Tech

Bosch-backed VCs Pour More Funds Into Brit Quantum Silicon Chips

Pret and Starbucks rubbing hands with glee as some cash will go to larger London HQ UK quantum computing startup Quantu... Read more

Results Are In For Biggest 4-day Work Week Trial Ever: 92% Sticking With It

Struggling to keep staff? Pilot brings huge dive in attrition, sick leave The massive British trial of a shortened four... Read more

Royal Mail Resumes Overseas Mail At Post Offices After Cyber-attack

Royal Mail says it is now processing "close to normal daily volumes" of international mail. Read more

Swedish Network Biz Ericsson Chops 1,400 Jobs At Home

More to come in other country ops? Company talks of admins 'sweating assets' and slowdown in 5G network builds Swedish ... Read more

UK In Surprise Boost After Record Tax Payments In January

The figures come ahead of next month's Budget where the government will detail its tax and spending plans. Read more

Firms Stick To Four-day Week After Trial Ends

A trial involving nearly 3,000 workers has found working shorter hours makes staff happier and healthier. Read more

Energy Firms Told To Pay Out Over Forced Meter Fittings

The regulator says people should be compensated now if homes were wrongfully fitted with a prepayment meter. Read more

Activist Investor Tells Airbus To End Atos Evidian Talks Now

TCI Fund says buying stake in tech biz would be 'extremely inefficient use of shareholder funds' Airbus should "immedia... Read more

Banking Giant HSBC Sees Quarterly Profit Almost Double

However, its annual profit fell as it absorbs the cost of selling its French retail banking operations. Read more

Chinese Boffins Call For Research On Countermeasures To US Chip Bans

Suggest fundamental semiconductor physics research is needed if China is to build viable local industry China’s Acade... Read more

Gambling: Government Expected To Tighten Regulation On Sector

A forthcoming government white paper on gambling is expected to tighten regulation in the sector. Read more

Clumsy Ships, One Chinese, Sever Submarine Cables That Connect Taiwanese Islands

Vietnam has also struggled with four out of five cables in strife Scenarios in which China invades Taiwan, and inducing... Read more

How ASML Became Europes Most Valuable Tech Firm

ASML machines make computer chips - with technology so advanced the firm is caught in geopolitical rivalry. Read more

Councils Get More Money To Help Struggling Households

The Household Support Fund goes to local authorities in England to help those struggling the most. Read more

Tesco Boosts Staff Pay By A Further 7%

The supermarket has raised its workers' pay three times in the the last 10 months. Read more