becoming harder to sustain.
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ICO moves from commissioner to board governance
Britain’s data regulator has formally become the Information Commission, replacing its single-commissioner legal structure with a board while retaining the ICO name, responsibilities, and day-to-day regulatory work.
