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
over 1 year ago
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Scientists using ‘dairy drones’ to milk more value from Irish farms

Scientists are testing AI models based on photos captured by 'dairy drones' to make pasture management easier and che...

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over 1 year ago
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1oT claims its eSIM tech will modernise global connectivity

Estonian start-up 1oT plans to shake up the connectivity industry with the creation of its telecom-independent eSIM i...

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German chipmaker Semikron falls victim to ransomware attack

A hacker group claims it stole 2TB of data from Semikron and used LV ransomware, which appears to be a repurposed for...

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Queen’s researchers get grant for vaccine-inspired breast cancer treatment

Researchers plan to use mRNA, which was deployed in Covid-19 vaccines, to target a protein found in breast cancer cells.

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over 1 year ago
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Pearson looks to NFTs to profit from second-hand textbook sales

Pearson’s CEO said NFTs and blockchain provide the potential to track and profit from digital textbooks every time th...

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over 1 year ago
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Tapestry VC weaves $50m of fresh capital into two new funds

Tapestry VC said it focuses on technical founders who have experience starting businesses and who seek to disrupt ‘sl...

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over 1 year ago
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How Nichelle Nichols helped NASA boldly go where it hadn’t before

Nichols' work in a recruitment drive with NASA helped bring some of the first women and people of colour astronauts i...

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over 1 year ago
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Keywords Studios levels up its game testing with new acquisition

Keywords Studios said the acquisition of Australia’s Mighty Games will bring AI-based game testing services to its gl...

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over 1 year ago
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'Groundbreaking' EU court ruling could impact how sensitive data is shared

The top EU court said data that indirectly reveals sexual orientation falls under GDPR, which could greatly impact ho...

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over 1 year ago
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Crypto custodian Zodia approved to provide services in Ireland

Zodia said its registration as a Virtual Service Asset Provider will help it serve EU clients when planned crypto reg...

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over 1 year ago
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Irish gym software firm Glofox to be snapped up by US company

Glofox is being acquired by ABC Fitness Solutions and the companies will support 31m members across more than 24,000 ...

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over 1 year ago
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UK researchers making photonic ‘nose’ to monitor crops for pests

The researchers said a photonic monitoring system could help in dealing with pests, which destroy an estimated 40pc o...

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