Tech

Why Did Alibaba's Jack Ma Disappear For Three Months?

Alibaba's Jack Ma appeared to fall out of favour after criticising China's regulators. Read more

Coach Holidays: 'More Than A Business, We're Family'

Lack of support for "unfashionable" industry could put 24,000 jobs at risk and leave vulnerable passengers heartbroken. Read more

China And Taiwan Face Off In Pineapple War

Taiwan fights back against Chinese curbs on the export of their fruit - with plenty of support. Read more

Staff And Students At Victoria University Of Wellington Learn The Most Important Lesson Of All: Keep Your Files Backed Up

At last, after a year, my PhD is finally complee- bzzt! Think you're having a bad day? Spare a thought for the IT team ... Read more

Cherry On Top: Dell Shoves MX Keyboard Into Its Alienware M15 R4 Ultrabook

It's keeping a low profile (ahem), but yes, it's an actual clickety laptop A keyboard can make or break a computer -- j... Read more

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Pause Usual Data Collection With An Outage

Social ad biz is working to restore service, for better or worse Updated  On Friday, shortly after 1700 UTC, users of ... Read more

Apple's Steve Jobs: Visionary, Dreamweaver... And The Kind Of Fellow Who Might Tell A Porky Or Two On His Job Application

You have less than a week left to bid on the offending document The world is close to discovering how much a person is ... Read more

Young Goldman Sachs Bankers Ask For 80-hour Week Cap

First-year analysts have reported 95-hour working weeks plus poor physical and mental health. Read more

Grotesque Soundbyte Alert: UK Government Opens Wallet To Help Rural Areas Get 'gigafit'

Tough luck if you're in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales To quote the Mancunian philosopher Stephen Patrick Morrissey:... Read more

Tata Says Hello To £14.5m 1-year Contract Extension For UK Child Support System, While DWP Figures Out How To Procure A New One

Deal inked 'without competition' due to COVID, says dept The UK’s Department for Work and Pensions has awarded a £14... Read more

UK Government Borrowing Hits February Record As Virus Impact Continues

The government borrowed £19.1bn last month, the highest figure for February since records began. Read more

Builders Told To Remove 'unfair' Ground Rent Terms

Competition watchdog says Countryside and Taylor Wimpey must change contracts or face legal action. Read more

Labour Seeks Probe Over Cameron Greensill Lobbying

Report alleges former Prime Minister met officials to push for business for collapse finance firm. Read more

Gigabit Broadband: First Areas To Benefit Announced

The government announces first stages of plans to get superfast broadband to the majority of UK homes. Read more

DARPA Picks Intel To Automate Conversion Of FPGAs Into ASICs For Military Applications

Chipzilla hints at bringing 10nm ASIC FAB to US soil to sate desire for faster and cheaper custom silicon The United St... Read more