Tech

Shell Defends 'difficult' Decision To Buy Russian Crude Oil

The oil giant confirmed it made a purchase of Russian crude oil on Friday but said it had "no alternative". Read more

Ukraine Parts Shortage Hits Oxford Mini Production

Production at Plant Oxford is stopping until 18 March due a shortage of parts from Ukraine. Read more

Zara, Paypal And Samsung Suspend Business In Russia Over Ukraine Invasion

Inditex, which owns Zara and several other major brands, will close all of its 502 stores in Russia. Read more

Photonics Startup Luminous Computing Bags $105m

Bill Gates among those plowing funds into AI supercomputing tech Luminous Computing, a startup using photonics to drive... Read more

French Designer Giants Suspend Sales In Russia

Chanel, LVMH and Hermes announced on Friday they would temporarily suspend sales in the country. Read more

Multi Language Communications Is About So Much More Than Translation

Join this webinar and learn how to transform your virtual events Webinar  While organizations and service providers ha... Read more

Charities Warn Fuel Poverty Could Double In A Year

A third of UK households could be fuel poor from October if bills rise to £3,000 a year, as feared. Read more

Facebook Hits Out At Russia Blocking Its Platforms

The Russian communications regulator said on Friday that Facebook has been blocked in the country. Read more

Internet Backbone Cogent Cuts Russia Connectivity

Biz cites 'unwarranted and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine' ... also crippling sanctions Cogent Communications will pull... Read more

Supermarkets Remove Russian Vodka From Shelves

Sainsbury's also announces it will rename chicken Kiev as chicken Kyiv in support of Ukraine. Read more

Ukraine Finance Minister Calls For 'severe' Sanctions

Serhiy Marchenko told the BBC that he had asked G7 leaders for more punitive sanctions to be introduced. Read more

Gas Prices Hit New Record Sparking Fears Over Bill Rises

Household bills for energy, food and petrol likely to worsen after commodities rise, analysts warn. Read more

Microsoft Stops Selling Products In Russia

The tech giant will no longer sell products and services there following the invasion of Ukraine. Read more

Russia Scrambles To Bootstrap HPC Clusters With Native Tech

Don't send a mobile chip to do a high-end CPU, GPU job. Unless you have no choice. With the largest data center chipmak... Read more

US Jobs Growth Stronger Than Expected

The economy added 678,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell to 3.8%, official figures show. Read more