Apple to open $45m R&D hub in Beijing, China

Abbey Theatre director Mac Congail named CEO of Dublin’s Digital Hub

Comtrade targets 25pc growth after achieving ISO to develop medtech products

Spotify eyes SoundCloud purchase as Apple challenge intensifies

Blackberry squished: former industry leader will no longer make mobiles

Apple to build a mega UK headquarters for 3,000 people in London

Europol claims growth of cybercrime “relentless”

Apple pact with Deloitte threatens to eat Microsoft’s lunch in the workplace

Microsoft and BofAML join forces to create cloud-based blockchain apps

Facebook ordered to stop collecting data on German WhatsApp users

Facebook’s Slack killer is coming to an office near you

US government agencies hit by ‘MarsJoke’ ransomware attack

Ofcom crowdsources mobile market research to 20m Android users

Virgin Media slapped with €255,000 penalty over customer contracts

EU vows to end the scourge of roaming charges by 2017

6 good reasons to get a SIP trunk

SIRO signals plans to bring broadband to 300 small towns across Ireland

EU sets out plans for free public Wi-Fi and 5G minimum by 2020

Irish blockchain start-up to help refugees makes final 10 of EC award

UCD spin-out OxyMem lands European award

Map shows VCs invested €23.8bn in European start-ups since 2014

Hail to the sheep: Innovative chemical showers to combat pests

Irish banks less afraid of fintech start-ups than their global counterparts

Start-up of the week: Parkpnp

Astronomers mystified by unidentified radio signals in space

Electric cars make a splash at Paris Motor Show

Irish anti-drowning device makes global James Dyson award shortlist

The final countdown: Where and when to watch end of Rosetta

First baby with DNA of 3 parents born to overcome faulty genes

6 questions answered about Elon Musk’s plan to get us to Mars

Is the goal of democratising AI just a pipe dream?

GE and Bosch to create open-source industrial IoT platform

Amazon Echo out now in UK, can Google and Apple keep up?

Google Translate converts Chinese into English using neural machines

Telecoms and automotive giants form 5G Automotive Association

Google’s answer to Amazon Echo hitting Homes soon

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

Words of wisdom from 4 leaders in management

‘Here are the four Cs that build a motivated workforce’

Pay us in pizza! How a few slices can motivate an entire team

Customer success – a new tech career path with a rosy future

Maureen Taylor: Simplifying communication doesn’t mean dumbing down

How to navigate the broad legal church of fintech regulation

How to forge an agritech revolution in a broken system

The IFDC has arrived to make inclusive design a thing of beauty

STEAM dissolves information privilege barrier between tech and arts

Blackstone LaunchPad fires up to fuel more bright, successful student entrepreneurs

How radical generosity can secure $1bn in funding for women

What is the future of journalism? Back the smart people

Oil and gas company Wood Group brings 10 data jobs to Galway

Medtech player SMT to create 50 jobs at Galway HQ

BD to create 20 jobs in Drogheda with €36m investment

YapStone bringing 50 jobs to Drogheda at new 16,000 sq ft international HQ

Fintech firm eComm bringing 30 new jobs to Navan

Medtech firm Fort Wayne Metals to create 40 jobs in Mayo

Apple could release ‘touch’ MacBook Pro in October

Samsung begins selling Note7 devices again in Europe

Health insurer giving Apple Watch to staff, discounts for customers

Nissan reveals self-driving chair for people too lazy to queue

Apple iPhone 7 Plus review: Not quite a DSLR, but it pushes the envelope

DJI unveils tiny Movidius-powered Mavic Pro drone

No Man’s Sky now under investigation for misleading customers

Big YouTubers are not happy with YouTube Heroes volunteer moderation

Stranger Things had you hooked by episode three, says Netflix

Snowden: Signal safer than Allo or WhatsApp for ordinary users

Allo, Allo? Google brings AI to battle against WhatsApp

Twitter now enables longer tweets: go the full 140 characters

How did Ladislao José Biro ink his name into history books?

When is Google’s birthday? It depends…

This cinematic calligraphy captures all the classics

Google Doodle celebrates autumnal equinox ringing in new season

CoderDojo at 5: Rare interview with James Whelton on the eve of very first dojo

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