Tech

Cement Firm Lafarge Pleads Guilty To Supporting IS

Cement giant Holcim's Lafarge pleaded guilty in the US over its payments to Islamic State. Read more

UK's Mini-budget U-turn Welcomed By IMF

The reversal of the government's tax cuts will help the UK fight soaring inflation, the IMF says. Read more

Meta Shares Latest Hardware – You Can't Wear It On Your Face, So Don't Panic

More capable kit ready for more demanding machine learning tasks At the 2022 Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit o... Read more

Unions Will Fight Government Over Workers' Rights, Vows TUC

The TUC says it is "putting ministers on notice" that it will challenge any attempt to remove rights. Read more

Classiq Works With Rolls-Royce On Quantum Boost For Simulations

It's plane to see it wants more info on fluid dynamics of flying engines Quantum startup Classiq is working with aero-e... Read more

Two-year Mortgage Rates Hit Fresh 14-year High

The average two-year fixed rate deal has risen above 6.5%, the highest since the 2008 financial crisis. Read more

UK Government In Talks With Datacenter Operators Over Blackouts

Bit barns say they need diesel fuel supplies for backup generators The UK government is reported to have held discussio... Read more

Nord Stream Blast 'blew Away 50 Metres Of Pipe'

Danish police say explosions damaged two pipelines built to bring Russian gas to Germany. Read more

Mini-budget Scrapped: A Simple Guide To Why Plan Was Dropped

Eight steps to understand why the financial turmoil matters to mortgage payers and everyone else. Read more

Warning Energy Bills May Rise Above £4,000 In April

The prediction from analysts comes as the government scales back its two-year promise to cap bills. Read more

Children Should Have Separate Sections In Social Media Sites, Says UK Coroner

Also recommends age verification as Meta tells The Reg it's working on parental controls UK coroner Andrew Walker has s... Read more

Huawei Rolls Dice, Adds Exec Heads To Enterprise And Carrier Divisions Amid Troubled Times

Wang and Li appointed following death of Ryan Ding Beleaguered Chinese tech giant Huawei has named two execs to run its... Read more

Millions Of People Should Pay Less For Broadband, Says Watchdog

Firms are failing to promote cheap tariffs available for people on benefits, Ofcom says. Read more

China Congress: Beijing Delays Key Economic Figures As Leaders Meet

Closely-watched growth data for the world's second largest economy was due to be released on Tuesday. Read more

China Dumps Dud Chips On Russia, Moscow Media Moans

What? Sanctions-busting sellers aren't interested in your complaints? That's a shame The failure rate of semiconductors... Read more