Recent studies carried out in LinkedIn found that the amount of job postings containing the terms ‘cryptocurrency’, ‘ethereum’, ‘blockchain’ and ‘bitcoin’ grew 395% in the U.S. between 2020 and 2021. A significantly lower growth occurred in the listings for the…
New Portable Diagnostic Platform can Rapidly Test Hundreds of People for Coronavirus
Engineers at the University of Texas, Austin recently created the ‘lab-on-a-chip’ platform, a portable disease diagnosis platform which could spot asymptomatic COVID-19 cases, as well as test for other ailments in their early stages. The platform is capable of detecting…
Judge Rules That Only Humans, not AI Machines Can Get a U.S Patent
In the global debate on the handling of computer-created innovation, a Federal judge has ruled in the first American decision that a computer using artificial intelligence cannot be listed as an inventor on patents. This is because under U.S. law,…
Workers Prefer Flexibility to Higher Pay
With unemployment at an all-time low as a result of the Great Resignation, many workers now feel empowered to go out and get what they want, including the salaries they think they deserve. According to a recent study by Bankrate,…
Lack of diversity: A cause of the Great Resignation
According to Labor Department data, there were over 10 million jobs available in the U.S. at the end of June— a record. To explain this, experts have referred to what they call the ‘Great Resignation’, where large amounts of people…
Teen Wins Global Tech Award for Paediatric Occupational Therapy App
A teenager recently won a global technology award for her invention: Stellar, a paediatric occupational therapy app which provides quick and affordable services to children in need of them. Saanvi Kaushik, a 13 year old from Cork City won the…