Somebody missed the memo – this internet giant always gets its own way Amazon has sued Washington state's Department of Labor & Industries, claiming an order by government officials requiring the internet mega-giant to reduce hazards at a warehouse …
Lees meerWhile accused of already breaking terms of an earlier deal IBM is preparing to settle yet more age discrimination and wage theft complaints against the IT giant, though in one instance where it has already done so, Big Blue is accused of failing to …
Lees meerPhrasing, Arizona... AG claims deal is 'historic' Google will pay $85 million to settle a privacy lawsuit that accused the internet behemoth of deceiving netizens regarding its harvesting of people's location data and using this personal info to rak…
Lees meerIt's officially official: Mobile devices will be required to use USB-C from 2024, with laptops following in 2026 After an initial agreement in June, the European Parliament today voted overwhelmingly to approve a USB-C charging standard that will fo…
Lees meerRemaining employees can continue work in different countries, though they'll struggle to get a flight out GPU maker Nvidia is shutting down its operations in Russia following its earlier decision to stop selling products there. The company is said t…
Lees meerThe world's richest man may be ready to close deal to save himself more text message embarrassment Trading in shares of Twitter was halted today on news that Elon Musk and the social media biz had reached a deal for him to buy the company at the ori…
Lees meerPro: Gboard Bar can 'double development time' for pair programmers. Con: No one wants this Google's Japan business appears to have ignored its semi-official "Don't be Evil" motto by publishing blueprints for the Gboard Bar, a 1.65m (5.4 feet) QWERTY…
Lees meerHow Google Workspace can help SMEs meet business and employee expectations for remote working Sponsored Post Economic stability is generally an ambition rather than a certainty in today's climate, so businesses must be more agile than ever in adapt…
Lees meerMass production, too – but if it happens, timing will be crucial as semiconductor market recovers Samsung expects to have 2nm chips in mass production by 2025 and plans to deliver mass production using a 1.4nm process by 2027, aiming to expand the c…
Lees meerDepartment of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy yet to rule on sale of Brit biz to Chinese-owned Nexperia The fate of Newport Wafer Fab remains undecided as yet another deadline for the final UK government decision on its sale to China-owned Ne…
Lees meerAnnexed Donetsk? No more consultants for you then Fresh export sanctions were leveled at Russia by the UK last week, with IT consultancy among other professional services that are banned.…
Lees meerThey’re on track for a whopping three percent in 2026 – well out of the mainstream, but growing faster Cross “optimise site and/or app for folding smartphones” off your to-do list: analyst firm IDC says they’re not going to be mainstream devices by …
Lees meerCommercial 'apocalypse' now – and worse is yet to come, apparently The surge in remote work, and a decline in demand for office space, during the COVID-19 pandemic has apparently wiped an estimated $453 billion off commercial real-estate value. That…
Lees meerDon't have a TikTok account? It doesn't matter – the pixels still grab your data Google and Meta may be the first names that come to mind when thinking of secretive online tracking of users, but another business is getting into the game in a very si…
Lees meerBut how will you know when your vehicle's extended warranty has expired? The FCC has opened proceedings to fight scam text messages that have become an increasing part of daily life for US consumers (and techies who have to talk grandma out of click…
Lees meerFinally 'unlocking value' for the 2017 $15b acquisition, just not via the imagined route Intel has filed for an IPO for its Mobileye automotive biz following earlier delays, but it is not clear what value the chip giant expects to get from the flota…
Lees meerWe won't get there by simply funding Intel and TSMC into building fabs here, says NXP CEO EU funding to boost the region's semiconductor industry under the European Chips Act is nowhere near enough investment to meet the targets set for 2030, accord…
Lees meerIt’ll take an army of billions to hold them back. Let’s make one Opinion China and Russia have been colluding to try to get a Chinese Internet protocol, New IP, adopted as a global standard. It's needed, they say, to improve quality of service guar…
Lees meerSure, I’ll sit here all day taking notes because you’re too cheap to print them out Who, Me? Welcome once again to Who, Me?, in which The Register celebrates the working week stretching out ahead of us all with readers' tales of messes they made, a…
Lees meerBarely adequate as a desktop alternative, but delightful as a dual purpose monitor Desktop Tourism Samsung's vision for a smart monitor tantalizes: the company suggests you park your PC and instead use Bluetooth input devices to work with a monitor…
Lees meerPlay catch up then get ahead Webinar If GPUs have revolutionized AI and HPC over the last decade, it's only because they could rely on storage infrastructure capable of delivering massive amounts of data.…
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