IT Search’s report indicates the trends that dictated the tech landscape throughout 2025 and those likely to cause a stir in the new year. According to David Shanahan, director at Irish recruitment agency IT Search – which is a member of the Vertical Markets Group – “Ireland’s technology sector performed well overall in 2025”, leading…
The once-deepest hole now sits sealed shut under an unimpressive metal cap, surrounded by rusted bolts and debris/ Image: Mr. Nobody Medium During the space race, the US and the USSR were busy firing rockets into the sky. At the same time, out on Russia’s Kola Peninsula near the Norwegian border, Soviet engineers were doing…
Two-player games are great. Co-op games are great. What about both!? In Sky Team, two players represent a pilot and co-pilot trying to land a plane — and let me tell you, after a couple of rounds, you’ll understand why some people applaud after landing. Each round, you’ll both roll four dice and assign them…
The journey of the FIH Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup 2025 concluded with the gold and bronze medal matches at Chennai’s Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium on Wednesday. The day started with India beating Argentina 4-2 in the bronze medal match, before Germany and Spain clashed in the grand finale. FIH Men’s Junior Hockey…
When a whale dies, its body descends to the bottom of the deep sea in a transformative phenomenon called a whale fall. A whale’s death jump-starts an explosion of life, enough to feed and sustain a deep-ocean ecosystem for decades. There are a lot of ways whales can die. Migrating whales lose their way and,…
It’s official—we finally have a total figure for MacKenzie Scott’s donations this year: an eye-popping $7.2 billion. That brings the billionaire philanthropist’s total gifts since 2020 to $26 billion and more than 2,700 gifts. This squarely places Scott among the most generous philanthropists, alongside fellow billionaires Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, and Warren Buffett—all of…
BBC A federal judge in New York has ruled the US Department of Justice can publicly release grand jury records from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case. US District Judge Richard Berman’s ruling reverses his previous decision to keep the material sealed. He cited a new law passed by Congress requiring the justice department to…
Geoff Parling, the Leicester head coach, has defended the crackdown on escort defenders, saying the impact of refereeing changes that promote more kicking has been “pretty positive”. Parling’s comments come after Ross Byrne attacked the revised law interpretations around contestable kicks on Monday. The Gloucester fly-half argued a potential knock-on effect would be for international…
Gerry McCann says hounding by press took ‘huge toll’ on family Madeleine McCann’s father is calling for greater scrutiny of the UK’s media, telling the BBC that his family was subjected to “monstering” by sections of the press. He said the media “repeatedly interfered with the investigation” into his daughter’s disappearance in 2007 and believes…
A few days ago, I clicked a button on my phone to send funds to a company in Singapore and so took ownership of the video game I co-created and am lead writer for: Zombies, Run! I am a novelist, I wrote the bestselling, award-winning The Power, which was turned into an Amazon Prime TV…