Tech

Court Bid To Protect Against Ghost Landlords Fails

Property owners welcome ruling that defines who a landlord is, but campaigners say it lets down tenants. Read more

UK Antitrust Watchdog Provisionally Clears Viasat's $7.3B Buy Of Inmarsat

Entrance of SpaceX and others into airline Wi-Fi eases worries. Next stop: US and EU regulators The UK’s Competition ... Read more

Bringing The IBM Thinkpad 'Butterfly' Back To Life

Framework offers refurb kit and parts – for instance, to upgrade a decades-old subnotebook If you are lucky enough to... Read more

House Prices See Biggest Annual Fall In Over 10 Years

House prices fell 1.1% in the year to February, the worst performance since 2012 outside the pandemic. Read more

Europe Trims Apple App Store Probe After Deciding In-app Payments Not A Problem

Cupertino not entirely off the hook – yet The European Commission on Tuesday reduced the scope of its investigation i... Read more

Chinese Factories Boom While Japan's Are In Reverse

Firms are balancing reopening as Covid restrictions ease against rising costs of energy and higher wages. Read more

Apple's Outsourced Lightning Cable Plant In India Goes Up In Flames

Local officials say fire suppression equipment wasn't operational Apple supplier Foxlink has admitted a fire damaged it... Read more

Tesla To Build New Factory In Mexico

Elon Musk's electric car company joins other firms investing south of the US border. Read more

IBM Teases AI-infused Hybrid Cloudy Upgrade To Z/OS - Bingo!

Mainframes dating back to 2017 can run forthcoming OS, which has something for everyone – even COBOL coders IBM has t... Read more

China Hits Out At US Over TikTok Ban On Federal Devices

Beijing accuses Washington of attempting to use state power to suppress foreign companies. Read more

High Street Chain Closures Slow With Takeaways Thriving

Banks saw the most closures, while takeaways, convenience stores and amusement arcades performed best. Read more

Chipmakers, You Can Have These Billions – But Uncle Sam Wants A Cut Of Your Profits

Where's my money? You got money for wafers, where's my money? Intel, TSMC, Samsung, and other semiconductor foundries s... Read more

'Raise Pay To End Strikes', Says Conservative Peer

Lord Balfe says the government needs to "get real" and raise public sector pay to benefit the UK. Read more

Blackpink Lead Top Stars Back On The Road In Asia

The K-pop superstars are among major acts that have returned as pandemic restrictions ease. Read more

More Civil Servants To Strike On Budget Day

Some 33,000 civil servants will join 100,000 of their colleagues taking strike action on 15 March. Read more