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Techie Fired For Inventing An Acronym – And Accidentally Applying It To The Boss

A tale of how a PEBCAK became a CLE On Call  On-Call, The Register's weekly column in which we share readers' stories ... Read more

Lenovo Ordered To Pay $140M For InterDigital Patents – Sees This As A 'major Win'

Oh wait, another appeal is on the way. Seventh time the charm? Lenovo must pay US patent holder InterDigital $138.7 mil... Read more

Qualcomm Adds 'premium Experiences' To Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2

Tosses some features to mid-tier masses, including those buying upcoming Redmi, realme handsets Qualcomm has launched t... Read more

Cosmic Rays More Likely To Glitch Out Water-cooled Computers

'Soft errors' caused by neutrons are well known. This study suggests we might be making them more likely When your corr... Read more

'A Village's Goodwill Saved Me From Life On The Streets'

A new report has found that rough sleeping and homelessness has increased across the English countryside Read more

The Revolution Underway In India's Diamond Industry

India's long history with diamonds enters a new chapter as lab-grown versions of the gem take off. Read more

As Chip Sales Slump, Inflation Makes The Price Of Samsung's Texas Fab Blow Out

South Korean titan budgeted $17 billion. Could now need over $25 billion to bring the facility online Semiconductor fou... Read more

Dual Tesla Lawsuits Pull Elon Musk Into Right-to-repair War

The nearly identical class action suits claim Tesla unlawfully restricted access to third party repairs and parts Tesla... Read more

ReMarkable Emits Type Folio Keyboard Cover For E-paper Tablet

Distraction-free long-life e-ink handheld writing tool becomes a typing tool too... but leaves us conflicted Norwegian ... Read more

Globalization Is Over, And It'll Cost You, According To TSMC Founder

Free trade not quite as dead, 'but it's in danger' says Morris Chang Globalization is over, at least for the chip indus... Read more

Budget Back To Work Policies To Cost £70,000 Per Job

The chancellor's schemes will only recruit small numbers at a high cost per job, the OBR forecasts. Read more

John Lewis Axes Staff Bonus And Plans To Cut Jobs

The department store operator and Waitrose owner reports losses in "a very tough year". Read more

UK Ministers Banned From Using Chinese App TikTok On Government Phones

The social media firm has strongly denied passing users' information to the Chinese government. Read more

Credit Suisse Emergency Loan Reassures Investors

Central bank funding calms jitters as FTSE 100, European indices and Credit Suisse shares rise after falls. Read more

Budget: UK Chip Strategy Still Nowhere To Be Seen. Money For Quantum, AI? Sure

Um, folks? All this tech kinda needs semiconductors The UK government is upping investment in quantum by £2.5 billion ... Read more