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Shut Off 3G By 2033? How About 2023, Asks Vodafone UK

Says it'll be 'asking customers' to make sure own phones support 4G, and to check on friends, family Vodafone is to beg... Read more

LG Promises To Make Home Appliance Software Upgradeable To Take On New Tasks

Kids: empty the dishwasher! We can’t, Dad, it’s updating its OS to handle baked on grime from winter curries As the... Read more

IBM Confirms New Mainframe To Arrive 'late In First Half Of 2022'

Hybrid cloud is Big Blue's big bet, but big iron is predicted to bring a welcome revenue boost IBM has confirmed that a... Read more

Earthquake Halts Operations At Two Of Toshiba's Chip Factories

6.6-rated rumble joins fire, snow, plague, and trade war as source of recent semiconductor supply chain SNAFUs A 6.6 ma... Read more

They Were Like Bandits - How Did The Rich Get Richer?

Did a Bank of England policy to save the UK economy during the financial crash make the wealthiest people even wealthier... Read more

AI: Why Chefs Are Turning To Artificial Intelligence

How a robot is being used in the highly specialised business of creating flavours. Read more

Throw Away Your Ethernet Cables* Because MediaTek Says Wi-Fi 7 Will Replace Them

*Don't do this MediaTek claims to have given the world's first live demo of Wi-Fi 7, and said that the upcoming wireles... Read more

Windows Box Won't Boot? SystemRescue 9 May Help

An ISO image you can burn or drop onto a USB key The latest version of an old friend of the jobbing support bod has del... Read more

Younger Workers Will Benefit From Return To Office, Says Boss

Returning to work in offices will help younger staff with their careers, the head of a pub firm says. Read more

IPv6 Is Built To Be Better, But That's Not The Route To Success

Why won't you love me, sobs perennially spurned protocol Opinion  In the World of Tomorrow that's always 10 years away... Read more

Pop Quiz: The Network Team Didn't Make Your Change. The Server Is In A Locked Room. What Do You Do?

Not all heroes wear capes. Some are Unix admins. Who, Me?  Welcome to another entry in The Register's Who, Me? archive... Read more

Cloudflare Signals Big Asian Push, Starting In Singapore

Seeks salespeople focused on expansion – and casinos – and adds a trio of senior managers Cloudflare has signalled ... Read more

Cathay Pacific Annual Loss Narrows To As Little As $720m

The airline warned of further losses after Hong Kong tightened aircrew quarantine rules again. Read more

Fortescue: Firm Owned By Australia's Richest Man Buys Williams F1 Battery Arm

Fortescue Metals says the deal will help it to achieve its target to be carbon neutral by 2030. Read more

Vaccine Mandates: 'I Lost My Job For Being Unvaccinated'

Covid-19 vaccine mandates face stiff resistance in the US, where they are clashing with national ideals of personal free... Read more