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Rapid AI advances increasing financial stability risks, Bank of England warns
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (406+ words) Rapid advances in AI have led to heightened risks over financial stability amid concerns about cyber attacks and "more stretched" stock valuations in the sector, the Bank of England has warned. The central bank also cautioned that it has seen…...
Omagh cyber security firm expands to deliver ambitious growth strategy
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (254+ words) Omagh-based cyber security company Lough Tec is creating 15 new jobs as part of plans to more than double its export sales by the end of 2028. Invest NI has offered "90, 000 of support towards the creation of the roles in security operations…...
Crypto coin for hurler hero in Belfast knife attack traded $137, 000 in 24 hours " The Irish News
3+ week, 3+ day ago (945+ words) Cryptocurrencies set up in the name of the victim and hero of a Belfast knife attack have seen hundreds of thousands of dollars traded on online platforms in the wake of the tragedy and subsequent race riots. The "Belfast Hero…...
Francis Downey: Cyber-attacks remain widespread - but culture is compounding the risk
4+ week, 20+ hour ago (521+ words) Cyber security has moved far beyond the confines of the IT department. It is now a boardroom issue that can impact on every aspect of an organisation, from operational continuity and financial performance to customer trust and corporate reputation. Yet,…...
People were trying to take dead bodies by force" - Inside the fight to contain Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo
4+ week, 1+ day ago (655+ words) The head of Tr'caire in the Democratic Republic of Congo has told The Irish News about confronting the Ebola outbreak amid armed conflict and even attempts to steal dead bodies from health clinics. Since the outbreak of the disease was…...
Belfast AI specialist Syndeo secures new deal with Ericsson group's cloud communications provider Vonage
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (267+ words) A fast-growing Belfast tech firm has announced a new AI deal with Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson. Syndeo, which develop advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems for large businesses, has secured the partnership with Ericsson's US cloud communications provider Vonage. The deal…...
Leona O'Neill: Hantavirus is not Covid, but try telling our brains that
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (624+ words) THE Covid epidemic has most certainly left very many of us completely traumatised. And that is precisely why we have reacted in a completely irrational way to the latest viral infection that has broken out on a Dutch cruise ship....
Francis Downey: Rethinking cyber security from the inside out
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (476+ words) For years, businesses have been told to look outward when it comes to cyber risk and to focus their attention on hackers, phishing emails, and a wide range of increasingly sophisticated attacks. These safeguards remain important, but what if the…...
Evacuations of passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship begin
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (571+ words) Evacuations of passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak have begun, as Britons on board prepare to be flown home to isolate at the UK's initial Covid quarantine site. The MV Hondius arrived in Tenerife on Sunday…...
Cyber attack blamed for delay telling schools music tutor in court facing child sex offence charges
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (625+ words) The Northern Ireland Education Authority blamed a cyber attack on its IT systems for hampering efforts to tell schools a music tutor had appeared in court facing sex charges. The Education Authority told The Irish News they were not notified…...