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Story | Incognito

Conor Purcell/December 9, 2018December 10, 2018

I thought of being propelled towards a new existence, somewhere, a fresh state rather than a new place. For an…

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Orbits View | Tech’s Act of Contrition

Wide Orbits/November 8, 2018November 13, 2018
At Web Summit 2018 in Lisbon, making amends is front and centre on the agenda The last few years have seen a shift in public opinion towards Big Tech. From the Cambridge Analytica debacle to a myriad of data breaches, the introduction of the General...
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Music | Loney Dear At The Workman’s Club

Gerard Lynch/July 3, 2018July 3, 2018
In the almost 10 years since this reviewer last encountered Emil Svanängen, the Jönköping-born talent behind the Loney Dear moniker, in an intimate Sugar Club performance, he’s gone and changed his style. For reasons potentially related to the parlous state of the gig economy, or...
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Tech | New Adventures in WiFi – A Guinness Record Attempt

Conor Purcell/July 2, 2018December 9, 2018
On Wednesday June 6th a team of Irish engineers set a new record for a maritime broadband transmission, aiming to enter it as a Guinness World Record. Conor Purcell reports. As a science journalist I've spent time on board research vessels, and know only too...
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