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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641 Articles
about 2 years ago
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EU takes step towards tougher cybersecurity rules

The updated measures will cover a wider range of critical sectors, while increasing the cybersecurity requirements im...

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about 2 years ago
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The issues with the EU’s draft regulation on facial recognition AI

Dr Kris Shrishak of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties discusses the challenges of regulating AI and facial recogn...

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about 2 years ago
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Climate action platform Sustain.Life raises $16m to fuel growth

Sustain.Life, co-founded by Irishman Mike Hanrahan, aims to help SMEs measure, manage and report carbon emissions and...

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about 2 years ago
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Private data of Irish internet users shared 392 times a day, report claims

The ICCL says the $117bn real-time bidding industry is responsible for the 'biggest data breach ever recorded'.

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about 2 years ago
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Bolt to launch its first Irish e-bike rental service in Sligo

Users in Sligo will be able to rent e-bikes using the Bolt app from next month as the company expands its services in...

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about 2 years ago
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Cork-based Keelvar raises $24m funding to scale smart sourcing software

Keelvar plans to expand its services for large enterprise and mid-market businesses following a period of rapid growt...

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about 2 years ago
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ActionZero plans to create 50 new jobs at Kerry manufacturing site

ActionZero, which will manufacture its EscoPod products at the Kerry facility, has projected sales growth of €50m ove...

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about 2 years ago
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UK carbon capture start-up raises $5m with backing from Gates’ fund

The seed funding round, led by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures, will help MZT commercialise its direct air c...

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about 2 years ago
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Elon Musk says $44bn Twitter deal is 'temporarily on hold'

Musk said the deal is on hold as he wants to see Twitter's calculations about the estimated number of fake accounts o...

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about 2 years ago
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The challenges tech companies face from a more connected world

Prof Catherine Welch of Trinity Business School, told the Future Human audience about the risks tech companies face f...

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about 2 years ago
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Mark Zuckerberg shows demo of Meta’s mixed reality headset

In a demo video, the Meta boss showcased the mixed reality capabilities of the upcoming ‘Project Cambria’ headset.

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about 2 years ago
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‘Nature, people first, that’s the concept of a nature-based economy’

Siobhan McQuaid of the Connecting Nature project tells Future Human the benefits of working toward a nature-based eco...

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