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Californian Winemakers Are Learning Firefighting Techniques

Winemakers in the Napa Valley are having to battle wildfires affecting vineyards and wineries. Read more

Risk Of Major Disruption As UPS Strike Looms In US

"I'd like to strike just to teach them a lesson," says long-time UPS worker Antonio Rosario. Read more

China Chip Material Export Controls Just The Tip Of The Iceberg, Warns Official

World powers scramble into emergency meetings as US Treasury Secretary heads to Beijing for talks China's move to restr... Read more

Meta's Data-hungry Threads Skips Over EU But Lands In Britain

Plus: Facebook corp loses appeal on crossing data streams in Germany Elon Musk's Twitter can breathe easy when it comes... Read more

Train Firms Plan Mass Closures Of Ticket Offices

A public consultation has been launched on proposals to close hundreds of station ticket offices in England. Read more

Leicester City Facing £880k Fine For Fixing Replica Kit Prices

Regulators say the club's "anti-competitive" conduct may have led to fans paying higher prices. Read more

Water Firms Planning To Raise Bills, Says Regulator

Water companies are likely to seek bill increases to cover the cost of improving services, says the boss of Ofwat. Read more

Free Wednesday Gift For You Lucky Lot: Extra Mouse Button!

How to use a part of your computer you possibly didn't know it had If you have a plain ol' vanilla wheel mouse, it has ... Read more

Brit Broadband Subscribers Caught Between Crappy Connections And Price Hikes

Survey suggests 'mediocre services' now cost 14% more UK broadband subscribers are being hit by a double whammy of serv... Read more

US Officials Must Limit Contact With Social Media Firms

A judge bars officials from contacting platforms over "content containing protected free speech". Read more

Oh, Great. Yet Another Tech Billionaire Thinks He Can Get Microblogging Right

Zuck's Instagram-adjacent Twitter clone to debut later this week Twitter users dismayed by Elon Musk's chaotic leadersh... Read more

Yahoo! Comeback! Continues! As! Fresh! Listing! Planned!

Boss says it has traffic galore and a beautiful balance sheet Yahoo! – the outfit that dominated the web in the late ... Read more

E2E Encryption: Should Big Tech Be Able To Read People's Messages?

Who will win in the years-long stalemate between governments and big tech around super-secure messaging? Read more

CEO Secrets: 'I Smashed My Platinum Discs - Then Rebuilt Them'

Record producer and label owner Sir Robin Millar talks about losing his sight and finding great music. Read more

Nigel Farage Bank Account Shut For Falling Below Wealth Limit

Nigel Farage's account with the bank Coutts is not being closed for political reasons, the BBC is told. Read more