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Lyca Mobile blames cyberattack for network disruption

TechCrunch

based mobile virtual network provider giant Lyca Mobile has confirmed a cyberattack that caused service disruption for millions of its customers. Lyca Mobile claims to be the world’s largest international mobile virtual network operator, or MVNO, which piggybacks off network operator EE’s infrastructure.

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Virtual social network IMVU raises $35M from China’s NetEase and others

TechCrunch

The line between social networking and gaming is increasingly blurring , and internet incumbents are taking notice. NetEase, the second-largest gaming company in China (behind Tencent), is among a group of investors who just backed IMVU, an avatar-focused social network operating out of California.

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Event networking app Grip raises $13M, as pandemic forces events to stay virtual

TechCrunch

With offline events now firmly moved to online for the foreseeable future, startups in the networking space had to pivot fast in the face of the pandemic. One of those was Grip , previously better known as a networking app for physical conferences (including TechCrunch Disrupt, at one point). million people.

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The use cases for a private wireless networks are many and increasing

CIO

Whether an enterprise’s use cases demand 4G LTE connectivity or the unprecedented speed and low latency of 5G, private wireless networks are helping keep devices, networks, and people connected and able to share and access data in real or near-real time.

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Twine raises $3.3M to add networking features to virtual events

TechCrunch

While setting up live streams, text chats and Q&A has been possible, what’s been missing from many online events was the casual and unexpected networking that used to happen in-person. By January 2021, the new events-focused version of twine was up-and-running, offering a set of professional networking tools for event owners.

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Virtual Network Functions in VPC and Integration With Event Notifications in IBM Cloud

Dzone - DevOps

What Are Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)? These hardware functions are packaged as virtual machine images in a VNF. VNFs are virtualized network services that are packaged as virtual machines (VMs) on commodity hardware.

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Virtual Internships matches students with top companies around the world

TechCrunch

Remote work struck down barriers for many employees, and now Virtual Internships is doing the same for university students around the world by partnering with over 12,000 companies from 100 countries. Since its launch, Virtual Internships has increased its revenue from $100,000 in fiscal year 2019/2020 to $4.1