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Petaflops Help Scientists Understand Why Some COVID-19 Variants Are More Contagious

'If we did one of these calculations in our lab, we are talking weeks or months' Supercomputer-power calculations have ... Read more

Unless Things Change, First Zettaflop Systems Will Need Nuclear Power, AMD's Su Says

Of course the company that figured out chiplets says the answer is more chiplets Within the next 10 years, the world's ... Read more

The Clock Is Ticking On A Possible US Import Ban For Apple Watch

What's the time? It's time to go to court to see if the iGiant crushed a rival's heart-watching apps The Biden Administ... Read more

Steel Industry Fears More Job Cuts Without Help

Industry group UK Steel welcomes plans for help, but says there could be more cuts before support begins. Read more

Why Is There A Shortage Of Tomatoes And Other Fruit And Vegetables In The UK?

Supply issues have led the grocers Tesco, Asda, Aldi and Morrisons to limit sales of fresh produce. Read more

Qantas: Australian Airline's Profits Soar Back After Record Covid Losses

The A$1.4bn profit follows a troubled few years full of delays, staff shortages and criticism. Read more

Debian-based TrueNAS Scale Updated – And IXsystems Wins A Gong

Similar look for FOSS folk, with same UI and OpenZFS storage back-end Enterprise NAS vendor iXsystems has updated its K... Read more

Toyota And Honda Announce Biggest Pay Rises In Decades

Toyota and Honda are the latest Japanese companies to increase wages as prices in the country jump. Read more

Ancient Art Of Banning Rideshare Companies Revived In India, This Time On Motorbikes

Two-wheelers outnumber cars three to one in India, so promised licences mean Uber and Ola aren't off-road forever On Mo... Read more

This Won't Hurt A Bit: Amazon Now A US Healthcare Provider

Closes takeover of One Medical, has your shopping habits and medical info Updated  Amazon's $3.9 billion deal to buy i... Read more

How Hospitals Could Avoid Future PPE Chaos

Innovative ways to use personal protective equipment have emerged since the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more

Arsenal Women's Pay Rises 30% But Still Behind Men

Accounts show a boost in earnings, but the women's team still earns far less than some male players. Read more

Supreme Court Not Interested In Hearing About NSA's Super-snoop Schemes

Warrantless data harvesting, you say? Feds have their secret reasons and we're OK with that America's Supreme Court has... Read more

Intel Slashes Quarterly Dividend By Two-thirds As Cash Crunch Bites

Revenues will only be down 37 percent next quarter Pat promises After tens of billions of dollars in stock buybacks and... Read more

Tesco And Aldi Limit Sales Of Tomatoes, Peppers And Cucumbers

The grocers join Asda and Morrisons in limiting sales due to shortages of certain produce. Read more