As a result of a dramatic slowdown in the technology practice at Silicon Valley law firm Cooley, more than 100 lawyers and other staff have been laid off just weeks after Elon Musk’s Twitter dropped the firm. According to the Palo Alto-headquartered firm, there has been an “unexpected economic downturn,” which forced it to reduce its US workforce in order to “better align with current and...
Silicon Valley firm Harness creates 80 jobs at new Belfast base
A Silicon Valley tech firm has set up a new base in Northern Ireland and announced the creation of 80 new jobs. Harness, which provides technology for companies to speed up and deploy software products, said it made sense to locate in “one of Europe’s strongest technology hubs” where many of its customers are already based. Around 30 of the positions are already filled but the company is on the...