FinTech

JD.com Expands Into Fresh Food Supermarkets In Beijing

JD.com, one of the two major ecommerce platforms in China, followed the steps of its rival Alibaba and launched its firs... Read more

CES: ​Samsung To Show Off AI-applied 8K QLED TV

Samsung's new 85-inch QLED TV is capable of converting low-resolution videos into 8K resolution. Read more

CES: ​LG To Showoff 65-inch Rollable OLED Display

LG Display will be showing off a 65-inch "rollable" display with UHD resolution this week. Read more

Singapore Reconsiders Move To Introduce Legislation Against Fake News

Instead, the law ministry proposes the setting up of a government committee to assess the impact of "online falsehoods" ... Read more

Scientists Develop Tool To Determine Whether A Drug Will Go Rogue

While pharmaceutical drugs are researched and manufactured with the intention of helping a patient, sometimes little-un... Read more

Jimmy Iovine Plans To Leave Apple Music In August

Leader of Apple Music, Jimmy Iovine, is said to be leaving the company in August after a final $3bn payout from the sal... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Kick-start The Sci-tech New Year

Computer science will now be a Leaving Cert subject The Irish Government hopes that the new computer science subject w... Read more

Fjords Lorna Ross: You Cant Just Digitise For Digitals Sake

After 27 years working in the US, Fjord group director Lorna Ross has come home to Ireland and is leading the Fjord des... Read more

Rising Autonomous Car Start-up To Partner With Hyundai And VW

The internet of things (IoT) space has been left reeling by the exposure of massive vulnerabilities – Meltdown and Sp... Read more

Irish Team Lands Lead Role In European Commission Internet Programme

A group of Irish research and technology experts have secured the lead role in a major €700,000 project funded by the... Read more

NK Communications Reveals 25 New Positions In Limerick And Cork

Some joyous news on the employment front for jobseekers in the south of the country, as the very first jobs announcemen... Read more

New Year, New Opportunities: The Latest From The Careers Section

How are you feeling about 2018? Optimistic, pessimistic, or something that isn’t quite one or the other? It’s OK t... Read more

Mark Zuckerberg Promises To Fix Facebook In 2018

Since 2009, Mark Zuckerberg has written about his New Year’s resolutions on Facebook. From learning Mandarin to build... Read more

We Now Have First Direct Proof That The Ozone Hole Is Shrinking

While the world’s coral reefs are suffering irreparable damage, there was some good news announced by NASA scientists... Read more

​Samsung Begins Production Of AI-boosted Exynos 9

Samsung's 10-nanometre Eynos 9 is a mobile application processor with a neural network-based deep-learning algorithm for... Read more