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Beijing's Silent Treatment Topples Tower Semiconductor Merger With Intel

Termination fee of $353 million wipes out Intel Foundry Services' revenue for last quarter Intel's planned $5.4 billion... Read more

UK Rents Rise At Highest Rates Since 2016

Prices paid by UK renters rose by 5.3% on average in the year to July - the highest level seen since 2016. Read more

Admiral Car Insurance Loses Thousands Of Customers

The car insurer has lost many customers on the back of steep price rises and a jump in vehicle repair costs. Read more

OpenZFS 2.2 Is Nearly Here, And ZFSBootMenu 2.2 Already Is

A menu-driven, snapshot-enabled bootloader for Linux with root on ZFS The next minor version of OpenZFS is nearly ready... Read more

Why Securing East-West Network Traffic Is So Important – And How It Can Be Done

You don't want to hand your datacenter over to an intruder quite so easily Systems Approach  One of the fun things abo... Read more

Rail Fares In England To Rise Below 9% In 2024

Fare increases in 2024 will again be held below the rate of inflation, says the government. Read more

Couple 'horrified' At £110 Ryanair Check-in Fee

The airline has defended its decision to charge an elderly couple who had mistakenly downloaded the wrong tickets. Read more

Lost Voices, Ignored Words: Apple's Speech Recognition Needs Urgent Reform

A plea for improvements for disabled people who rely on accessibility features Opinion  As someone who relies on Apple... Read more

London Buyers Still Pushing Up Cotswold House Prices

One district council leader says a new programme of low-cost house building is needed. Read more

Singapore Opens To Stablecoins – Once They Jump Through Some Hoops

After regulators are done with them, providers will look a lot like boring old banks The Monetary Authority of Singapor... Read more

VinFast: Vietnam EV Maker Valued At More Than Ford Or GM

The share sale on the Nasdaq values VinFast at $85bn compared to Ford's $48bn and GM's $46bn. Read more

South Korea 'puts The Brakes' On Google's App Store Dominance

Starts monitoring developer deals after first slapping the G-force with substantial fine South Korea's Fair Trade Commi... Read more

How Argentina Learned To Love The US Dollar

Stuffing your greenbacks into the "mattress bank" is a way of life for many Argentines. Read more

Ireland 'free Money' Bank Glitch Sees Police At ATMs

Bank of Ireland says technical problems, which led to queues at some cash machines, are now fixed. Read more

Firm Regrets Taking Facebook Moderation Work

The chief executive of Sama says it will no longer take work involving moderating harmful content. Read more