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Musk: Twitter Will Have 1 Billion Monthly Users Inside 18 Months

Meanwhile reports say more ad buyers are staying away Call it blind optimism, deployment of a reality distortion field ... Read more

US Chip War Could Hurt The West As Beijing Moves To Ramp Up Its Own Industry

Nine Chinese semiconductor companies have had IPO applications approved The US battle to halt China's growing semicondu... Read more

Insulation: Households Could Save £300 In New Insulation Scheme

Government announces extra funding to help those in least-efficient homes in lower council tax bands. Read more

Balenciaga Campaign: Kim Kardashian 'shaken' By Fashion House Shoot

Kim Kardashian is pulled into a row over the fashion house's latest campaign after heavy backlash. Read more

North Of England Faces Rail Chaos, Warns Business Lobby

Business leaders say ministers must act this week to avert a "meltdown" in the northern rail system. Read more

Telecoms Networks Could Provide Next-gen GPS Services Without The Need For Satellites

Decimeter-level uncertainty, sub-nanosecond time synchronization – but what happens when there's no signal? A recentl... Read more

Epson Zaps Lasers Into Oblivion, In The Name Of The Environment

Inkjet is the future, claims Japanese printer maker Japanese electronics and printer maker Epson announced this month t... Read more

How Not To Test A New System: Push A Button And Wait To See What Happens

How to make an IBM engineer hyperventilate, or get a promotion: see above. Who, me?  Welcome once again, valued reader... Read more

Yandex Plans To Break Up With Its Russian Motherland

'Geopolitical environment' leads to spin-out of cloud, self-driving and other tech Russia's most prominent tech company... Read more

Rolls-Royce Tests A Jet Engine Running On Hydrogen

The firm, together with easyJet, is trying out hydrogen instead of jet fuel in a jet engine. Read more

Jeff Bezos: Does US-style Philanthropy Exist In UK?

The Amazon boss joins a long line of Americans giving away their riches. Is it different in the UK? Read more

Energy Firms Warned Over Hiking Direct Debits

The government says companies must ensure bills reflect lower energy use for customers who are cutting back. Read more

French Cloud Operator OVHcloud Gets Datacenter Funds From EU Lending Arm

Using loan for expansion as political bloc pursues tech autonomy strategy French cloud operator OVHcloud has been grant... Read more

Quest VR Glasses Back On Sale In Germany – But Watchdog Has Eye On Meta

Goggles unhooked from Facebook login, but officials still watching for antitrust abuse Germany's Federal Cartel Office ... Read more

Energy Advice: Sunak To Expand Tips Campaign To Lower Bills

His government aims to curb energy use in a move once seen as "nannying" by former PM Liz Truss. Read more