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Image copyrightAFPImage caption Artisanal mining is common in DR Congo as people do it as a means to make a living

Apple, Google, Tesla and Microsoft are among firms named in a lawsuit seeking damages over deaths and injuries of child miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The case has been filed by the

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China ready to retaliate if Germany bans Huawei
China's ambassador to Germany threatened Berlin with retaliation if it excludes Huawei Technologies as a supplier of 5G wireless equipment, citing the millions of vehicles German carmakers sell in China.
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Donegal gaming pioneer Greene makes play for second €1bn hit
Growing up and playing with his friends in an army camp on the Curragh in Co Kildare, where his father was relocated from his native Donegal, might have put blockbuster video game creator Brendan Greene, 43, on the path to making a multi-million-euro fortune. His is a rags-to-riches story - in 2014 he was on the dole - that still has plenty of chapters left to unfold.
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Irish firms follow the 'tech for good' trend
If you attend any tech event in the Silicon Valley, you won't last 10 minutes without hearing an entrepreneur claiming their technology is 'changing the world through reduced thread switching latency' or 'making the world a better place through seamless fabless semiconductors'. No pitch is complete without making bold claims, reflecting a holistic Californian mindset that 'we are making the world a better place', no matter how tenuous the case may be.
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These free apps will transform your professional life, but please keep it quiet
Instead of opining about some pressing issue this week, I'm going to dole out a bit of advice. I've already written about the best hardware products of 2019 in this column. Now, I'd like to bring to your attention three free apps which I think will genuinely make a substantial difference to your professional life.
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The Big Tech Show: Trying to fulfill your potential as a tech firm
Some Irish tech firms prosper, some go bust and a great many simply run as a going concern.
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