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As the annual Valentia Island lecture series approaches, let's look at the how a single telegram in 1858 paved the way for a cornerstone in modern networks.

Read more: The significance of Valentia Island and the first transatlantic cable

In the latest episode of For Tech’s Sake, we dive deep under the sea to explore the world of internet cables, from the Victorian internet to modern-day fibre.

Read more: Breaking the internet: The fragility of subsea cables

Growing digital dependencies, geopolitical tensions and the climate crisis have placed subsea cable infrastructure in increasing danger.

Read more: The growing need to address subsea cable security

Kyndryl’s Tim Martin believes that generative AI could be used to reduce its own environmental impact – but only if deployed correctly.

Read more: Could generative AI help mitigate its own energy problems?

Founded in 2021, this start-up wants to help US students access quality maths education in a virtual setting.

Read more: Brighterly: Building an edtech solution to a US math problem

The funding comes from the US Department of Energy and will be used to demonstrate the scalability of the company’s technology.

Read more: Dublin’s GridBeyond bags $7.8m for grid services project

The company’s modular technology improves energy efficiency, reduces emissions and recovers radiated waste heat.

Read more: Pyramp: How this TU Dublin spin-out is converting heat waste to electricity

The funding round, which was supported by the Enterprise Ireland High Potential Start-Up (HPSU) fund, will assist the company in scaling into the UK market.

Read more: Dublin regtech secures €800,000 to target UK market

As part of the partnership, students will be invited to Work IQ for interactive events, mentoring sessions and more.

Read more: Work IQ partners with TU Dublin to aid student entrepreneurs

Instagram is integrating some useful new functionalities into the app.

Read more: Instagram expands new features including polls and shoppable photos

New Apple transport features are customised for cities and towns.

Read more: Public transport directions are now available in Ireland on Apple Maps

Wireless pairing is about to become a lot less frustrating for Android device users.

Read more: Android makes it easier to pair Bluetooth devices with new technology

Google has launched its new router – Google Wifi – in Ireland, with the promise of ending the dreaded reception blackspots found in some people’s homes.

Read more: Google’s new Wi-Fi router promises to end reception ‘blackspots’

The energy company said that the project has the potential to power 115,000 Irish homes for up to two hours at a time.

Read more: SSE Renewables to develop battery storage site in Offaly

The aim of the project is to develop and test AI tools to boost the efficiency and sustainability of Europe's energy sector.

Read more: Dublin’s EPRI leads European project to advance AI use in the energy sector

People think AI can solve problems instantly, says SETU’s Dr Indrakshi Dey, but the reality is much more complex.

Read more: ‘AI can only solve real-world problems with the right data’

