Tech

Donald Trump-era Ban On TikTok Dropped By Joe Biden

The delayed ban on TikTok and WeChat will now not happen - instead apps from China will face reviews. Read more

'We Will Lose £1,300 Unless We Get Flight Refund'

Customers react as watchdog investigates whether Ryanair and BA broke law in refusing Covid refunds. Read more

Shell Promises To Accelerate Shift To Low Carbon

The oil giant says it will "rise to the challenge" of lowering emissions after a recent court ruling. Read more

UK Launches Consultation On Forcing Landlords To Allow Gigabit Broadband Upgrades

We want to give your property better internets for free, pls respond The UK's Department of Fun – aka Digital, Cultur... Read more

Covid: What Do We Know About Global Youth Unemployment?

Young people have suffered from the economic consequences of Covid. Read more

The Best Time To Plant A Tree Is 20 Years Ago. The Best Time To Build A Semiconductor Foundry Is 5 Years Ago

The history of computing is all change, all the time. Yet silicon-slingers let the chips fail where they may Column  U... Read more

US Senate Finds $52bn To Keep Chipmakers Working, $195bn For Tech R&D

Innovation and Competition Act aims to keep America ahead of China, approved with unusual bipartisan support The United... Read more

Ohio Attorney General Asks Courts To Declare Google A Public Utility

Yup, just a Republican wanting a private business to be subjected to more government regulation Dave Yost, Ohio's top g... Read more

SK Hynix Admits To DRAM Defects, Smacks Down Rumour It Botched Big Batches

Admits 'potential losses' may result, says they won’t be significant South Korean chip maker SK Hynix has admitted so... Read more

It's Completely Unsupportable. Yes, We Mean Your Brand New System

The problem started when those ridiculous users ... oh, hang on. It started in the IT department Feature  The concept ... Read more

China's ISCAS To Build 2,000 RISC-V Laptops By The End Of 2022 As Nation Seeks To Cut Reliance On Arm, Intel Chips

Software porting efforts aim to make sure Android, Linux, Firefox, and Chrome work well ahead of time The Institute of ... Read more

Smartphone Shipments Jumped 26% In Q1 – Only To Recapture Ground Lost To The Pandemic

Don't call it growth Global smartphone shipments recovered in the first quarter of this year following a dismal 2020 fo... Read more

Snowflake Targets Java And Scala Devs, Will Soon Slither After Pythonistas Too

Cloud data outfit realises SQL-centric approach won’t attract the developers it needs to grow Snowflake Summit  Clou... Read more

Proof-of-space Cryptocurrency Chia Triggers HDD Sales Boom In Europe

Residents near Western Digital, Seagate HQs deafened by popping of Champagne corks The launch of the cryptocurrency Chi... Read more

Ethernet Standards Wonks Eye Up Speeds Beyond 400Gb/s

For now you have to cope with 100Gb/s and 400Gb/s over single-mode fiber, and brace for 100Gb/s over 80kms The Ethernet... Read more