Tech

BT 'welcomes' Whopping £2bn Investment By French Telco Altice

Buy-in comes after (nearly) 24 years of living next door to Altice Altice – the French telecoms outfit that operates ... Read more

Adults Turning To Toys In Lockdown Drives Model Railway Sales

Sales jump at Hornby after children and adults bought its model trains and cars during the pandemic. Read more

Ofcom Gets New CTO As UK Regulator Welcomes Amazon Alexa Smart Home Exec

Let's hope Sachin Jogia sticks around longer than his predecessor Ofcom is to get a new full-time CTO this autumn in Sa... Read more

US Overtakes UK As Hardest Hit By Covid Deaths In G7

UK pandemic deaths are the second worst of the seven big Western economies, an analysis for the BBC says. Read more

France's Second Biggest Telecoms Firm Buys 12% Of BT

Altice has bought a big stake in BT but says it does not intend to make a takeover offer. Read more

Meat Giant JBS Pays $11m In Ransom To Resolve Cyber-attack

Hackers disrupted operations in several markets at the world's largest meat processing company. Read more

Y'all Ready To Get Back To The Office This October, Facebook Tells Staff In The US

Sure, you can apply to work from home in the middle of nowhere, just don't expect Silicon Valley pay Facebook, like oth... Read more

'Condolences On The Death Of Your Conscience' Says Card From Indonesian Delivery Drivers To Local Uber Clone After Payments Slashed

Also sent lovely flowers as US$22bn GoTo Group cut driver bonuses Drivers who work for Indonesia’s Uber equivalent, G... Read more

'I Can Speak Freely And Use Swear Words As I See Fit'

The rise of email "newsletter" providers that allow writers to directly connect with readers. Read more

Travellers At Mercy Of Rogue Testing Firms, Says Which?

Consumer group Which? says private testing firms are quoting misleading prices and lack regulatory oversight. Read more

Hospitality Workers Priced Out Of UK Tourism Hotspots

Workers are finding accommodation scarce as landlords cash in on the UK holiday boom. Read more

Government Dragging Feet On China Forced Labour

The government has been accused of rejecting MPs’ recommendations to punish UK firms implicated in forced labour in Ch... Read more

Coronavirus: Industry Dismisses US-UK Moves To Reopen Travel

President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Boris Johnson agree to set up a taskforce to ease restrictions. Read more

The Newton Lives, Kinda: Boffin Turns Apple EMate 300 Into Raspberry Pi Laptop

Impressive working computer from the corpse of a rarity Video  Faced with dwindling sales to education customers in th... Read more

'Universal Processor' Startup Tachyum Unveils Full-system Prodigy Emulator Ahead Of Sampling Later This Year

FPGA-driven prototypes yet to prove the company's bold performance and power-draw claims Tachyum, which has been promis... Read more