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Distributed denial of service attacks are evolving

Attacks have long been part of the criminal toolbox, and grow in strength and prevalence
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Microsoft launches skills initiative to support Covid-19 recovery

Help for 25 million worldwide to acquire new digital skills needed for the economy recovery, with $20m fund

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US e-discovery company to create 20 jobs in Dublin

2 Jul George Jon chooses Ireland for first international office

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Theya Healthcare launches bamboo fibre protective face masks

1 Jul Masks are washable, naturally antibacterial and EU tested and approved

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Effective competition – the key to 5G in Europe

3 Jul Competition drives innovation, and improves security, says Na

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ChirpComm wins NDRC Pre-Commercialisation showcase

1 Jul Cork team impressed with next-gen signal modulation chips

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Rory Whelan, IP Telecom

Reopening the economy and being remote ready

30 Jun Businesses must put communication at the forefront of their futureproofing plans

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KudosHealth begins crowdfinding campaign for healthcare worker app

1 Jul Start-ups seeks €100,000 to provide frontline health care workers with health and wellbeing benefits

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New York Times dumps Apple News

30 Jun Newspaper says contained model isn’t ‘healthy’

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Rory O'Connor, Scurri

Scurri raises €1.5m in latest funding round

2 Jul Growth expansion plans include hires across engineering, product, support, sales and marketing

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Sparkler

Distributed denial of service attacks are evolving

3 Jul Attacks have long been part of the criminal toolbox, and grow in strength and prevalence

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Pylance: Python extension for Visual Studio Code

3 Jul Microsoft’s Pylance works with the existing Microsoft Python extension to bring faster type checking and program analysis to devs

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Defining a continuous testing strategy

3 Jul For the most business value, develop a testing programme based on personas, best practices, and agile principles

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Apple Card

Apple wants everyone to have an Apple Card – even if they were declined the first time

1 Jul Path to Apple Card programme helps users improve their financial health

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Dr Ann Devitt, Trinity College Dublin

Leaving Facebook and Learnovate’s Dr Ann Devitt

3 Jul Big brands desert social media and the post-Covid classroom

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WWDC 2020

Apple’s dramatic WWDC departure

30 Jun Goodbye Mr Chips and hello to bright young things from Adapt

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Tech that time forgot

19 Jun A look at devices that made that us, now lost 'forever'

Time and distance

Extraordinary times place a focus on the value of remote working

Eir needs to send a message about Covid-19

Downsizing an e-mail service in the middle of a pandemic makes no sense

Carrying on, continuously

Learning the lessons of recent events, but applying them always