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The latest business & emerging technology news in Belfast & across NI. Main account: @SyncNI
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Joined November 2018
This week Irish FinTech @PrepaidFS were awarded the contract for NI High Street Voucher Scheme, a £145m contract! https://t.co/aokNACTlD3
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The contract for Northern Ireland's £145m High Street Scheme has been awarded to Prepaid Financial Services (PFS), and is due to be rolled out in September. The scheme will give everyone aged 18 and...
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DID YOU HEAR? The Nokia brick is back! And it still has snake🐍 https://t.co/REu6QU5RKm
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This week it was announced that Belfast cybersecurity company @Cyphra_com have been acquired by Pixel, the parent company of IT solutions company @perfectimage
https://t.co/2t97BV3Dvr
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Belfast-based cybersecurity company Cyphra has recently been acquired by Pixel, the parent organisation of British IT solutions provider, Perfect Image. The acquisition is expected to create profits...
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A 'cyber-seed' which grows into products including aircraft parts and medical devices is to be created. Experts from @QUBelfast @lborouniversity and @UniOfYork have been awarded £7.3million to work on the design. https://t.co/15hnb6q5o8
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The first-ever manufacturing ‘cyber seed’ which grows just like a plant and produces innovative designs for products ranging from aircraft parts to medical devices has been conceptualised by resear...
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"The focus of the webinar will be on optimising the green hydrogen pipeline, reducing costs for production, transmission, distribution, retail, and end applications." https://t.co/rV10H4EKG2
@Wright_bus @GenComm_CH2F #ClimateAction
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GenComm's second webinar on green hydrogen energy technology will take place next week on April 15th, with speakers from Energia, Wrightbus, and Echelon Data Centres. Northern Ireland has been...
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"Some merchants have accepted Bitcoin in the past but were forced to stop taking payments due to currency volatility. With conversions taking place instantly at check-out time, Visa and PayPal can eliminate that risk." https://t.co/Ik6SY8B6QS
#bitcoin #cryptocurrency
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Payment providers Visa and PayPal have announced plans to integrate cryptocurrency payments at checkout time, leading to increased adoption of the technology. Cryptocurrency has been one of the...
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"The rover will officially touch down on the surface of Mars at 8:55PM GMT, but the show starts at 7:15PM tonight. The event will be streamed live on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, ..." https://t.co/exPQoAsSvM
#Perseverance #PerseveranceRover
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NASA's Perseverence rover is scheduled to touch down on the red planet tonight, and you can watch the mission live from 7:15PM GMT. If there's one thing about space exploration that's really captured...
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"... raises questions about how the law can catch up with existence of cryptocurrencies. Fraudulently obtained currency is normally confiscated, but you can't really confiscate anything that's on a public blockchain ledger." https://t.co/oSO9oz4oSQ
#bitcoin #btc #blockchain
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The case of a fraudster who refused to turn over the password to a £40m Bitcoin wallet has raised concerns that law enforcement can't deal with cryptocurrencies. The advent of cryptocurrencies such...
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"Ireland is in the rare position of having abundant wind and large suitable areas for offshore wind farms, which could be used to generate hydrogen from water by electrolysis." https://t.co/AfniwnCwZH
@ecoopsireland #valentiaislandhydrogen
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The Valentia Island Energy Co-operative has made the case for transforming Ireland's energy consumption through offshore wind and hydrogen production. Countries across Europe have committed to...
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"The Traditional Medicine Group followed clues from ancient Irish folk medicine about soil in west Fermanagh" https://t.co/xfVuNDmtzV
#medtech #AntibioticResistance
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Almac Sciences awarded £2m grant for enzyme discovery biotech https://t.co/nXsQYn2QZc "Almac Sciences, a member of the Almac Group, has been developing a new digital platform for enzyme chemistry with R&D support from Invest NI." @AlmacGroup
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Craigavon-based biotech firm Almac Sciences has been given £2m in Invest NI grants to accelerate its enzyme research programme. Enzyme research has yielded a number of major advances in biotech over...
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OpenAI creates amazing new AI that can create photos and artwork https://t.co/voCsaS0nKu "DALL·E is able to take a short text prompt such as 'an armchair in the shape of an avocado' and will then generate a series of images corresponding to that input. " #ai
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Northern Ireland begins rolling out Oxford Covid-19 vaccine https://t.co/ngtyru9IxR "The injection was given to 94-year-old Eileen Lynch at a GP surgery on the Falls Road in Belfast." #COVID19 #MedTech
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The new Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has begun rolling out in Northern Ireland, speeding up the NI vaccination programme. It's hard to believe it's been less than two months since news broke...
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Consumers don’t fully trust new smart home technologies due to fears over security breaches, according to research from Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Warwick. https://t.co/pKdx3L6slw
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"Staking is what you need to do to become a validator in a proof-of-stake system. This is a consensus mechanism that is going to replace the proof-of-work system currently in place on the Ethereum #blockchain network." @RakutenBelfast
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Economy Minister Diane Dodds has stressed the importance of renewable electricity and her plan to develop a hydrogen economy in Northern Ireland. https://t.co/EsZg5dEoRE
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Economy Minister Diane Dodds has stressed the importance of renewable electricity and her plan to develop a hydrogen economy in Northern Ireland. Giving the keynote address at an online conference...
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In our latest podcast episode of #TechCraic, @niamhcam94 speaks with @KainosSoftware's Ruth McGuinness on her career path into tech and what we can expect from the upcoming AI Con 2020! #AI #tech
https://t.co/38M0YC3rlC
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This week, journalist Niamh Campbell speaks to Ruth McGuiness. She is the new AI Business Development Director at Kainos and she will be the Chair of the AI in Public Sector / National Data Strategy...
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SONI, the Electricity System Operator for Northern Ireland is developing a 10-year programme of work, and wants your views on its outlook to 2029. #SONI #electricity #NIfuture
https://t.co/NcvUgUj9NO
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SONI, the Electricity System Operator for Northern Ireland is developing a 10-year programme of work, and wants your views on its outlook to 2029. Known as the Transmission Development Plan for...
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Irish micromobility start-up Zipp Mobility has completed its first week of e-scooter rental trials in the UK, with promising results. #escooter #micromobility #startup
https://t.co/E9ebPBjBbP
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Irish micromobility start-up Zipp Mobility has completed its first week of e-scooter rental trials in the UK, with promising results. Public rental bicycles have been a common sight in most major...
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Allstate, like many other organisations, is becoming more proactive and creative in finding new ways to enhance the customer journey using Artificial Intelligence @AllstateNI
https://t.co/MTt5UCN9oD
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