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Biden nixes Trump immigrant visa ban as clock runs down on H-1B suspension

Keeping family members out of the country deemed harmful

Bloody Dell! The humble notebook made the difference between a crappy fiscal 2021 and a good one

Yes, we will never mention the death of the PC again, at least until next time

26 Feb 18:17 | 4

HPE urges judge to pick through Deloitte-bashing report it claims demolishes Autonomy founder's defence

Plus: Full ruling in $5bn High Court case expected by end of Q1

26 Feb 13:39 | 21

Zuck chucks Myanmar military out of Facebook and Instagram

Is The Social Network™ finally declaring a stance in democracy and politics

26 Feb 05:57 | 22

VMware reports ‘progress on potential spinoff from Dell’, beats expectations for Q4 and full FY2021

Containerised Tanzu portfolio starts to make serious sales progress

New Nutanix CEO hints at mid-year product bundle launch

And reckons subscription acceleration means flat revenue is nothing to worry about

Qualcomm under fire for 'anticompetitive' patent shenanigans causing pricey UK smartphones

Which? rides to the rescue of consumers and... er... Apple and Samsung?

25 Feb 10:06 | 50

HP loses attempt to deny colossal commission to star sales staffer

Contract was clear and trying to backdate changes was naughty, rules Australian court

25 Feb 07:29 | 41

Thirsty work: TSMC starts trucking in water amid Taiwan drought to keep chip production lines chugging

Yet more woes for embattled industry

24 Feb 17:37 | 16

UKFast founder and ex-CEO Lawrence Jones denies rape and sexual assault charges

Trial date set for February 2022

Pyrrhic victory: Co-Op wins £13m from IBM over collapse of £175m Project Cobalt insurance platform contract

It wanted £128m in wasted spending – but customer wasn't blameless for debacle, rules UK High Court

24 Feb 11:08 | 22

UK might still be in lockdown but tech jobs rise above pre-pandemic levels and beyond, according to ONS

More women in tech workforce too, and salaries staying firm or going up

23 Feb 16:12 | 5

Microsoft staffers restive as annual employee poll lands – without questions about compensation

‘We are only insanely paid vs ludicrously paid at Google or Netflix’

23 Feb 05:36 | 20

UK taxman is supposed to know how IR35 reforms work but still lost appeal against TV presenter Kaye Adams

Observers say having multiple clients works in favour of techie contractors

22 Feb 13:46 | 36

Facebook and Apple are toying with us, and it's scarcely believable

What to do when companies think they own their customers

22 Feb 11:26 | 114

China's semiconductor self-sufficiency drive slid backwards in 2020

5.9 percent of silicon made at home now, goal is 70 percent in 2025 and the USA's sanctions seem to be biting

Australian government fights Facebook news ban by threatening 0.01% of Zuck's ad revenue

Talks continue but pay-for-news law won’t be amended

22 Feb 03:53 | 48

Ex-American football player attempts to breathe life into failed lawsuit claiming Gears of War used his likeness

First Amendment under the microscope

19 Feb 21:09 | 13

The chips are down. We need your support, semiconductor industry tells US President Biden

How about some investment... or at least a tax break?

19 Feb 14:37 | 33

Toxic: Intel ordered to pay chip fab worker almost $1m after he was gassed at its facility in 2016

Spouse to receive $250k over 'loss of consortium' following Arizona incident

18 Feb 15:46 | 42

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1Password has none, KeePass has none... So why are there seven embedded trackers in the LastPass Android app?

Third-party code in security-critical apps is obviously suboptimal, but company says you can opt out

Google admits Kubernetes container tech is so complex, it's had to roll out an Autopilot feature to do it all for you

More expensive, less flexible, but easier and safer to use

Seagate UK customer stung by VAT on replacement drive shipped via the Netherlands

Well, Brexit meant Brexit

A word to the Wyse: Smoking cigars in the office is very bad for you... and your monitor

A matte-black terminal? Neat! Where can I get one?

Red Hat returns with another peace offering in the wake of the CentOS Stream affair: More free stuff

Approved open-source projects to get no-cost subscriptions (if they haven't already got one)

Google looks at bypass in Chromium's ASLR security defense, throws hands up, won't patch garbage issue

Engineers write off GC abuse because Spectre broke everything anyway

Valheim: How the heck has more 'indie shovelware with PS2 graphics' sold 4 million copies in a matter of weeks?

