Tech

Quarantine Rules Set By UK To Be Lifted For Many European Countries

Ministers look set to exempt France, Italy, Spain, Greece, and several other European countries. Read more

Unilever Renames Fair & Lovely Skin Cream After Backlash

The Black Lives Matter movement has spurred companies to reassess their products and marketing. Read more

Wirecard: Scandal-hit Firm Files For Insolvency

The once high-flying payments firm Wirecard files for insolvency after a €1.9bn accounting scandal. Read more

Royal Mail To Cut 2,000 Jobs As Virus Hits Business

The cuts in management roles come as coronavirus exacerbates a fall in the number of letters being sent. Read more

SoftBank Founder Masayoshi Son Stops Shining On Alibaba's Board

'My work here is done, but my day job just got really complicated' is the gist of it SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son wil... Read more

US Beekeepers Fear For Their Future

American beekeepers are struggling to survive against cheap imports of foreign honey. Read more

Coronavirus: Can I Get A Holiday Refund And What Are My Travel Rights?

As the opportunity to go on summer holiday picks up pace, what are my rights? Read more

Coronavirus: 'We Went From 30 Customers To One In 18 Hours'

Cleaners saw most bookings cancelled in the first months of lockdown, and the future looks uncertain. Read more

Ex-barrister Reckons He Has A Privacy-preserving Solution To Britain's Smut Ban Plans

Content tagging – and I'll give the tech away for free, says Safecast Global chief Interview  A British firm says it... Read more

ASEAN Trade Bloc Scoops Googlebucks To Digitise Businesses Out Of COVID-19 Crunch

Hopes to educate 200,000 people in villages and smaller cities The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has ... Read more

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses... But Not Your H-1B Geeks, L-1 Staffers Nor J-1 Students

US freezes visa applications until the end of the year, cites COVID-19-sparked unemployment President Donald Trump has ... Read more

Paging Technology Providers: £3m Is On The Table To Replace Archaic NHS Comms Network

10% of the world's pagers are in use by Britain's health service The digital arm of England's health service, NHSX, is ... Read more

Can't Get Your Pi Fix Online? The Cambridge Shop's Back Open For Business, Brits

Doors remain closed at that other hub of nerdery, the Centre for Computing History Raspberry Pi fans rejoice! The found... Read more

IR35 Tax Reforms For UK Freelancers Glide Through Committee Stage: D-Day Set For 6 April 2021

*Cough* But are they freelancers? *cough* – HMRC IR35 tax reforms remain set to come into force on 6 April 2021 as th... Read more

A Memo From The Distant Future... June 2022: The Boss Decides Working From Home Isn't The New Normal After All

Because nobody wants to be the new Yahoo! apparently Date: June 1, 2022 To: All staff From: CEO of A Corporation That S... Read more