Intel is shifting manufacturing capacity away from consumer PC chips toward data center CPUs, citing surging AI-driven demand. The company is expanding Fab 24 in Ireland to produce more Xeon processors, has started equipment installation at Fab 62 in Arizona ahead of schedule for 18A chips, and is growing advanced packaging capacity in New Mexico and Malaysia. CEO Lip-Bu Tan said Intel's Data Center and AI unit posted $7.3 billion in Q3 2026 revenue, up 17% sequentially and nearly 80% year-over-year.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-31
Historical pamphlets describing 17th-century British disasters, such as the Bristol flood and a reported shower of wheat, went to notable lengths to convince readers of their truthfulness. Authors cited named eyewitnesses, sometimes including their addresses or occupations, and in one case invoked the Lord Chancellor of Ireland as a source to lend authority to an account of a cross appearing in the moon.
publicdomainreview.org
· 2026-10-28
A personal essay contrasts Ireland's deforested, flattened mountains with the wilder peaks of Asturias, Spain, where bears and wolves still roam. The author draws on historical resistance in the region and references James Scott's 'The Art of Not Being Governed' to argue that mountainous terrain has long resisted state surveillance and governance.
dark-mountain.net
· 2026-10-23
Peter Burke, Ireland's minister for enterprise, outlined the country's ambitions to capture more of the global AI investment boom. He addressed how Europe's regulatory stance, including the EU's AI Act that began phasing in during 2025, is evolving as governments try to balance oversight with economic competitiveness.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-22
Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative concluded Pwn2Own Ireland 2026, awarding $1,262,000 across three days as researchers demonstrated 98 zero-day vulnerabilities in devices including the Samsung Galaxy S26, Google Pixel 10, OpenAI Codex and Oracle's Autonomous AI Database. Ikotas Labs won the contest overall with $361,000 and 42.5 Master of Pwn points, including a $300,000 payout for a chained exploit against the Pixel 10, ahead of runners-up Xint and Team ZyGoat.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-09
During the second day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2026, security researchers successfully exploited the Samsung Galaxy S26 three times, with multiple teams including KAIST Hacking Lab and others demonstrating zero-day vulnerabilities. The event awarded a total of $232,500 for various exploits across different devices and categories.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-08
On the opening day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2026, security researchers chained 32 zero-day vulnerabilities to breach devices across categories including mobile phones, printers, smart home gadgets and AI systems, earning $388,500 in prizes. Samsung's Galaxy S26 was compromised twice, while VinSOC researchers led the leaderboard after chaining seven zero-days against a Philips Hue Bridge Pro and five against Oracle's Autonomous AI Database. Other targets included OpenAI's Codex coding agent, Lexmark and Canon printers, a Sonos Era 300 speaker, and LiteLLM, though an attempt on the Google Pixel 10 failed within the time limit.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-06
TechCrunch has announced a lineup of Side Events accompanying Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco, held alongside the main conference at Moscone West. Organizers include KOTRA, which is hosting a Korea-US networking night and offering complimentary Expo+ passes to qualified applicants, WayFounder's Born2Global founder networking event featuring 18 Korean startups, and Enterprise Ireland's returning 'Irish Shark Tank' event. SafetyWing and Descope are also listed as new event hosts for 2026.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-29
Hospitality entrepreneur Alan Clancy has opened DÍON, an 18,000-square-foot rooftop restaurant atop Dublin's former Central Bank of Ireland building. Clancy originally lost a 2019 tender to develop the site with an Irish-rooted concept, but after COVID-19 closures forced him to rework his other venues, Hines' managing director later invited him back to pursue the project. The restaurant's name means 'roof and shelter' in Irish, reflecting its rooftop setting and design.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-22
Ireland's Data Protection Commission concluded a five-year inquiry into how Google Ireland handled location data across Web & App Activity, Location History and Location Accuracy features between 2018 and 2020. The regulator found multiple GDPR violations spanning lawfulness, transparency, accountability and data retention, and has fined the company €403 million while giving it six months to fix its practices.
dataprotection.ie
· 2026-09-21
Health officials in Ireland traced an outbreak of aggressive skin infections to a community party featuring three bouncy castles, where about 120 people, roughly half of them children, gathered for a barbecue in fall 2025. Of 48 children who fell ill, 33 were treated by regular doctors, 15 needed emergency care, and four were hospitalized, though all recovered. Genomic testing identified a rare, toxin-producing strain of MRSA that caused symptoms far faster than typical infections, sometimes within hours.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-11
Researchers using a computer algorithm modeled on cave dwelling traits in south Wales identified similar cave sites in Ireland, aided by caving specialist Shane Diffily and digital mapping consultant Darren Lee. The findings from newly discovered cave art suggest that Ireland's earliest known human inhabitants likely crossed over from Wales rather than arriving by another route.
bbc.com
· 2026-09-07
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