FinTech

How Can Open Data Mapping Help Deal With The Global Litter Crisis?

Cork-born entrepreneur Séan Lynch is passionate about citizen science, open data and tackling the unsightly and danger... Read more

Infographic Shows Which Bugs Will Likely Die Off First In Insect Apocalypse

A combination of rapid urbanisation, the onset of climate change and the intensive use of pesticides in mass agricultur... Read more

Feeling Frayed? Check Out These 6 Reads On Burnout

‘Burnout’ as a term was first coined in the 1970s by American psychologist Herbert Freudenberger, initially applied... Read more

Amazon Snaps Up Mesh Wi-Fi Router Start-up Eero

E-commerce giant Amazon announced yesterday (11 February) that it is acquiring Eero, a maker of mesh home routers. Amaz... Read more

Origin Of Newgrange, Stonehenge And Other Sites Pinpointed To One Region

It seems timely that just as a significant number of new structures have been discovered around the historic Newgrange ... Read more

What Do The New E-commerce Rules In India Mean For Amazon?

Last Friday (1 February), the government in India implemented clarifications of new e-commerce regulations for retail g... Read more

Exciting New CRISPR-CasX Variant Could Be Swiss Army Knife For Genetics

While discussions surrounding CRISPR-Cas9 of late have revolved largely around serious ethical questions, another topic... Read more

CyberSafeIreland Finds 40pc Of Children Regularly Talk To Strangers Online

To mark Safer Internet Day (5 February), CyberSafeIreland has released a survey examining the online habits of more tha... Read more

Is AI The Answer For A Collaborative Intergenerational Workforce?

As explored in our ‘active ageing’ articles throughout 2018, age in the workplace has been a hot topic of debate in... Read more

Everyone Champions Collaboration, But Its Extraordinarily Difficult To Do Well

For some, simply waiting for someone else to achieve life-changing technology is not enough. One such person is Mark P... Read more

Slack Kick-starts This Years Tech IPO Race As It Files To Go Public

Slack is making official moves to go public, five years after its official launch, according to a statement released by... Read more

Familiar Irish Sight Unexpectedly Discovered In Namibian Desert

A team of geologists travelled to Namibia to study volcanic rocks, but what it took from the trip was something entirel... Read more

Safer Internet Day: Online Safety Council Releases First Progress Report

Last summer, the Irish Government announced it would be rolling out an Action Plan for Online Safety. As well as the cr... Read more

Magnetic North Pole Barrelling Towards Russia At Unprecedented Speed

Just as GPS relies on the satellites orbiting our planet, the compass in our smartphones and even the designated names ... Read more

US-based Sedgwick To Create 250 Jobs In Ireland

Global risk solutions provider Sedgwick has today (5 February) announced the creation of 250 jobs in Ireland. Sedgwick ... Read more