Anton Shilov reports via Tom's Hardware: FFmpeg is an open-source video decoding project developed by volunteers who contribute to its codebase, fix bugs, and add new features. The project is led by a small group of core developers and maintainers who oversee its direction and ensure that contributions meet certain standards. They coordinate the project's development and release cycles, merging contributions from other developers. This group of developers tried to implement a handwritten AVX512 assembly code path, something that has rarely been done before, at least not in the video industry. The developers have created an optimized code path using the AVX-512 instruction set to accelerate specific functions within the FFmpeg multimedia processing library. By leveraging AVX-512, they were able to achieve significant performance improvements -- from three to 94 times faster -- compared to standard implementations. AVX-512 enables processing large chunks of data in parallel using 512-bit registers, which can handle up to 16 single-precision FLOPS or 8 double-precision FLOPS in one operation. This optimization is ideal for compute-heavy tasks in general, but in the case of video and image processing in particular. The benchmarking results show that the new handwritten AVX-512 code path performs considerably faster than other implementations, including baseline C code and lower SIMD instruction sets like AVX2 and SSSE3. In some cases, the revamped AVX-512 codepath achieves a speedup of nearly 94 times over the baseline, highlighting the efficiency of hand-optimized assembly code for AVX-512.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Renew Home says they're building a "virtual power plant" in Texas by "enabling homes to easily reduce and shift the timing of energy use." Thursday they announced a 10-year project distributing hundreds of thousands of smart thermostats to customers of Texas-based power utility NRG Energy, starting next spring. (Bloomberg calls them "AI-enabled thermostats that use Alphabet Inc.'s Google Cloud technology.") The ultimate goal? "Create a nearly 1-gigawatt, AI-powered virtual power plant" — equivalent to 1.9 million solar panels, enough to power about 200,000 homes during peak demand. One NRG executive touted the move as "cutting-edge, AI-driven solutions that will bolster grid resilience and contribute to a more sustainable future." [Residential virtual power plants] work by aggregating numerous, small-scale distributed energy resources like HVAC systems controlled by smart thermostats and home batteries and coordinating them to balance supply and demand... NRG, in partnership with Renew Home, plans to offer Vivint and Nest smart thermostats, including professional installation, at no cost to eligible customers across NRG's retail electricity providers and plans. These advanced thermostats make subtle automatic HVAC adjustments to help customers shift their energy use to times when electricity is less constrained, less expensive, and cleaner... Over time, the parties expect to add devices like batteries and electric vehicles to the virtual power plant, expanding energy savings opportunities for customers... Through the use of Google Cloud's data, analytics, and AI technology, NRG will be able to do things like better predict weather conditions, forecast wind and solar generation output, and create predictive pricing models, allowing for more efficient production and ultimately ensuring the home energy experience is seamless for customers. Google Cloud will also offer "its AI and machine learning to determine the best time to cool or heat homes," reports Bloomberg, "based on a household's energy usage patterns and ambient temperatures." It was less than a year ago that Renew Home was formed when Google spun off the load-shifting service for its "Google Nest" thermostats, which merged with load-shift management startup OhmConnect. Bloomberg describes this week's announcement as "Three of the biggest names in US home energy automation... coming together to offer some relief to the beleaguered Texas electrical grid." But they point out that 1 gigawatt is roughly 1% of the record summer demand seen in Texas this year. Still, "The entire industry has been built to serve the peak load on the hottest day of the year," said Rasesh Patel, president of NRG's consumer unit. "This allows us to be a lot more smarter about demand in shaving the peak."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Tom's Hardware: LG Display, one of the global leaders in display technologies, unveiled a new stretchable display prototype that can expand by up to 50%. This makes it the most stretchable display in the industry, more than doubling the previous record of 20% elongation. [...] The prototype being flexed in [this image] is a 12-inch screen with a 100-pixel-per-inch resolution and full RGB color that expands to 18-inches when pulled. LG Display said that it based the stretchable display on a "special silicon material substrate used in contact lenses" and then improved its properties for better "stretchability and flexibility." It also used a new wiring design structure and a micro-LED light source, allowing users to repeatedly stretch the screen over 10,000 times with no effect on image quality.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

The project was described by judges as a 'creative and inspiring submission that will spark curiosity in space exploration'.

Read more: ‘Runtime Terror’ wins Dublin’s NASA Space Apps Challenge

The investigation will look into Temu's content and product recommender systems as well as the sale of illegal products on the platform.

Read more: EU to formally investigate Temu for possible breach of DSA

When users on X block someone, the blocked user will still be able to view their posts, but can't interact with them.

Read more: X officially allows blocked users to view public posts

The game will also restrict under-13s from being able to play, search or discover games with unrated experiences.

Read more: Roblox bans social hangouts, free-form creation for under-13s

The CEO of Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, had faced accusations that he had ignored and downplayed internal concerns raised about young users.

Read more: Zuckerberg not liable in social media harm lawsuits, judge rules

Look around a jobsite, and you’ll likely see many crew members wearing Red Wing boots.

Not only did this project renovate a California church with a durable new roof, it earned third place in the 2019 ATAS Project of the Year competition.

R/J Group Inc. shows how offering feasible repairs in place of total replacements not only saved the customer money, but led to additional work.

Greg Bloom, president of the Roofing Alliance for 2023-24, discusses what it means to be invested in the greater good.

Timberline Solar, a system that directly integrates solar technology into traditional roofing processes and materials, will initially be available in the Twin Cities metro area for purchase and installation by local roofers. 

New efficiencies and less space taken on rooftops mean roofing contractors looking to sell solar may see more success in the years ahead.

Chicago's American Hydrotech, a Sika company, achieved FM Approvals for its Garden Roof Assemblies, ensuring reliability and eco-friendly benefits for urban spaces.

OSHA and Noble Texas Builders have entered into a one-year partnership to enhance worker safety during construction at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley – McAllen Independent School District Collegiate Academy in McAllen, Texas.

Zonda Tools has unveiled its Diablo Automatic Hot Air Welder, which runs at 4200 watts and can weld at temperatures up to 1,150 degrees Fahrenheit.

Learn first-hand how RC’s 2021 Residential Roofing Contractor of the Year prepared for, executed and maintains a path for explosive growth.

With labor shortages still prominent in the roofing industry, rehabilitating and working with problem employees may be the best solution in lieu of termination.

How to accommodate a pregnant employee who may have work limitations continues to vex employers. It’s an issue that, if improperly handled, could result in legal liability to employers.

Husband and wife duo Robby and Jaycee Wilkerson, co-principals of Sustainable Roofing, emphasize ventilation expertise and sustainability in their eco-friendly and customer-centric approach to roofing contracting.