It was a pleasure, as always, to contribute to a reNEWS. For this year's report on renewables in Ireland I covered the large-scale battery energy storage sector.

More from me: Software developers are quickly learning the good, the bad, and the ugly of outsourcing app development to AI – and CIOs have much to learn from their vibe coding experiences.

www.techmonitor.ai/digital-econ...

#AI #Vibecoding #coding #innovation #Enterprise

From me: As global copper shortages loom, the mining industry is turning to nascent technology to find ways to extract larger volumes of copper more sustainably.

www.mining-technology.com/features/cut...

#Mining #Technology #Innovation in #Sustainability

“I’ve never seen such societal acceptance of mining” – Wheaton Precious Metals’ Randy Smallwood

But he also warns the industry must live up to the moment and put environment and society at the heart of what it does - read the full interview here: www.mining-technology.com/interviews/c...

#Mining

This is definitely not the best weather to be working from home in, or working at all...

It's really annoying that everything you order from an ad on Instagram comes from China but that fact is never made clear before ordering.

Hyperloops: I am writing a feature on what's happened to the hyperloop concept?

Are concepts still progressing? Is the technology still viable? etc

I am looking for experts and hyperloop developers to share their stories and insights with me. #JournoRequest

Earlier a Facebook memory of my travels in South America 9 years ago popped up. Halcyon days in many ways. And a reminder how no-stop my 30s have been: travels, two kids, a pandemic, relentless politics and so much working. Very fortunate overall, but also very tiring!

Always a pleasure writing for the IET's glossy E&T Magazine but I particularly enjoyed speaking to Mott MacDonald's James Middling about the firm's work on Saudi Arabia's NEOM City and The Line.

#Engineering #Technology #Buildings #Innovation #Supercity #SaudiArabia

IBM Launches Smaller AI Model With Enhanced Reasoning

aibusiness.com/nlp/ibm-laun.... #AI

Peak coal: are we witnessing coal’s last hurrah?

Coal supply and demand reached yet new highs last year. China continues to dominate the global outlook with rising demand and import stockpiles – but decline still hangs in the shadows. #Coal #Commodities

www.mining-technology.com/features/pea...

Nokia AI-Powered Platform for Industry 4.0 Applications Launches at Mobile World Congress 2025. aibusiness.com/data/nokia-a...

I will be writing a story about new innovations and activities in metals and mineral recycling in response to the growing demand for critical minerals - please get in touch if you have any relevant information or insight. DL is in April. Contact in bio. #Journrequest

Going to Paris with my dad and looking for non-touristy things to do or a nice market or something to visit, plus great places to eat if any one has any recommendations they'd like to share please! #Paris #Recommendations #Travel

Such a relief to finally have some sun in London, the greyness sucks the life out of me!

Hugging Face Launches Natural Language AI Model for Robot Commands

aibusiness.com/language-mod...

Meta Plans to Limit Release of Risky AI Systems: The Frontier AI Framework describes how Meta could categorize AI models into high risk and critical risk groups

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