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Sackler Family Wins Immunity From Opioid Lawsuits

The wealthy owners of Purdue Pharma will be protected in exchange for a multi-billion dollar settlement. Read more

AI 'godfather' Yoshua Bengio Feels 'lost' Over Life's Work

Canadian computer scientist Yoshua Bengio tells the BBC he did not realise AI would develop so fast. Read more

Air New Zealand Weighing Passengers Before Flying

The airline says it is required to know the average weight of everything on board to improve fuel efficiency. Read more

CBI President In Early Exit As Lobby Giant Fights To Survive

Brian McBride is to step down earlier than planned after the body was rocked by allegations of misconduct. Read more

UK Tech Industry Pushing Up Salaries – But UI Devs Out Of Luck

As much as 30% increase for some jobs Despite job losses among vendors and high profile companies, those with IT roles ... Read more

Taiwan's Titans Bullish On Challengers To X86 In The Datacenter And Beyond

Game on as Nvidia, Arm, Ampere find enthusiastic locals who think buyers are open to alternatives Computex  Taiwan's a... Read more

Elon Musk: Tesla Boss On First China Trip In Over Three Years

The multi-billionaire has not yet publicly commented on the visit, which comes amid US-China tensions. Read more

Broadcom Says Nvidia Spectrum-X's 'lossless Ethernet' Isn't New

Been there, done that, SVP Ram Velaga tells El Reg At Computex, Nvidia promised "lossless Ethernet" for generative AI ... Read more

Universal Credit Childcare Funding To Rise 47% From June

From 28 June, parents on universal credit can claim up to £1,630 childcare for two or more children. Read more

ArrDee: Alcohol Adverts Featuring Rapper Banned By Watchdog

The regulator said the advert for Litty Liqour was "likely to encourage excessive consumption of alcohol". Read more

People Urged To Cash In Unused Energy Bill Support Vouchers

Households with prepayment meters need to claim full support for bills before the 30 June deadline. Read more

Nvidia Briefly Worth $1 Trillion Thanks To AI Boom

Investors excited about the possibilities for artificial intelligence have sent the US chipmaker's value soaring. Read more

Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Begins 11-year Prison Sentence

The Theranos founder, 39, was convicted last year of defrauding investors and wire fraud. Read more

Elizabeth Holmes Has Gone To Prison. Will She Ever Pay Victims Too?

Experts say victims often never get their money back from those who defrauded them. Read more

Nvidia To Power More Supercomputers As AI Frenzy Kicks In

New beasts to take up residence in Israeli and Taiwanese DCs Computex  Not content with unveiling its DGX GH200 AI sup... Read more