Japanese video game maker Nintendo has recorded a 34% surge in profits in the first half of the financial year after strong sales of products for its Switch console like paint-shooting game Splatoon 3. That prompted the maker of Pokemon and Super Mario games to raise its profit forecast for the April-March financial year to […]
The Taoiseach has said the Government is to consult tech giants whose Ireland-based employees are at risk of redundancy. Micheal Martin said there are issues within the digital sector and he is concerned over the potential job losses in the state. He made the comments as Tanaiste Leo Varadkar meets officials from the Industrial Development […]
Twitter has launched a subscription service allowing users to buy blue-tick verification for a monthly fee of 7.99 US dollars (£7) in a major change under its new owner, Elon Musk. The system was designed to help users identify authentic and influential users on the platform, including government figures, sports stars, entertainment figures, journalists and […]
A WhatsApp feature that enables users to bundle several group chats together under the umbrella of a single topic and share updates across them all has gone live in the UK. First announced earlier this year and in testing since then, the Communities feature will allow users to organise different group chats together under a […]
The ghostly remains of a giant star reveal a tapestry of colours and waves. After a massive star’s life ended in a powerful explosion some 11,000 years ago, the wispy structure of pink and orange clouds is all that remains. When the biggest stars reach the end of their lives, they often go out with […]
Billionaire Elon Musk is already floating major changes for Twitter — and faces major hurdles as he begins his first week as owner of the social-media platform. Twitter’s new owner fired the company’s board of directors and made himself the board’s sole member, according to a company filing on Monday with the Securities and Exchange […]
China has launched the third and final module to complete its permanent space station, realizing a more than decade-long endeavour to maintain a constant crewed presence in orbit. Mengtian was blasted into space at 3:39pm local time from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre on the southern island province of Hainan. A large crowd of amateur […]
Instagram has told users it is “looking into” an issue which has seen people told they are suspended from the platform. Users of the social media app around the world have reported being unable to access their profiles and instead are being shown a message saying their account has been suspended from the platform for […]
New Twitter owner Elon Musk has said people who have been banned from the social media site will not be reinstated until a review by a “content moderation council”. Twitter staff and users had been waiting to hear more details from Mr Musk about his plans for the platform, amid concerns over his support for […]
The European Parliament and EU member countries have reached a deal to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2035. On Thursday night, EU negotiators sealed the first agreement of the bloc’s “Fit for 55” package set up by the Commission to achieve the EU’s climate goals of cutting emissions […]
