Tech

Why Are Flights Being Cancelled?

There has been significant disruption at UK airports, with flights cancelled and long queues at airports. Read more

Fears Grow For Summer Holidays After Flight Cancellations

Travel agents say staff are dealing with calls from holidaymakers anxious about their plans. Read more

Synopsys, Juniper Networks Fuse To Tackle Silicon Photonics

The "OpenLight" union aims for on-chip lasers with help from Intel's recent add, Tower Semiconductor Synopsys and Junip... Read more

Higher Spec Machines Lift US PC Revenues 40% Even As Shipments Drop

Desktops, inflation and other factors also shaping American demand US PC shipments fell by double digits in the first q... Read more

Gatwick Airport Apologises To Disabled Passenger Left On Plane

Victoria Brignell was forced to wait for an hour and a half before being assisted from the plane. Read more

Compute Responsibly: Yet Another IT Industry Sustainability Drive

From greener datacenters to data transparency and 'conscious code', IBM, Dell, others push for better IT ops IBM and De... Read more

Sony Launches A Space Laser Subsidiary (for Comms, Not Conflict)

Plans to beam data to satellites, and between orbiting birds too Sony on Friday launched a subsidiary dedicated to opti... Read more

The Workers Getting 100% Pay For 80% Of The Hours

The biggest ever trial of a four-day week gets under way with up to 70 firms taking part. Read more

Microsoft: You Own The Best Software Keyboard There Is. Please Let Us Buy It

Come back Swype, all is forgiven. Don't you want our money, Redmond? There are lots of software keyboards for smartphon... Read more

Fuel Prices Surged Over Bank Holiday Break, Says RAC

Petrol costs hit a "frightening" new record and more government action is needed, the motoring body says. Read more

Behind Big Tech's Big Privacy Heist: Deliberate Obfuscation

You opted out, but you didn't uncheck the box on page 24, so your data's ours... Opinion  "We value your privacy," say... Read more

Datacenter Switching Surged In Q1, But It Won't Last Forever

Supply and demand are in for a switcheroo, analyst tells El Reg Cloud service providers drove the datacenter switching ... Read more

Flight Cancellations: Children And Teachers Stranded Abroad As School Starts

Thousands of holiday-makers are thought to be stuck in Europe after the weekend's flight cancellations. Read more

London Metal Exchange Sued For $456m Over Cancelled Nickel Trades

Fund manager Elliott Associates claims that cancelling trades of the metal in March was "unlawful". Read more

Mercedes Recalls Almost 1m Cars Over Faulty Brakes

The German carmaker said the brakes of some older cars may be affected by "advanced corrosion". Read more