Tech

Budget: UK Chip Strategy Still Nowhere To Be Seen. Money For Quantum, AI? Sure

Um, folks? All this tech kinda needs semiconductors The UK government is upping investment in quantum by £2.5 billion ... Read more

TikTok Says US Threatens Ban If China Stake Not Sold

TikTok, owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, says it has been contacted about a change in ownership. Read more

The Stonehenge Of PC Design, Xerox Alto, Appeared 50 Years Ago This Month

We all owe three things to this pioneering machine – two more than you might think Feature  Although it only gets cr... Read more

Immigration Rules Relaxed For Builders And Carpenters

Construction workers are added to list but hospitality sector not included in government review. Read more

Google Taps Fastly To Make Cookie-free Adtech FLEDGE Fly

Online ad colossus hopes it can still make money when users want privacy Google says it has partnered with Fastly, a co... Read more

Workers Don't Want These Humanoid Robots Telling Them To Be Happy

Shocking! Talking robots designed to interact and help boost employees' moods at work are more effective if they don't ... Read more

Virgin Orbit To Pause All Operations From Thursday

The decision comes after the failure of the first ever satellite mission launched from the UK. Read more

Why Sleeper Trains Are Being Revived Across Europe

A number of rail operators are launching new sleeper train services across the continent. Read more

Cigarette Prices Rise But Draught Beer Duty Is Frozen

Duty for draught pints is frozen but the average price of a pack of 20 cigarettes rises to £14.39. Read more

Biden Wants To Claw Back, Flog Off 1.5GHz Of Spectrum

Good news, unless trees or walls get in the way Wireless spectrum is a finite and tightly regulated resource and that m... Read more

Free Childcare Expanded To Try To Help Parents Back To Work

Once a child is nine-months-old parents in England will be able to access up to 30-hours of free childcare. Read more

'I May Still Have To Move Back In With My Parents'

Young people tell the BBC what they think of the help announced in the Spring Budget. Read more

T-Mobile US Buys Ryan Reynolds-backed Mint Mobile For $1.35B

However, those Ryan Reynolds commercials aren't going anywhere Video  Mint Mobile, the prepaid budget wireless company... Read more

Corporation Tax: Jeremy Hunt Confirms Rise To 25% From April

The chancellor confirms corporation tax will go up but opposition is expected from some Tory MPs. Read more

Free Childcare Plan: 'Why Do We Have To Wait?'

Eligible under-5s will get 30 hours free care from September 2025, but some fear this is too far off. Read more