Popular social media platform Facebook is planning for a name change which will bring it to the groups of platforms managed by the parental company Facebook Inc. says report. According to the report by the US technology blog Verge, the new brand name will be announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the company’s annual Connect … Read more
Google has unveiled their new series of smartphones Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. The phones will be available in the Irish market from October 28 and cost €649 and €899 respectively. The company has made a lot of changes in these succeeding models from series 5 including all new dedicated processor and big battery. … Read more
An astronaut from NASA has shared the photo of Dublin city viewed from an International Space Station. The photo was taken from the Endeavour window on the Space Station by Shane Kimbrough while it was passing above the Irish sky. “One of my favourite cities – Dublin, Ireland! Look forward to seeing all of my … Read more
Facebook has said a ‘faulty configuration change’ was the cause of global outage of the social media platform, along with Instagram and WhatsApp, for several hours on Monday. The users were getting a notification as ‘something went wrong’ or ‘check your internet connection’ while trying to login to these platforms. The outage was reported from … Read more
Apple has launched the latest version of its operating system, iOS 14.5, which features the much-anticipated app tracking transparency function, bolstering the tech giant’s privacy credentials. But iOS 14.5 also introduced support for the new Apple AirTag, which risks doing the opposite. For the uninitiated, an AirTag is a small device (similar to a Tile) that … Read more
A courageous dog has travelled from Kildare to Dublin in search of her owner. Adding more to the story, she took a train to cover a distance of more than 60 Kilometers until finally reunited with the owner all alone. The incident happened on Thursday morning while the little black puppy took a train from … Read more
Kilkenny has been selected as one of the luxurious cities in the world by Money.co.uk. Kilkenny came on the 7th spot in the website’s ‘World’s Top 20 Most Luxurious Cities By Size’ published today. Meanwhile Indian capital New Delhi also booked a place in the list and comes at the 9th spot. The list is … Read more
Dublin 8 has become one of the coolest neighbourhoods to live in 2021 under the list prepared by global magazine Time Out. The list is prepared annually by the expert panel by considering many factors including food, drink, nightlife and culture. But as the pandemic hit the world for the last 18 months, the editors … Read more
This is nothing other than a dream come true for the Cork woman Catherine Ward. Catherine has finally passed the driving test and entitled for a driving license after 27 years of trying. During almost the three decade wait, she participated in 9 tests and passed at the last attempt. “Every time I went out … Read more
One more baby has born inside a flight. An Indian woman has given birth to a baby boy on a flight from UK to India on Tuesday. The Air India flight took off from London in the evening and the destination was Cochin in India. Maria Philip was a passenger on the Dreamliner and she … Read more
WestJet have announced plans to introduce a new non-stop seasonal service between Dublin and Toronto from next year. The services become operational from May 15th, 2022 initially at four times a week. Then by June 2nd the services will be on daily basis, the company said. “As demand increases, we know travellers are looking for … Read more
A Russian film crew has started their voyage to make the world’s first feature film in space. Director Klim Shipenko and actor Yulia Peresild started off to the International Space Station in a Russian spacecraft accompanied by the veteran cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov from the space launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The movie is titled ‘Challenge’ … Read more
Single lottery ticket wins 699.8 million US dollars (€603 million approx.) as first prize in California. The ticket sold by Poweball Lottery got the 7th highest prize in US lottery history by matching all six numbers in the draw. The winning numbers are 12, 22, 54, 66 and 69. The Powerball was 15. The result … Read more
Scarlett Johansson and Walt Disney Studios have reached a settlement in a dispute over the OTT release of her movie ‘Black Widow.’ Johansson sued the Studio for breaching release agreements and alleged that it had made her loss significant amount of remuneration. Black Widow had a release simultaneously in cinemas as well as the studio’s … Read more
Minister for Tourism and Culture Catherine Martin has said she is “hopeful” that nightclubs will operate at full capacity when they return on October 22nd, but antigen testing could be required for entry. A pilot nightclub event is set to take place at the Button Factory in Dublin on Thursday night, without social distancing or … Read more