Leigh McGowran Journalist
  • Dublin
  • Silicon Republic

Leigh Mc Gowran is a journalist with Silicon Republic since November 2021. He has previously worked as an environmental and breaking news journalist, and a local radio presenter.

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Silicon Republic, Dublin Live

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  • Technology
  • Business

641 Articles
almost 2 years ago
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Elon Musk hints at Twitter layoffs to make the company 'healthy'

Musk said he wants Twitter to reach 1bn users and that the platform would benefit from becoming more like WeChat and ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Sales platform Outreach opens EU data centre in Dublin

Outreach said the data centre will allow its customers to use its sales products while adhering to EU data security a...

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almost 2 years ago
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€55m fund to help Irish businesses move away from fossil fuels

The Green Transition fund will give up to €1m to manufacturing companies, with grants to help businesses plan their f...

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almost 2 years ago
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Ireland signs cybersecurity deal with Microsoft to protect infrastructure

Joining Microsoft’s government cybersecurity programme will give Ireland access to threat and early warning vulnerabi...

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almost 2 years ago
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VMware to create 205 Dublin jobs by 2025 to develop cloud services

Cloud services giant VMware is bringing its engineering closer to European customers with the creation of new jobs in...

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almost 2 years ago
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Zeus to create more than 20 jobs in Ireland after bagging €5m investment

Zeus plans to create new jobs in Ireland and abroad while using the investment to launch a new e-scooter and roll out...

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almost 2 years ago
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Qualcomm wins appeal against €1bn EU antitrust fine

The second highest court in the EU overturned a €997m antitrust fine imposed on Qualcomm, marking a major blow to the...

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almost 2 years ago
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NUI Galway chosen to host new EU supercomputer

The ICHEC supercomputer is one of five new models being deployed in the EU, with the first European exascale model be...

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almost 2 years ago
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Global data centre investment more than doubled in 2021, report says

A DLA Piper report found the value of global investment in data centres more than doubled last year, reaching $59.5bn.

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almost 2 years ago
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Adobe plans to release a free version of Photoshop for web users

The free version of Photoshop is being tested in Canada and will have some features only accessible for paying Adobe ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Cloudflare says it mitigated the largest HTTPS DDoS attack on record

Cloudflare said the massive DDoS attack likely used hijacked virtual machines and was unique in the amount of resourc...

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almost 2 years ago
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Spotify forms safety council to provide feedback after Rogan controversy

Following controversy surrounding the Joe Rogan podcast, Spotify is launching a Safety Advisory Council to shape cont...

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