Tech

Lorry Driver Shortage: Government To Lift Rules On Foreign Haulier Deliveries

Ministers want to lift the limit on how many deliveries overseas lorry drivers can make in the UK. Read more

Shoppers Start To Use New £100 Contactless Payment Limit

But retailers say it could take months to update terminals so people can spend up to £100 without a Pin. Read more

Scoot On Over For A Wheely Tricky Mystery With An Electrifying Solution

The computer is a chauvinist, you say? On Call  Round off your week with an electrifying tale from the land of chunky-... Read more

US Army Slows ~$20bn Project To Put Microsoft's HoloLens VR Headsets Into The Field

Deployment of 120,000 headsets hoped to 'increase lethality' pushed into 2022 The US Army has delayed a massive rollout... Read more

Shortage Problem: What's The UK Running Low On And Why?

Shortages are one thing we don't seem to be running out of in the UK right now. Read more

French Finance Minister: Brexit Made UK Supply Chain Crisis Worse

France's finance minister also told the BBC that Europe will be one the world's key economic powers. Read more

Enthusiasts Dash For RISC-V Computer With GPU

Want one? Too late It seems computers without an ARM or x86 chip are in serious demand in the RISC-V community.… Read more

Can African Tech Giant Jumia Deliver On Its Promise?

Can Africa-focussed tech giant Jumia deliver on its promises to a new generation of consumers? Read more

TSMC's Post-pandemic Future In A World Short Of Chips? New Factories, More Revenue

It's not all bad news for some Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has a clear vision of its post-pandemic reality: ... Read more

LinkedIn Shutting Down In China After Mounting Government Pressure To Censor Social Media Content

Try InJobs instead! All the fun of a résumé and no comments allowed LinkedIn is shuttering its social networking serv... Read more

Covid-19: Cheaper Travel Tests To Start On 24 October

People in England going away for half term will be able to book lateral flow tests, the government says. Read more

Microsoft Shutting Down LinkedIn In China

The company will offer a jobs-only site with no social-media elements, instead. Read more

100,000 Workers Take Action As 'Striketober' Hits The US

Staff at tractor maker John Deere walked out on Thursday, with other sectors to follow soon. Read more

Overseas Abattoir Workers To Get Temporary Visas

The government is to allow butchers into the UK on temporary visas after warnings of mass culls. Read more

Daligas: Another Energy Supplier Folds Over Soaring Prices

Regulator says it will find a new supplier for customers of Daligas, the third energy provider to fold this week. Read more