Tech

Pub Chain Wetherspoon Reports Record Loss

The pub chain saw its sites closed for about 19 weeks under coronavirus-related restrictions. Read more

Computer Shuts Down When Foreman Leaves The Room: Ghost In The Machine? Or An All-too-human Bit Of Silliness?

The answer won't surprise you On Call  It's Friday mystery time as a Register reader finds himself embroiled in The Ad... Read more

Fairphone Makes Wireless Earbuds Less Foul, By Charging Batteries Carefully

Intros Model 4 smartphone with five-year warranty, six years of software updates Fairphone, an outfit that uses only et... Read more

Hybrid Learning Works. This On-demand Webcast Proves It, In More Ways Than One

Retake, sorry, relive it all here Sponsored  The last year and a half has seen the biggest ever experiment in how tech... Read more

Black Widow: Disney And Scarlett Johansson Settle Lawsuit

Johansson argued she was deprived of earnings when the movie was offered on Disney+. Read more

'Quantum Computer Algorithms Are Linear Algebra, Probabilities. This Is Not Something That We Do A Good Job Of Teaching Our Kids'

Assuming tech works as promised, overhaul needed in policy and supplies, panel says Let's say, for the sake of argument... Read more

Shutdown: Congress Votes To Keep US Government Open

But a vote on President Biden's massive $1tn (£750bn) infrastructure bill was postponed. Read more

Clean Energy From The Fastest Moving Objects On Earth

Why fusion promises clean unlimited energy and one firm hopes to spark it with high-speed collisions. Read more

Restaurants Warn Prices Will Rise Due To VAT Hike

The increased sales tax will be passed on to customers, say restaurant and bar bosses. Read more

Macy's Sues To Stop Amazon Using Famous New York Billboard

New York's famous department store claims Amazon plans to advertise directly outside its flagship site. Read more

Xero, Slack Suffer Outages Just As Let's Encrypt Root Cert Expiry Downs Other Websites, Services

'The internet is a complex system' Updated  Websites and apps are suffering or have suffered outages around the world ... Read more

Petrol Driver Shortage: No Improvement In Supplies, Say Retailers

Industry body, the PRA, says more than a quarter of its members still have no petrol or diesel. Read more

Leicester City And JD Sports Merchandise Probe

A competition watchdog has "reasonable grounds to suspect one or more breaches of competition law". Read more

Cost Of Living: £500m In New Grants To Help Poorest Households

The government announces the support as other schemes, including furlough, close. Read more

Furlough Scheme Ends With Almost 1 Million Left In Limbo

Firms still relying on the scheme, which has protected the wages of millions, call for support as it closes. Read more