A Cork-based researcher pioneering equitable biophotonics has been elected an Optica fellow for his work addressing racial bias in health monitoring. His NOBIAS project, backed by an ERC grant, aims to create the world’s first bias-free optical biomarker sensing device. This recognition comes as pho
Five years after AlphaFold 2’s debut, the protein-folding AI has become as fundamental to biochemistry as microscopes. It’s been used by 3.3 million researchers and cited in 40,000 papers, proving science might be AI’s most meaningful application.
Taiwan’s top electronics ODMs are shifting from green power adoption to actively reducing carbon across their entire supply chains. The push comes as Scope 3 emissions reporting is expected to become mandatory, with Wistron leading in renewable energy usage.
The AI investment frenzy is creating an overheated environment where founders with the right résumés can raise huge rounds without proving product-market fit. While this will produce some enormous winners, it’s also setting the stage for widespread startup failures as the market corrects.
The European Parliament and Council have agreed to hold social media platforms financially responsible for scams that originate on their services. Platforms like Meta will now have to repay banks when they fail to remove fraudulent content after being notified. The law builds on the Digital Services
Helium Browser is a new privacy-focused alternative to Brave that strips away all the bloat. Built on Ungoogled Chromium with uBlock Origin baked in, it offers a truly minimal browsing experience without the crypto and AI integrations that have made Brave feel heavy.
Major corporations are pooling design talent to tackle the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals through the Design For Good alliance. Their first projects addressing water access and menstrual education are now scaling in Africa. The initiative could show whether private sector design expertise can mo
A groundbreaking study used browser extensions to rerank X feeds in real-time during the 2024 election. Reducing exposure to partisan animosity content made participants feel warmer toward political opponents, while increasing it had the opposite effect. The research offers the first causal evidence
Data center developer GTR is expanding into Switzerland with a new 24MW facility in Zurich. The three-story CH One data center will feature solar power and waste heat recovery when it launches in 2028. This marks GTR’s continued European expansion backed by KKR’s $1 billion commitment.
The Bloody Wolf threat group has been running a sustained campaign across Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan since at least June 2025. They’re using clever social engineering and legitimate remote-access tools to infiltrate government targets while maintaining a low profile.
