1. In February, Google changed the name of its AI-powered assistant from Bard to what?
2. Which chip company saw its value boom to more than $3 trillion this year as demand for AI services surged?
3. Which Irish company was named winner of The Irish Times Innovation Awards?
4. 2024 was a year of shock departures, from Intel’s chief executive Pat Gelsinger to newly appointed Web Summit chief executive Katherine Maher. But what company did Katherine Maher leave Web Summit to join?
5. Which two Irish-based companies have recently been named as targets in an investigation into possible breaches of competition law in the construction of data centres?
6. What was the name of the much-hyped wearable AI device released this year, promising a new way to interact with technology?
7. Which Irish accelerator programme caused a stir when it was announced that the Government would not extend support for the programme past November 2025?
8. The one-time chief executive of Baltimore Technologies died earlier this year. What was his name?
What’s in store for 2025?
9. Apple announced it would bring AI to its iPhone and iPad devices this year. But why were EU users left out of the roll-out?
10. An Irish inventor this year became the first winner of the international James Dyson Awards. What was the name of the winning Irish product?
11. In July, a widespread outage of Microsoft’s services caused chaos, with flights cancelled, the UK health services taken offline and 8.5 million computers needing to be manually rebooted. What was the name of the company blamed for the problems, and why?
12. What is the name of the new EU-wide regulations for online intermediaries and platforms, applying to businesses including search engines, video sites, app stores, online marketplaces, travel and accommodation sites and social media platforms that came into full effect in February?
13. Cavan man Padraig McDonnell was named earlier this year as the incoming chief executive and chief operating officer of which Silicon Valley life sciences giant?
14. Social media company X found itself in the Irish courts this year after it tried to use EU user data to train its “rebellious” AI. What is the name of the AI?
15. What is the name of the organisation with which privacy rights campaigner Max Schrems works?
16. What game returned to Apple’s platform this year after a four-year absence sparked by a high-profile antitrust battle?
17. Which Irish company was named as Ireland’s fastest-growing technology business in this year’s Deloitte Fast 50 ranking?
18. Which British entrepreneur, sometimes described as “Britain’s Bill Gates”, died when his yacht sank in a storm off the coast of Sicily?
19. What is the name of the AI company that created Claude?
20. How much money did Ireland stand to gain in total from the Apple tax case, after the appeals finally ran out of road in September?
The prizes
First prize is a Whoop band with a 12-month membership, courtesy of Whoop, plus a pair of Google Pixel Buds Pro 2, courtesy of Google.
Second prize is a Google TV 4K Streamer, courtesy of Google.
How to enter
Entries should be sent for the attention of Ciara O’Brien to: The Irish Times, 24 Tara Street Dublin 2 or by email to techquiz@irishtimes.com. Entries must be received by Friday, January 3rd. Terms and conditions apply to all prizes. The judge’s decision is final.
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