August has been a spectacular month for astronomy, with a livelier than usual Perseids meteor shower, and five planets visible in the evening sky. Early tonight, one of the most impressive and rare sights will be visible just after sunset, as Venus and Jupiter will appear to almost touch, as space.com reports. Of course in reality the two […]
Apple’s currently building a massive new campus for their staff. Its design is futuristic and the entire thing will be huge when finished. We’ve posted a couple of the update videos in the past (here and here) So here’s the latest one in glorious 4k: Enjoy!
BUILTINCORK, the startup network for the southern city, has put out a call to its members, friends, and anyone in the wide community of startups and those who follow them, to let them know what kind of events they’d like to see on the programme in the months ahead. BUILTINCORK was founded in 2015 by a bunch of people […]
Netflix and CBS Studios International have announced a landmark international licensing agreement for the new “Star Trek” television series. Netflix will be the exclusive premiere home of “Star Trek” in 188 countries (excluding the US and Canada). Each episode of the new series will be available globally within 24 hours of its U.S. premiere. Additionally, all […]
One of the most interesting questions about Artificial Intelligence these days has to do with ethics and morals. Sure, we can program a car to drive itself, and obey the rules of the road. We’d like it to avoid accidents as far as possible. Yes, it should stop if it can – or swerve to […]
The ISPAI Hotline.ie Annual Report for 2015 was launched this morning by David Stanton TD, Minister of State at the Department of Justice & Equality, at an event held in in Dublin. Hotline.ie is Ireland’s national reporting service for the Internet, established in 1999 and run by the Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland (ISPAI) in cooperation with An Gárda Síochána and […]
Tech/Life Ireland, a new national initiative to brand Ireland as a top destination to pursue a career in technology, was launched today by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD. Tech/Life Ireland is funded by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and will be delivered in partnership with Enterprise Ireland, IDA […]
Analysis of Google Trends shows that UK searches for the term ‘Irish passport’ have surged since the shocking news was confirmed early this morning, that Britain has voted to leave the EU. Our British friends do like to travel abroad, especially to Spain, France, and the Mediterranean on holiday. Some of them retire to enjoy the benefits […]
This year’s Irish Internet Association (IIA) Net Visionary Awards are now open for business. As always it’s 100% free to enter the Net Visionaries. This year’s event will again be held in the RDS in Dublin. Here’s the official release: The dot ie Net Visionary Awards 2016, one of the most hotly-contested awards for digital […]
Stephen McIntyre, the Managing Director of Twitter EMEA based in Dublin, has announced that he is stepping down to join Frontline VC, a venture capital firm based in Dublin and London, as a partner. He will be replaced at the head of Twitter’s Dublin-based EMEA organisation by Mark Little, the former RTÉ journalist and entrepreneur […]
