Tech

Revolut Becomes Most Valuable UK Start-up After £24bn Valuation

Revolut's latest valuation has made its Russia-born boss Nik Storonsky a multibillionaire. Read more

Sainsbury's And Tesco To Encourage Mask-wearing From Monday

The supermarkets will ask shoppers to keep the Covid measure even after the legal mandate is dropped. Read more

Nissan And Rolls-Royce Hit As Staff Forced To Isolate

Rolls-Royce warns it may have to halve production at Goodwood, while hundreds of Nissan workers are hit. Read more

UK Job Vacancies Climb Past Pre-pandemic Levels

New figures show the number of vacancies is 77,500 higher compared to the beginning of last year. Read more

Biggest Rent Rises In Commuter And Coastal Towns

City centre rents show signs of increasing again as the easing of Covid restrictions sees demand rise. Read more

BT To Phase Out 3G In UK By 2023 For EE, Plusnet, BT Mobile Subscribers

Cos 4G and 5G will be all hunky-dory by then, yeah? BT is going to wind down 3G connectivity by 2023 as it looks to inc... Read more

IPv6 Still 5–10 Years Away From Mainstream Use, But K8s Networking And Multi-cloud Are Now Real

Gartner’s latest Hype Cycle for Enterprise Networking labels network observability and SDN vendor jargon IPv6 is stil... Read more

Intel And Samsung Impacted As COVID Closes Electronics Factories In Vietnam

750 cases among workers sees labour force asked to stay on-site Saigon Hi-Tech Park, a Vietnamese electronics factory c... Read more

SonicWall Suggests People Unplug Their End-of-life Gateways Under 'active Attack' By Ransomware Crims

Redeploy in circular filing cabinet if you cannot patch SonicWall has warned that its older Secure Mobile Access (SMA) ... Read more

India Bans Mastercard From Signing Up New Customers

Alleges it blew a deadline to secure data – by almost three years India’s Reserve Bank yesterday barred credit card... Read more

Should We Trust Big Tech With Our Health Data?

Our medical records are in demand by tech firms who want to use the data to help tackle illnesses. Read more

Insurers Plan Green Replacements For Car And Property Write-offs

Written off or stolen petrol cars could be replaced with electric vehicles, as part of a wide-ranging eco-plan. Read more

Mortgages Refused For Self-employed Who Took Covid Grants

Mortgage brokers say self employed and furloughed workers are being turned down by some high street lenders. Read more

The Coming Of Wi-Fi 6 Does Not Mean It's Time To Ditch Your Cabled LAN. Here's Why

There's a time and place for wireless tech, but it still can't compete Feature  IEEE 802.11ax-2021 (more commonly know... Read more

Compsci Eggheads Bring OpenCL Framework To RISC-V To Push Parallel Performance

Extended version of POCL now supports everything from high-end parts to embedded chips A quartet of computer science bo... Read more