Tech

Nigel Farage Gets Apology From Banking Boss In Coutts Row

Plans are announced to make it more difficult for banks to close customer accounts. Read more

Government Borrows Less Than Expected In June

Public finances are boosted by tax receipts and lower interest payments but figures remain high. Read more

Douglas Adams Was Right: Telephone Sanitizers Are Terrible Human Beings

This one cleaned things up so well that signals couldn't get through On Call  Welcome once again to On Call, in which ... Read more

TSMC: Chip Giant Delays Arizona Production In Blow To Biden

Taiwan-based TSMC says semiconductors manufacturing at its Arizona plant will no longer begin in 2024. Read more

Proposed Ban On Data Brokers Selling Warrantless Personal Info To Feds Revived

Plus: Senator teases larger surveillance reform bill coming soon A draft law that would prevent data brokers from selli... Read more

TSMC Says Arizona Fab Behind Schedule, Blames Chip Geek Shortage

Output of 4nm parts stalled until at least 2025 TSMC on Thursday said its under-construction chip fab in Arizona won't ... Read more

Can Houseplants Purify The Air In Your Home?

Research shows that house plants don't make much difference to air quality. Read more

Virgin Money To Shut A Third Of Its UK Bank Branches

The firm says 255 workers will be at risk of redundancy at the 39 stores due for closure. Read more

Chips Still Down For TSMC With Glimmer Of Hope This Quarter

Global economic conditions? Check. Sluggish end market demand? Check. Customer inventory adjustment? Bingo! TSMC has re... Read more

Ultra Ethernet Consortium Wants To Optimize Networking For AI And HPC

Not changing the standard, but tweaking how applications work over top A group of tech companies has kicked off a proje... Read more

Mortgage Rates Fall For First Time In Two Months

The Bank of England is not expected to raise interest rates as quickly after inflation slowed. Read more

Cerebras's Condor Galaxy AI Supercomputer Takes Flight Carrying 36 ExaFLOPS

Nine-site system built for UAE's G42, but there'll be plenty to spare AI biz Cerebras has unveiled its Condor Galaxy su... Read more

Supermarkets Told To Make Pricing Clearer To Help Shoppers

UK competition watchdog says unclear pricing could be hampering shoppers' ability to spot deals. Read more

Social Media Is Too Much For Most Of Us To Handle

I know, because I let it all flood in. And it was damaging to my mental health Column  In 2008, I formed a hypothesis ... Read more

Samsung Makes Big Promises About GDDR7 RAM

Too bad GPU slingers keep shrinking the memory bus Keeping graphics processors fed, whether for large language models o... Read more