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12/26/2024

Wishing You & Your Family, Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays ✨🎄

As we wrap up this incredible year, we’re taking a moment to thank you, our amazing community, for making GYPO what it is today. This festive season is about gratitude, love, and dreaming big, values that guide everything we do.

Here’s to a holiday filled with warmth, laughter, and joy, and a New Year that’s brimming with opportunities and success. Together, we’ll continue reaching new heights!

From all of us at GYPO, we wish you and your loved ones a magical and Merry Christmas! 🎁✨

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10/25/2023

Harnessing the Side-Hustle Wave: Navigating Rising Costs Through Online Selling.

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By Johnathan Elf In recent times, a surge in online marketplace activity has been observed as individuals seek innovative ways to offset the escalating cost of living. Platforms like Facebook Marketplace and eBay have witnessed a notable uptick in independent sellers, reflecting a growing trend in t...

11/10/2022

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10/13/2022

Microsoft Aims For ‘NEXT ERA OF PC’ With New Surface Devices.

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The company is rolling out upgraded Surface , Pro and Studio devices, along with new accessories, integrations and image tools.

is looking to head into the “next era of the Windows PC”.
That was the key message of the company’s event today (12 October), where it unveiled a host of upgraded products.

The big reveal was the 5. In a following the event, Microsoft chief product officer described it as “sleek and elegant” with all-day battery life that is “50pc more powerful than its predecessor”.

It comes in 13.5-inch and 15.5-inch options, with and spatial processing to boost and sound. Likely tapping into the rise of , it also has a front-facing and studio .

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The company is rolling out upgraded Surface Laptop, Pro and Studio devices, along with new accessories, Apple integrations and AI image tools. Microsoft is looking to head into the “next era of the Windows PC”. That was the key message of the company’s event today (12 October), where it unveil...

10/11/2022

Irish Researchers To Lead €9m Metaverse XR Project Aimed At Media Sector.



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Academics from TUS, TCD and Irish company VRAI join a multinational consortium who will focus on using XR tech for content creation and consumption. A new EU-funded, Irish-based project aims to leverage the so-called ‘metaverse’ – or extended reality (XR) tech – to benefit the media and arts...

09/28/2022

9️⃣1️⃣ Irish Start-Ups Raised €746m In The First Half Of This Year, Report Reveals.

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Half of the top 10 funded Irish were from outside of the capital, while women experienced a record funding year.

A total of 91 start-ups managed to raise €746m between them in the first half of this year, according to a report by Irish TechIreland.
TechIreland’s H1 2022 Funding Review was published today (22 September). Overall, it contained good news – although some results may prove concerning.

While this year’s first-half figures compare well with other years, the €746m figure was skewed by three who took 40% of that share.

As well as the three already mentioned, the 10 companies to receive the most funding so far this year were:

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Facebook Discover Ireland The Startup Resource Voice Of EU Los Angeles, California // GYPOTech

09/12/2022

IRISH TECH RAISED RECORD VC FUNDING OF €778m IN FIRST HALF OF 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣2️⃣.

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The latest IVCA report found that there was a 50pc fall in overseas funding for Irish in the second quarter of the year.

tech companies raised record levels of in the first half of this year, but a slowdown in the second quarter could threaten the outlook for the rest of 2022.

That’s according to a report published today (11 September) by the Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA). It found that in Irish companies rose by 21pc to a record €778.1m in the first half of the year.
The noted that this performance was largely due to a strong first quarter, when reached €379.7m. The second quarter, however, saw a slowdown with only a 2pc rise to €398.4m compared to last year’s record second quarter.

“It was a strong first half overall for Irish tech companies raising funds, especially when one considers the geopolitical and economic headwinds and downturn in publicly quoted technology stocks over this time,” said IVCA chair .

“It remains to be seen whether the significant slowdown in growth in the second quarter to under 2pc heralds a more difficult second half to the year.”
Hamill, who took over as chair of the IVCA in July, said that there was a 50pc fall in funding into Irish tech companies in the second quarter – from €303m to €152m.

“This over-reliance on foreign investment threatens Ireland’s ability to continue to develop indigenous world-class technology companies,” he said.

“The tide of available global capital is starting to go out, which highlights the importance of our pre-Budget submission recommending measures to boost domestic sources of funding.”....

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The latest IVCA report found that there was a 50pc fall in overseas funding for Irish tech companies in the second quarter of the year. Irish tech companies raised record levels of venture capital funding in the first half of this year, but a slowdown in the second quarter could threaten the outlook...

09/06/2022

Apple Desktop Update Debuts Before Wednesday’s iThing Launch.

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Apple will on September 7th stage one of its live infomercials to launch products expected to include this year’s iPhone – complete with satellite messaging capabilities – plus wireless earbuds, an enhanced smart watch, and maybe even some new tablet computers. But if you can’t wait until We...

08/29/2022

Facebook Settles Cambridge Analytica Class Action.

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Meta’s Platforms has reached an agreement to settle the consumer lawsuits brought as a result of Cambridge Analytica’s unauthorized harvesting of user data – an outcome that means Facebook execs won’t be required to testify in court. A filing [PDF] dated August 26 requested that judge Vince ...

08/24/2022

Smartphone Gyroscopes Threaten Air-Gapped Systems.

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An Israeli security researcher known for foiling air gap security measures has published a reminder of just how vulnerable the approaches are to both visual and ultrasonic threats. A pair of preprint papers from Mordechai Guri, head of R&D at Ben-Gurion University’s Cyber Security Research Labs, d...

04/25/2022

10 Rules For Starting A Business, According To Start-Up Founders.



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Thinking of taking a leap into the world of entrepreneurship? Read this first. We asked the founders of 17 start-ups to share their most valuable advice for other self-starters. This is what we learned. 1. Focus your idea First things first: decide what it is you are going to do. “Look around,” ...

04/22/2022

Meet Ai-Da, The World’s 1st Robot Artist

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The creative robot Ai-Da, at the Design Museum in London in May 2021.Tim P. Whitby (Getty Images) “The biggest change in human history will take place in the next decade,” warns Aidan Meller, a Briton who ran an art gallery for 20 years until he became a pioneer by launching the world’s first ...