Rwandan president Paul Kagame has pledged €50,000 for Joanne O’Riordan’s personal robot under construction in Trinity College Dublin.

He’s just 4ft 7in in height, bald, not much of a talker, and almost impossible to cuddle, but the new guy in Joanne O’Riordan’s life might just be the man of her dreams.

The US government is relinquishing its control of the internet’s address system in a shift that could raise questions about the future direction of online innovation and communications.

Dr Hamadoun Touré is used to being around strong women. But even the secretary general of the UN’s International Telecommunications Union had to doff his cap to Joanne O’Riordan during his closing address at the global launch of the “Tech Needs Girls” campaign.

Next year will be arriving late – thanks to a slowing down of the Earth’s rotation.