ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

Reg debate asks readers about their post pandemic status. Half ask, 'What status?'

(2021/11/05)

Some get a halo from the boss. Others barely get a hello



Starry starry night? No, it's just more low Earth orbit satellites as BT and OneWeb ink deal

(2021/11/05)

Brit telco to test out broadband tech in UK labs before customer trials next year



One click, one goal, one mission: To get a one-touch flush solution

(2021/11/05)

Gimme gimme gimme fried chicken



Say what you see: Four-letter fun on a late-night support call

(2021/11/05)

It's on a computer screen. It must be some sort of technical jargon, right?



Chip makers aren't all-in on metaverse hardware yet – we should know, we asked them

(2021/11/05)

Nvidia, though, expects this virtual-reality world to be as vast as the internet



Close but no cigar: Lenovo infrastructure group narrowly falls short of a profit

(2021/11/05)

When IBM sold it back in 2014, it was a breakeven proposition. Seven years later not much has changed



Beijing fingers foreign spies for data mischief, with help from consulting firm

(2021/11/05)

Chinese media wonders why it hasn't been reported in the West - hang on, you're reading this ...



140 million Chinese punters adopt Digital Yuan and spend up big

(2021/11/05)

But central bank worries about security, usability – and business continuity



So it is possible for Jeff Bezos to lose: Court dismisses Blue Origin complaint about Moon contract award to Elon Musk

(2021/11/05)

NASA and SpaceX to resume working on the next lunar lander



Red Hat forced to hire cheaper, less senior engineers amid budget freeze

(2021/11/05)

Email tells bosses to down-level open positions to control costs



Cisco warns 'unintentional debugging credential' left in some network switches can be abused to hijack equipment

(2021/11/05)

Pair of 10/10 critical bugs demand your attention, as does a 9.8-rated SSH SNAFU



There, that wasn't so hard, was it? South Korea makes Google allow rival payment systems in Play store apps

(2021/11/05)

All right, which country's next?



Kyndryl spins out of IBM, stock starts trading on NYSE – and shares tumble

(2021/11/04)

We're sure everything will be OK, its revenues have only fallen 37 per cent in the past decade



Expired cert breaks Windows 11 snipping tool, emoji panel, S Mode features, other stuff

(2021/11/04)

And we're talking about shipped code, not some Insider beta, here



Teams has a mute button all of its own in taskbar of latest Windows 11 preview build

(2021/11/04)

Another way to make sure the yawns don't get through



JEDI mind tricks: Google said Pentagon contract didn't align with company values. Now it's chasing another defence gig

(2021/11/04)

Don't Be Evil... unless...



Microsoft: Many workers are stuck on old computers and should probably upgrade

(2021/11/04)

What was that, Brad Smith? You're at climate summit COP26 talking about sustainability plans? You're breaking up... Going in a tunnel



Angular 13 arrives: Ivy everywhere, View Engine and IE11 support cut

(2021/11/04)

Cruft removed to improve performance



Imagination mulls adding DirectX to its GPU roadmap amid customer interest

(2021/11/04)

For now, here's an IMG CXT processor with real-time ray-tracing abilities



BT shelves efforts to find investor to share FTTP build, says Openreach can run project alone

(2021/11/04)

Oh and that company-wide cost-cutting programme is 18 months ahead of schedule



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