Now, this might shock you, but it's something we like to call 'fun' (if you have friends)

Something for the Weekend, Sir?

Half a million stolen French medical records, drowned in feeble excuses

A bitter pill best swallowed with eight gallons of swimming pool water

BOFH: 7 jars of Marmite, a laptop and a good time

Or 'How PFY and I do Access Control'

We need a 20MW 20,000-GPU-strong machine-learning supercomputer to build EU's planned digital twin of Earth

And this machine will be used to *check notes* study climate change. Study it or cause it?

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NHS Digital hands Deloitte £51m contract for tech supporting UK COVID-19 testing without competition

Just as legal challenge launched at government for doing the same thing

18 Feb 15:04 | 13

Now this is Epic: Fortnite maker takes Apple fight to the European Commission and... er... Bismarck, North Dakota

Doesn't matter which court, Cupertino vociferously defends App Store terms

17 Feb 18:05 | 36

UK tax collector won't probe businesses for compliance with IR35 rules unless there's reason to suspect naughtiness

No penalties for contractor oopsies in first year, but you'll still have to pay what HMRC thinks you owe

17 Feb 10:21 | 25

Fujitsu scrapping fuel card benefit to cut costs, threatens dissenters with fire and rehire

Going green or just plain mean?

17 Feb 09:30 | 80

Google Cloud forges new passage to India with Tata Communications

Azure and AWS already have same cloud deal, but hey - new friends!

Does a national Digital Intelligence Unit sound a bit sinister? India's new one will co-ordinate action on SMS scams

Maybe it can use the spatial data that India also liberalised yesterday to deliver promise of unplugging rogue operators

16 Feb 01:04 | 4

Can we exhale yet? EU set to rule UK 'adequate' for data sharing in post-Brexit GDPR move

Decision would mean less complicated situation for Blighty's digital economy

15 Feb 14:29 | 32

Hey, maybe we should all be cat-faced eco-warriors on our daily video chats

IT can be measured to a high degree of accuracy – and what the world needs now is accurate data

15 Feb 09:30 | 58

Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai get back on the phone with Australia for more pay-for-news talks

Compulsory arbitration code clears committee without amendments, but cracks show as one major local signs big Google deal

15 Feb 04:28 | 9

UK.gov awards seats on £2bn 'digital outcomes' framework to suppliers – one of which doesn't even have a website

'We cannot guarantee to suppliers any business through this Commercial Agreement'

11 Feb 10:15 | 40

Facebook and Google’s Australian pay-for-news nightmare finds a European admirer

MEP driving EU’s Digital Services Act backs down under cash dangle plan

10 Feb 06:08 | 32

As Huawei's semiconductor purchases slip, its founder tries a new tactic: Flattery

Ren Zhengfei wants to talk to the Biden administration

09 Feb 20:42 | 6

Mike Lynch extradition: Uncle Sam offered Autonomy founder $10m bail if he stood trial in the US

Plus: Verdict will be delayed for High Court to pass judgment on HPE civil case

09 Feb 18:30 | 19

India lifts 550-day Kashmir internet ban, tries to impose new Twitter ban

Twitter flaps about between the law and the right to free speech

09 Feb 05:57 | 3

You'd have told them they should have used Apple/Google app model, right? NHSX seeks willing humans to fill health tech and data roles

£93k should help interested parties stomach challenge amid tumultuous change

08 Feb 13:03 | 16

Brit chip designer Dialog Semi confirms 'advanced discussions' regarding purchase by Japan’s Renesas

Warns €67.50-per-share offer would represent a very tidy premium, but may not happen

08 Feb 05:58 | 4

Microsoft suspends donations to politicians who backed attempt to overturn US presidential election

But for less than two years and while putting distance between staff donors and Microsoft itself

08 Feb 01:58 | 40

Atos shares rebound briefly as biz decides acquiring DXC is probably not worth the bother

HPE cut off its own arm to escape infrastructure services

02 Feb 14:08 | 10

Missing GOV.UK web link potentially cost taxpayers £50m as civil servants are forced to shuffle paper forms

medConfidential spots tiny yet staggering online blunder

01 Feb 09:30 | 69

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