FinTech

Techstars And Startup Boost Join Forces On Global Pre-accelerator

In an interesting twist, Startup Boost, the successor to the Startup Next pre-accelerator retired by Techstars, is onc... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Sate Your Natural Curiosity

Scientists stunned to capture first mating footage of bizarre anglerfish A hairy frogfish (Antennarius striatus), a re... Read more

Craigslist Shelves Personal Ads After US Passes Controversial Sex-trafficking Bill

Craigslist is one of the most popular classified ad websites in the world and, up until recently, had a thriving person... Read more

Symantecs Sheila Jordan: You Have To Detect, Discover And Respond Fast

Symantec CIO and senior vice-president Sheila Jordan joined the IT security giant in 2014 to drive its IT strategy and ... Read more

Heres What Its Really Like To Return To Work After A Career Break

Ask someone what a returnship is, and you might get a blank stare. While relatively new to Ireland, these structured hi... Read more

Smart Wine Bottle Is The Latest IoT Device To Go Bust

Medical internet of things (IoT) technology received a major boost this week with news that Causeway Sensors – a spin... Read more

M1 Taps Keppel Electric Partnership As Singapore Readies Open Market

Singapore telco ties up with Keppel Electric to offer bundled price packages that include electricity and mobile service... Read more

Has Ireland Turned A Corner In Its Quest To Become A Global Tech Hub?

Ireland counts itself among the many countries battling it out to establish itself as the next Silicon Valley. While t... Read more

Does Self-discipline Elude You? Try These 14 Handy Tricks

There isn’t really a person out there who thinks: ‘Self-discipline? No thank you, I will pass on that personality t... Read more

Instagram Makes Changes To Its Timeline Algorithm After User Feedback

Instagram is making an alteration to its feed that it hopes will quell user criticism of the previous iteration. The Fa... Read more

Study Reveals Depressing Extent Of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

First discovered in 1997 by yachtsman Charles Moore, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – as it has come to be known –... Read more

Baidu Obtains Plates To Test Autonomous Cars On Public Roads In Beijing

Local Beijing authority releases temporary licenses for autonomous driving tests in the city soon after the fatal accide... Read more

​Samsung Boosts Mid-tier Exynos 7 AP With Deep Learning Image Processing

Samsung's new mid-tier mobile application processor Exynos 7 9610 has deep learning and faster image processing capabili... Read more

​Facebook Fined In South Korea For Limiting User Access

South Korea's telco watchdog has fined Facebook 396 million won (US$370,000) for rerouting networks, causing slower acce... Read more

Tencent Sees 2017 Profit Climb 75 Percent On Robust Ad Sales

Chinese tech giant's online advertising revenue grew 49.9 percent for its fiscal 2017, which saw its profit grow to US$1... Read more