FinTech

Finch Capital Reveals €20m Fund For Irish Fintech And Deep Tech

A new €20m venture capital fund aimed at Irish fintech and deep-tech start-ups is being established in Dublin by Finc... Read more

Apple And Google Criticised For Hosting Saudi App That Tracks Women

Apple and Google have been accused aiding the enforcement of “gender apartheid” in Saudi Arabia by hosting a contro... Read more

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

Singapore Health Ministry Refutes Suggestions Of HIV Data Leak Coverup

Health Minister Gan Kim Yong says the government had to "balance" the interests of affected individuals and general publ... 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

Cyberattacks Can Cost APAC Healthcare Firms $23.3M

Healthcare organisations in Asia-Pacific can incur economic losses of up to US$23.3 million from cybersecurity incidents... Read more

Over 800 Million WeChat Users Sent Digital Monetary Gifts During Lunar New Year

The record number came after the Chinese technology giant announced last month that daily active users of its popular We... Read more

Samsung Predicts It Will Own Over Half Of 8K TV Market Share In 2019

Samsung will strongly push 8K TVs this year in both QLED and MicroLED models to control over half of the shares in the n... Read more

Rumors Of A Flipkart Exit Swirl Around Walmart As Chaos Engulfs Indian E-commerce

Amazon and Walmart have suffered market cap hits, as well as substantially lower revenue and profit growth projections t... Read more

LG G8 ThinQ To Use Infineon 3D Sensor For Improved Front Camera

LG's upcoming G8 ThinQ smartphone will have a 3D sensor, made by German company Infineon Technologies, that will assist ... 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