JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli equity crowdsourcing platform OurCrowd is partnering and investing with 7thirty to build a global cannabis technology venture capital fund, the companies…
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Japan Display shares jump on latest report of rescue
TOKYO (Reuters) – Shares in Japan Display jumped 11 percent on Wednesday after a report said the smartphone screen maker was in talks for funding…
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Samsung is expected to unveil its Galaxy S10 smartphones just weeks from now at an event on February 20, ahead of tech conference MWC, but…
Read More Everything we (think we) know about the Samsung Galaxy S10Subaru halts Japan car output on defective part, shares slide
TOKYO (Reuters) – Subaru Corp said its sole car factory in Japan accounting for roughly 60 percent of global production had halted output a week…
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Everything old is new again. Remember the old Nokia or Motorola slider phones? Well, such phones are back, sort of, with Oppo and Xiaomi re-imagining…
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LG V40 ThinQ SMARTPHONE $1,098, available from Saturday The 6.4-inch LG V40 ThinQ features a rear triple-camera system consisting of a 16-megapixel super wide-angle camera,…
Read More New ProductsDid Australia Poke a Hole in Your Phone’s Security?
SYDNEY, Australia — A new law in Australia gives law enforcement authorities the power to compel tech-industry giants like Apple to create tools that would…
Read More Did Australia Poke a Hole in Your Phone’s Security?Waymo gets $8 million grant to expand in Michigan
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Waymo self-driving vehicle unit said on Tuesday it would expand its operations in Michigan, hiring hundreds of workers to help transform…
Read More Waymo gets $8 million grant to expand in MichiganGoldman Sachs backs UK-based robo adviser Nutmeg in latest funding round
(Reuters) – U.K.-based online wealth manager Nutmeg said on Tuesday it raised $58.2 million in funding from investors, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc, proceeds of…
Read More Goldman Sachs backs UK-based robo adviser Nutmeg in latest funding roundKeep humans in good jobs in the robot era, ILO commission urges
GENEVA (Reuters) – Governments must ensure the global economy keeps providing decent jobs – and not just for robots, a global commission set up by…
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HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – Gliding silently through Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s futuristic “FlyZoo” hotel, black disc-shaped robots about a metre in height deliver food and…
Read More At Alibaba's futuristic hotel, robots deliver towels and mix cocktailsNew drone laws mean children could be fined £2,500 for using toys at home
The government has amended the laws on drone use near airports but there’s an unexpected casualty. Children who have toy drones and live within 3…
Read More New drone laws mean children could be fined £2,500 for using toys at homeIsraeli deep-learning startup Hailo raises $21 million
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israeli startup Hailo, which developed a microprocessor for deep learning, said on Tuesday it has expanded its early-stage funding round to…
Read More Israeli deep-learning startup Hailo raises $21 millionTech review: Quad-camera Samsung Galaxy A9 not the best value
Does having more cameras in a smartphone let you take better photos? It depends – Google’s Pixel phones take excellent photos despite having a single…
Read More Tech review: Quad-camera Samsung Galaxy A9 not the best valueTech review: Targus Groove X2 Max laptop backpack sturdy with plenty of frills
The Targus Groove X2 Max backpack has a minimalist design with very clean lines. You can carry it to office meetings without raising eyebrows and…
Read More Tech review: Targus Groove X2 Max laptop backpack sturdy with plenty of frillsAmazon launch 25% off promo code for Kindle, Fire and Echo accessories
While Amazon are often home to some of the cheapest prices, they rarely ever do site-wide discount codes like their high street rivals. But it…
Read More Amazon launch 25% off promo code for Kindle, Fire and Echo accessoriesRural people 'desperate for assurance on future of broadband', say TDs
The Government is facing renewed Dáil pressure over the controversial National Broadband Plan (NBP). The process of awarding the NBP has been beset with delays…
Read More Rural people 'desperate for assurance on future of broadband', say TDsWomen 'have no place to be ambitious'
Women still don’t have a place where they can be “unambiguously and unapologetically ambitious”, according to Facebook chief executive Sheryl Sandberg. Last night, in a…
Read More Women 'have no place to be ambitious'Facebook to add 1,000 new jobs in Ireland by year-end
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The social media giant Facebook will hire an additional 1,000 people at its international headquarters in Dublin this year, the second major…
Read More Facebook to add 1,000 new jobs in Ireland by year-endAmazon warehouse workers wear special belts to stop robots crashing into them
Workers in Amazon’s warehouses have been sporting special belts this month, in the hopes of deterring robots. The belts, which were first reported by TechCrunch,…
Read More Amazon warehouse workers wear special belts to stop robots crashing into themIn win for tech giants, EU copyright reforms stalled
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU efforts to reform copyright rules hit a roadblock on Monday as a meeting of lawmakers and officials was called off, prompting…
Read More In win for tech giants, EU copyright reforms stalledSmartphone covers: Which is the toughest of them all? Here's our verdict
The smartphone is probably the most precious gadget we own these days. Many people cannot leave home without it. And most of us have dropped…
Read More Smartphone covers: Which is the toughest of them all? Here's our verdictTwo's company: the Irish app that finds you a pal for dinner
Late last year this column reported on the key differences between men and women on their travels for work. One of the key points was…
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The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has come and gone, but now that the dust has settled and we've had time to digest everything…
Read More The five biggest takeaways from CES 2019Adrian Weckler: 'In a trance at Salesforce jobs'
I’ve never dropped acid. But a colleague of mine has. On Friday, he told me that Salesforce’s mega jobs launch – the biggest in Ireland’s…
Read More Adrian Weckler: 'In a trance at Salesforce jobs'How to protect yourself from online stalkers like Joe in Netflix’s You
It’s one of the most popular series on Netflix, that features a bookstore manager going to extreme measures to insert himself into an aspiring writer’s…
Read More How to protect yourself from online stalkers like Joe in Netflix’s YouSamsung’s Galaxy S10 May Come With A ‘Nasty Surprise’
As Samsung prepares to launch its 10th-anniversary Galaxy S10 devices, it’s being reported that the company may have overlooked a major design flaw in its…
Read More Samsung’s Galaxy S10 May Come With A ‘Nasty Surprise’Apple MacBook Air And Pro Users Still Experiencing Issues With New Keyboard
Ever since Apple implemented the butterfly key-switch keyboard into its lineup of laptops, customers have been voicing their complaints about the keys not functioning as…
Read More Apple MacBook Air And Pro Users Still Experiencing Issues With New KeyboardTwo-week-old baby is already saving for university with Bitcoin – here’s how
Izabella Bowles isn’t even two weeks old yet and she’s got a whole Bitcoin to her name thanks to a clever announcement placed in The…
Read More Two-week-old baby is already saving for university with Bitcoin – here’s howWhat the law says about streaming illegal content
Are consumers who have bought an Android box that can stream illegal content at risk of getting taken to court by content owners? It depends.…
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