Tech

Chipmakers Still Shoveling Cash Into New Fabs As Demand Slows

Worldwide investment set to grow 9% to new high of $99b Investment in semiconductor fab equipment is set to grow 9 perc... Read more

India Reportedly Asks Smartphone Makers To Add Local Satnav Silicon

Manufacturers allegedly told to connect to NavIC by 2023, which did not make them happy at all India's Ministry of Elec... Read more

IBM Updates Desktop Mainframe Emulator

For just $5,500 and the cost of a quad-core x86 box, z/OS 16 for test and dev on the desktop can be yours IBM has updat... Read more

IMF Openly Criticises UK Government Plans

The UK government proposals will work at "cross purposes" with the cost-of-living fight, the IMF says. Read more

Chinese Yuan: Currency Hits Record Lows Against US Dollar

Major stock market indexes in Asia fell sharply also fell sharply on Wednesday. Read more

Wall Street Firms Fined $1.8bn Over Staff Messages

Barclays, UBS and Goldman Sachs were among the 16 firms named by regulators in the probe. Read more

AMD Was Right About Chiplets, Intel's Gelsinger All But Says

Even Gordon Moore saw it coming, admits CEO While some have given up on Moore’s Law, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger clearly ... Read more

Royal Mail Workers To Hold 19 Days Of Strike Action

It will cover the Christmas build-up, including key shopping days Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Read more

Cost Of Living: Margarine Prices Rise, But Blueberries Get Cheaper

Food inflation soared to its highest rate on record in September, according to an index. Read more

Nope, Still No Intel Sapphire Rapids Xeon Processors For You Right Now

Unless you're a US government boffin or can get a seat in Dev Cloud Intel’s ever-delayed Sapphire Rapids Xeon Scalabl... Read more

Mortgage Rates: 'If We Can't Afford Higher Payments, We Lose Our Home'

Some economists predict the Bank of England will raise the interest rate to as much as 5.8% by next spring. Read more

Teardown Shows Apple IPhone 14 Pro Is Not Pro-repair

Who cares if they are authentic parts! Come to the iStore instead if you know what's good for you Apple's iPhone 14 can... Read more

Inflation, Recession, Pah! IT Budgets Set To Rise In 2023

Turns out all it took was a business-disrupting global pandemic Despite recession fears, most companies are planning to... Read more

Irish Budget: Finance Minister Unveils Tax 'giveaways'

Paschal Donohoe says he is in a position to do so because the country has a large budget surplus. Read more

Leaked Dossier Suggests Scottish Ferry Deal May Have Been Rigged

A BBC investigation uncovers evidence of irregularities in awarding the contract for two CalMac ferries Read more