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Is it time to get your granny an Apple Watch? Normally, Apple product launch is all about iPhones. But this week, there was equal attention to a breakthrough new feature on its new Series 4 Watch, with its built-in electrocardiogram sensor. The wrist gadget can give you an ECG, thanks …

Apple has given the Oval Office a run for its money in the past few weeks – we’ve had an unprecedented number of leaks ahead of the firm’s annual product launch. So, barring any surprises – a Steve Jobs-esque “one more thing” – we have a pretty good idea of …

The cryptocurrency market plumbed a fresh 10-month low yesterday as Bitcoin’s biggest rival tumbled and US regulators suspended trading in two securities linked to digital assets. Ether, the second-largest virtual currency, slumped 10pc from its level at 5pm New York time on Friday, according to Bloomberg composite pricing. Bitcoin lost …

Most Irish businesses will have cyber insurance in place within five years, an overwhelming majority of insurance industry leaders believe. Cyber insurance would protect against the rising tide of potentially devastating cyber-risks – from fraud and theft, to data protection breaches. The prediction that insurance to cover such risks will …

Eir is headed for a new broadband clash with Ireland’s telecoms regulator over “unjustified” charges in rural Ireland. In her first major interview since becoming chief executive, Carolan Lennon said that Eir may challenge price reductions set to be imposed by ComReg on Eir’s rural broadband service. “We think it’s …

If it does launch as currently scheduled in 2021, it will be 14 years late. When finally in position, though – orbiting the Sun 1.5 million km from Earth – Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope promises an astronomical revolution. The US space agency boasts that it will literally “look back …

Irish company Cubic Telecom has extended its partnership with Audi through the expansion of its connected car footprint into the Asian market. Cubic Telecom connects cars and computers to mobile networks. Powered by Cubic Telecom’s connectivity management solution, Audi is providing high-speed 4G-enabled connected services in its cars in Malaysia, …

The scooters first descended on San Francisco like bees on a hot dog stand roof: they caused annoyance, inconvenience and fascination – before ultimately having to be cleaned up by city officials. On Thursday those San Francisco officials made a big call: punishing the big players in scooters who chose not …

Elon Musk has tweeted again about a man he had previously accused of being a child abuser. “You don’t think it’s strange he hasn’t sued me? He was offered free legal services,” Tesla’s chief posted. The tweet comes more than a month after Mr Musk apologised to the British diving expert …

With over €1bn paid out in the last decade, the mobile app economy has become one of Ireland’s biggest digital industries. Adrian Weckler talks to some of the country’s most successful developers One billion dollars – or €850m in our terms. It’s a lot of money. But this is how …