Weekend takeaway: Cosy up with 10 great sci-tech reads
Moral licensing in the world of design
The countdown is on to Ireland’s sci-tech extravaganza, Inspirefest 2017
Time running out to get your hands on Inspirefest early bird tickets
Construction begins on €500m Limerick Twenty Thirty development
Dave, technology and the power of people
User habits save Facebook’s bacon as it sets aside up to $5bn for FTC settlement
Stripe launches Billing ahead of seismic European SCA e-commerce change
Lofty Google spin-out becomes first drone firm to be approved as an airline
‘Talent solutions really is an exciting place to be right now’
Snap Inc crackles and pops with Q1 revenues of $320m
Twitter needs to hatch a new plan as cracks appear in user growth
Permanent TSB is latest Irish bank to set up API portal
Coming in May 2019, a new EU regulation on non-personal data
A new deal: Privacy must always come before profit
Viridian’s Catherine Gardiner: ‘Smart meters will be introduced in Ireland next year’
Facebook reveals millions of Instagram passwords were stored in plain text
Facebook confirms ‘unintentionally’ uploading 1.5m users’ email contacts
National Broadband Plan: €3bn is more palatable spread over 25 years
Three makes Arranmore Europe’s most westerly offshore digital hub
National Broadband Plan hits another Government speed bump
Knock Airport network boosts mobile coverage in Mayo
Wi-Fi-connected cars hit a roadblock as lawmakers accelerate to 5G
Balbriggan town centre gets 100Mbps free Wi-Fi
10 terrific start-ups from Toronto to watch
Ireland needs educational focus on entrepreneurship from a young age
ApisProtect employs deep tech to help save the Earth’s bees
AI, AR and adtech battle it out for Bolton Trust final
Meetings Booker wins Enterprise Ireland’s Pioneer Travel Tech Award
9 brilliant start-ups from Buenos Aires to watch
A perfect blend: Inspirefest serves up a stimulating mix of STEM and humanity
Inspirefest snapshot: The prodigy turned empire-builder for girls in STEM
Vogue 25 celebrates science, social media and activism
With dreams of making it into space, this girl is a real inspiration
Girls4Tech and STEM for all at Coolest Projects
The Storytellers: 12 women shining a spotlight on women in STEM
Discovery that the tongue can ‘smell’ challenges age-old senses theory
‘In the 1980s more than 500 Irish rivers were pristine – now just 23 are’
Scientists celebrate first billion-atom simulation of entire DNA gene
Why Attenborough and the BBC must share climate change facts and hard solutions
Drink up! Steady supply of beer may be the secret to a stable society
Groundbreaking experiment brings dead pig brains partly back to life
‘Water walking’ discovery could usher in new era of sea drones
Vodafone says agriculture, health and transport dominate IoT in Ireland
New ultrathin display could soon beam 3D holograms from phones
Huge AI breakthrough could bring us much closer to nuclear fusion energy
New algorithm could save thousands of animals from toxic testing
Wearables battery breakthrough could allow us to ditch bulky devices
How many people could live on Earth?
Forget a climate shift in centuries, more like decades, climatologists claim
WeForest doubles crowdfunding target to empower Indian village
World awaits birth of ‘baby dragons’ in Slovenia
Gold and platinum discovered in south-east Irish streams
The bees are still in trouble, so we are too
All the sci-tech jobs news and careers advice you need this week
Bias, discrimination and harassment: The hurdles women at work still face
Two-thirds of UK employees are overworking by six hours per week
A good company culture needs these two vital elements
Workplace wellbeing should be more than just a box-ticking exercise
The skill you probably need to brush up on for your engineering career
The best part about working in consulting? The variety
‘Our vision, I suppose, is that every autistic person can be accepted as they are’
‘There’s a huge amount of buzz and anticipation around autonomous vehicles’
‘Regardless of how my day unfolds, it always involves a lot of collaboration’
The importance of STEM graduate programmes cannot be overstated
What kind of health projects is Johnson & Johnson EDC working on?
6 top international companies hiring in data right now
How do companies ensure diversity in their workforce?
6 companies hiring in fintech right now
7 US companies hiring in Ireland right now
7 of the coolest science jobs in the world
Thinking about a career in marketing? An analytical mind is helpful
‘Waking the Feminists’ social media campaign sees theatres commit to change
Why is Ireland sweeping digital education under the carpet?
Dylan Collins: Why is Ireland going for lowest age for digital consent?
Digital safety: Why society needs to get smarter about smartphones
Safer Internet Day 2018: Tips for parents and teachers
Are Irish people becoming addicted to their smartphones?
Inclusive new emojis offer representation for people with disabilities
Google’s new Wi-Fi router promises to end reception ‘blackspots’
Google Song Maker is the perfect time waster to while away the storm
An Irish tech firm has developed a child-safe smartphone
Hands-on with the top smartphones of Mobile World Congress 2018
8 things you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy S9
Which countries get the most value for money out of Netflix?
League of Ireland teams establish major national e-sports tournament
Just what Pinterest users were pining for: boards within boards
It feels cinematic: YouTube rolls out a major redesign across mobile and desktop
S-Town and My Dad Wrote a Porno on way to Dublin for podcast fest
Google adds SOS alert capabilities to Search and Maps
57-hour Donkey Kong 64 stream raises more than $340,000 for trans charity
What were Ireland’s most popular Google searches in 2018?
Trump meets Ophelia: Ireland’s year in Google searches
Conor McGregor and a rogue bat: Ireland’s top YouTube videos of the year
Manchester tragedy and McGregor fight topped talk on Facebook in 2017
#RepealThe8th storms past #Ophelia in top Irish Twitter trends of 2017
How Three connected Arranmore to the digital age
What is communication like at Dropbox?
What do the biggest names in biopharma want from candidates?
PwC’s Darren O’Neill on the data analytics challenge
Takeda on recruiting mission after investing millions in greenfield facility
How finance companies are responding to the technological revolution
Technology companies scheduled to release their financial results this week.
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