FinTech

Power Plant Explosion In Russia May Have Triggered 2017 Radioactive Cloud

Not long after the tragedy of the Chernobyl event has been refreshed in the minds of TV viewers, an international team ... Read more

Huawei Reports 23pc Growth Despite US Trade Crackdown

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei came out strong in its latest earnings report, posting year-on-year growth of 23.2pc desp... Read more

Restaurant Delivery Management Start-up Ordermark Raises $18m

Ordermark, the food delivery management start-up founded by fourth-generation restaurant owner Alex Canter, announced y... Read more

Enet CEO: We Want To Be The Go-to Company In The Telecoms Sector

Peter McCarthy is the group CEO of Enet, which operates a wholesale telecoms network in Ireland. McCarthy has gained mo... Read more

Cork Teenagers Microplastics Project Wins $50,000 At Google Science Fair

An Irish teenager has gained attention on the world stage by winning an international science competition for his proje... Read more

Baffling, Ancient Roman Fragment In UK Traced To Rather Unlikely Origin

A Roman fragment uncovered two years ago in an ancient villa in the UK town of Chedworth, Gloucestershire, is being des... Read more

Why Is Twitter Suddenly Filled With Emoji Mashups?

A new bot Twitter account has quickly earned a large following after tweeting mashup emojis every hour. The Emoji Mashu... Read more

Kazakhstan Asks Internet Users To Install Controversial Security Certificate

Privacy advocates have warned that a new security certificate for internet browsers being promoted by the Kazakhstan go... Read more

$100m Series C Brings Fintech Start-up MoneyLion Near $1bn Valuation

US mobile bank MoneyLion has completed a $100m Series C funding round, which reportedly has the start-up inching toward... Read more

Imaging Shows Milky Way Devoured Another Galaxy Billions Of Years Ago

The Milky Way cannibalised a galaxy one-quarter of its mass 10bn years ago, according to new research. Published in Na... Read more

Robinhood Valued At $7.6bn After $323m Funding Round

In May, Robinhood Markets Inc announced plans to raise $200m in funding. Yesterday (22 July), the free stock trading ap... Read more

Vampire Algae Killer Threatens To Make Important Biofuels Useless

Over the past few years, researchers have been working to develop renewable biofuels, particularly from algae, that cou... Read more

India Takes Second Chance At Mission To Moons Far Side

India’s space agency says it has launched an uncrewed spacecraft to the far side of the moon, a week after aborting t... Read more

Irish-speaking Digital DJ Coming To Cork Radio Station

As part of the EU’s Grassroot Wavelengths initiative, a company called CereProc has produced what it says is the fir... Read more

Microsoft Invests $1bn In OpenAI To Develop Azure Technologies

Yesterday (22 July), Microsoft announced that it is investing $1bn in OpenAI. Founded in 2015, OpenAI was set up with t... Read more