Tech Billionaires form Coalition to Invest in Breakthrough Energy Technology
"If you could change the price of one thing to lift up the lives of the world’s poorest people, it would be the price of energy." - Bill Gates [youtube]https://youtu.be/MzDE8rTRqY4[/youtube] As the Climate Conference gets
Netflix Offering Gift Cards For Christmas
Marvel's Jessica Jones starring Krysten Ritter Netflix has been investing heavily in producing original content over the last couple of years. One of its more recent offerings is Marvel's Jessica Jones starring Krysten Ritter
Why ICANN’s Consensus Model Beats Politics [Video]
People unfamiliar with the workings of the internet sometimes express surprise at the idea that there is no-one 'in charge'; and that so much depends on consensus. To those more familiar with politics than engineering, it may seem inefficient, but as ICANN's Ombudsman
Boole Bicentenary Marked by Google Doodle
Today's Google Doodle commemorates UCC's first professor of Mathematics, George Boole, inventor of Boolean logic, "which inevitably enabled revolutionary thinking in not just logic and math, but also engineering and computer science". For more on Boole and his
Give Snowden Asylum in Europe, Say MEPs
The European Parliament has voted to call on EU member states to "drop any criminal charges against Edward Snowden, grant him protection and consequently prevent extradition or rendition by third parties, in recognition of his status
Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin Launches City of Physics
City of Physics is year long initiative which builds on the Dart of Physics campaign of 2013. That was an idea by Dr Shane Bergin and Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin who won a small grant to put some physics-themed
