FinTech

Buymie Raises €1.6m In New Venture Funding Round

Same-day delivery grocery start-up Buymie has announced the closure of €1.6m in new venture funding and the appointme... Read more

Spotify Has Shut Down Its Beta Music Uploading Programme For Unsigned Artists

In September 2018, Swedish music streaming giant Spotify unveiled a new beta feature that allowed artists to upload the... Read more

Facebook Announces Crackdowns On White Supremacy And Ad Discrimination

Facebook has announced a series of new policies surrounding enforcement against harmful content, discrimination in ads,... Read more

Forbidden Light Wave Tool Could Lead To Crazy-fast Quantum Computers

A breakthrough in the murky and little-understood field of quantum matter and energy at terahertz and nanometre scales ... Read more

NUI Galway Awarded €3.9m From EU To Develop Multiple Sclerosis Treatments

Yesterday (1 July) Dr Una Fitzgerald, principal investigator of the Multiple Sclerosis Research Lab and director of the... Read more

Cloud Service Provider PCM Hit In Breach Targeting Office 365 Credentials

A major US-based cloud services provider, PCM, fell victim to a digital intrusion that allowed hackers to access emails... Read more

Probe That Lights Up Cancer Cells Could Be Game-changer During Surgery

Efforts continue to find ways to make surgery less about poking around in people’s bodies and more about advanced, te... Read more

Jumping Spider Discovered With Resemblance To Fashion Icon Karl Lagerfeld

Creatures have been named after many famous figures, from David Attenborough to Donald Trump. Now, German fashion desig... Read more

Facebook Menlo Park HQ Buildings Evacuated Amid Sarin Gas Scare

Staff at Facebook’s California headquarters in Menlo Park were evacuated yesterday (1 July) after a package believed ... Read more

What Is The Key Requirement For Location Intelligence Software?

Feargal O’Neill is CEO of spatial solutions provider Gamma, where he has worked since 1993. A graduate of Trinity Co... Read more

Government Launches New Regional Technology Fund

Yesterday (1 July), Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, TD, launched a new Regional Te... Read more

Apple Hits Back At Spotify With Subscription Stats In Antitrust Dispute

Apple is claiming that Spotify’s recent antitrust complaint exaggerates how much money the Swedish streaming service ... Read more

Vegetables Could Be Transmitting Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria To Humans

As anxiety about the impending post-antibiotic era has intensified over the last few years, many have suggested turning... Read more

Tel Aviv Start-up Venn Raises $40m In Series A Round

Israeli start-up Venn has revealed that it has raised $40m in Series A funding to help it enhance its R&D capabilit... Read more

Reported Internet Outages In Ethiopia Amid News Of Coup Attempt

Ethiopia has been in the middle of an internet blackout since Saturday (22 June), making it difficult to ascertain deta... Read more