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Third of gamers say online play good for their mental health
More than a third (35%) of Irish gamers believe online gaming benefits their mental health by providing an outlet for stress relief. This is according to a survey of 1,006 adults conducted by...
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Discover Olympic insights with Verodat’s AI chat tool
In association with Verodat Sports enthusiasts and analysts can now access a wealth of Olympic data with Verodat’s latest innovation, the Olympics Data Analyst GPT. This AI-powered tool is designed to...
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TikTok won’t roll out new reward mode in Europe after protests
Social media platform TikTok is not going to make a new feature in its Lite app available in Europe after the European Union opposed a reward mode that would require users to log in every day. TikTok...
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Users return Humane AI Pin en masse
Buyers of the Humane AI Pin are returning their devices en masse. The number of devices still in the hands of customers is said to be less than 7,000, reports news website The Verge. Humane spent about...
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Dublin Beta to make return in November
Art and technology festival Beta will return for its second year from from 1-17 November. Co-founded and supported by The Digital Hub, Beta will host a series of events including creative exhibitions,...
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Robot cabs on Chinese roads alarm cab drivers
Cab drivers in China are predicting a new crisis, as thousands of robotic cabs from Apollo Go, a subsidiary of technology giant Baidu take to China’s street. Self-driving technology remains...
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Apple updates EU App Store policy after Commission investigation
Apple has made major changes to its app store policy in the European Union, allowing developers to communicate with customers outside the App Store. The move comes after the European Commission accused...
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Saudi Arabia plans test balloon flight for space tourism
A prototype space balloon designed for tourist flights into the stratosphere will be tested in Saudi Arabia in September. The test marks an important step toward commercial space tourism, with Spanish...
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Exoskeleton research to assess benefits to healthcare staff
Funding of more than €657,000 has been provided to a European research project has been launched to assess the potential for exoskeleton supports to benefit nurses, carers and allied healthcare workers...
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Russia signs law legalising cryptomining
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law officially legalizing cryptomining in Russia. The law specifies that only Russian legal entities and individual entrepreneurs registered with the...
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Trump/Musk conversation on X draws more than 1m viewers
A two-hour interview between Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk was marred by technical difficulties, with a distributed denial-of-service attack...
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Vodafone goes nationwide with digital literacy programme for older people
Vodafone has confirmed that over 65,000 older adults have participated in digital learning courses aimed at increasing levels of digital literacy among older people. This initiative addresses the...
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Artificial intelligence dataset taken offline after copyright owners raise...
BREIN Foundation, an organisation protecing copyrighted work, has taken offline a large Dutch-language dataset used to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. Following a tip, BREIN discovered that...
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Tyndall researchers at UCC lead €3m sustainable energy project
A new research project bringing together experts in materials research, modelling, cell fabrication, thermoelectricity, and electronics, is aiming to develop new materials and systems to convert...
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World’s fastest charger can fully power up your smartphone in under five minutes
Scientists have revealed the fastest battery-charging technology in the world for smartphones, which can fully charge a smartphone in less than five minutes. The 320-watt fast-charging technology,...
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Brand new neighborhood in US includes 100 houses from 3D printer
In Austin, Texas the finishing touches are being put on a brand new housing development. What makes this week special is that all 100 houses were made with a 3D printer, filled with an ‘ink’ made of...
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Galway County Council digitally maps the heritage of over 25,000 memorials
Galway County Council has digitally mapped over 25,000 memorials, monuments, and gravestones using Esri’s ArcGIS system. The interactive map, accessed through the Graveyard Memorial Search App, enables...
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EU demands answers from Meta over closure of CrowdTangle
The European Commission is questioning Meta’s decision to discontinue CrowdTangle, a key transparency tool. Concerns about data access and compliance with the Digital Services Act are growing....
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DIAS researchers help guide lunar flyby as part of European Space Agency mission
A team of three researchers from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) will play a key role in the first ever spacecraft attempt to fly past the Moon, and then Earth. The flyby is set to...
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X stops business activities in Brazil after threats to court
X is shutting down its business operations in Brazil because of what it calls “censorship orders” from a judge at Brazil’s supreme court. Furthermore it wants to arrest one of the social network’s...
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