TechCentral.ie | Ireland’s technology news resource

Pro

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
Pro

Vulnerable drivers leave ATM and POS systems open to attack

Newly discovered vulnerabilities could allow more persistent and destructive attacks on popular models

Trade

Rory Whelan, IP Telecom

Reopening the economy and being remote ready

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

Pro

Satya Nadella

Microsoft launches skills initiative to support Covid-19 recovery

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

Life

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

Pro

Vulnerable drivers leave ATM and POS systems open to attack

2 Jul Newly discovered vulnerabilities could allow more persistent and destructive attacks on popular models

Life

New York Times dumps Apple News

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

Pro

Hands On: Microsoft Surface Book 3

1 Jul Same versatility, same limiting chassis

Trade

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

Pro

Data

Data drudgery persists for data scientists

1 Jul Cleaning and preparation still accounts for nearly half the workload of data scientists, finds Anaconda survey

Trade

ChirpComm wins NDRC Pre-Commercialisation showcase

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

Trade

US e-discovery company to create 20 jobs in Dublin

2 Jul George Jon chooses Ireland for first international office

Life

Theya Healthcare launches bamboo fibre protective face masks

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

Life

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

Radio

WWDC 2020

Apple’s dramatic WWDC departure

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

Radio

PC parts

Tech that time forgot

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

Radio

Dr Eoin Whelan, NUI Galway

Tackling cyberchondria with NUI Galway’s Dr Eoin Whelan

12 Jun How Covid conspiracies are turning ordinary people into cyberchondriacs

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

The social media dilemma

More pressure on social media platforms to be responsible for the content they host - from an odd source