Stripe backs fast-growing Ramp for third time
US fintech doubles valuation to €7.25bn after securing €680m in investment
Online payments giant Stripe backs Ramp as it raises $300m
Stripe previously co-led a $115m funding round for its rival just four months ago
Who is Michael Milken, the junk bond king pardoned by Trump?
Michael Milken maintained ties to a finance industry that he helped shape
Tech giants under threat as online privacy for kids becomes a reality
Facebook could lose $35bn in a decade due to tighter privacy laws, says Irish tech veteran
Ellen DeGeneres: ‘Remember to have fun and laugh and be kind’
The superstar talkshow host (and china designer) wears her heart on her sleeve (and her mugs)
How’s your ‘digital wellbeing’? Facebook’s anti-addiction drive
The social media giant wants to make us less tech-dependent. Isn't it a little late for that?
Children get too much protection and not enough exercise
Children are online at earlier ages and scarcely know spontaneous play outside
How Silicon Valley rediscovered LSD
Long read: A new generation of San Franciscans believes the drug makes them more creative
Jeff Bezos moved into philanthropy with a single tweet - followed by 42,000 more
Denis O’Brien offers advice to Amazon founder on how best to help people ‘right now’
How California tech royalty decorate their homes
Decorator Ken Fulk creates interiors for tech royalty, including Napster’s Sean Parker and Bebo founders Michael and Xochi Birch. It’s his ideal job: since childhood he’s had ideas coursing through his head like movies waiting to be brought to life. So when a client asks for a unicorn, he’s okay with that
Turbocharging patients’ T-cells to kill their own cancer
Immunotherapy advances are delivering results in tackling some types of blood cancers
Zuckerberg leads new approach to philanthropy
Established donors line up to praise Facebook founder as he promises to give away his fortune
Next tech trend? Marijuana ordered like pizza
With pot legal for medical purposes in some US states, start-ups are blossoming
Proud man of ‘the soil’ looks set to stir up Dáil
There was a good crowd – lots of men with huge arms and farmers’ tans
Community turns out in force for funeral of ‘forgotten man’
Galway emigrant Sean Parker (79) died in Kent with no family or friends to claim him
Good enough really isn’t good enough for me
Blaming technology - skype, iPods and more - for sliding down the quality slope
Elite security posse fostered founders of WhatsApp, Napster
Members of ‘w00w00’ have spawned more than a dozen companies, mainly in security
Whoops! Forgot to have a baby in your twenties? Don’t panic yet
It seems those dire warnings about the ‘fertility cliff’ we topple over at age 35 are based on 300-year-old data
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