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Spot the dog? No, we couldn't either because Spot is a robot employed by United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Plans to send remote devices to work at 70-year-old decommissioned nuclear power station may not be so barking

10 Sep 2021 | 44

Vaccine dreams: A trip to Oxford to see a biscuit tin, some bed pans and ChAdOx1 nCov-19

Geek's Guide to Britain No, not the title of an undiscovered Douglas Adams book, it's medical history in the UK

10 Sep 2021 | 27

You walk in with a plan. You leave with GPS-tracking Nordic hiking poles. The same old story, eh?

Something for the Weekend, Sir? Please hold me back from the discount aisle in case I buy a USB desk fan

10 Sep 2021 | 114

Amazon to cover 100%* of college* tuition* for hourly employees* in the US

* Terms and conditions apply. See in store for caveats. No purchase necessary

09 Sep 2021 | 30

Orolia inks €70m deal to provide atomic clocks for second generation of EU's Galileo navigation satellites

Time to hit the road

Biggest takeaway from pandemic lockdowns for Microsoft? Teams stopped talking to each other

Maybe they were using, you know, Microsoft's collaboration service

09 Sep 2021 | 20

Dozy ISS cosmonauts woken by smoke alarm on eve of 5-hour spacewalk

Air purified, everyone back to bed, says Roscosmos, studiously ignoring smoke, burning smell

09 Sep 2021 | 16

Search 'middle finger' on Giphy: Basically Facebook's response to UK competition concerns over merger

Updated 'Fundamental errors' in CMA's findings, claims The Social Network

09 Sep 2021 | 17

Why tell the doctor where it hurts, when you could use emoji instead?

👨 say 🖼️ speak a thousand words when it comes to 🩺 🤒

09 Sep 2021 | 105

Amazon says Elon Musk's wicked, wicked ways mean SpaceX's Starlink 2.0 should not be allowed to fly

Yes, that Amazon. The one that's been fined for breaches of privacy and labor laws and accused of price-fixing, making life hell for unions …

09 Sep 2021 | 62

James Webb Space Telescope penciled in for launch this century. Yes, Dec 18, 2021

This thing better not explode on the pad

09 Sep 2021 | 31

Elizabeth Holmes' Theranos fraud trial begins: Defense claims all she did was fail – and that's not a crime

Her attorney argues she made mistakes ... like trusting her former partner and COO Sunny Balwani

09 Sep 2021 | 46

SAP 'investigating' after viral video allegedly shows anti-mask employee coughing on shoppers

Updated COVIDiot caught on film harassing others for following pandemic precautions

08 Sep 2021 | 64

Australia rules Facebook page operators are legally liable for user comments under posts

Good news for chap abused by online mob. Not so much for page admins

08 Sep 2021 | 64

Council culture: Software test leads to absurd local planning SNAFU

Swale Borough Council faced with hefty bill for junior IT hero's whimsical afternoon's work

08 Sep 2021 | 75

With a Lidl bit of luck, this Windows installation will make it through the night

Bork!Bork!Bork! Microsoft's finest just needs a nudge

08 Sep 2021 | 13

UK splashes out £30m on improving antiquated patent system, Deloitte and NTT Data are the lucky winners

Plans to cut patent renewal time from five days to five minutes

08 Sep 2021 | 1

Talent shortage? Maybe it's your automated hiring system, lack of investment in training

Harvard-Accenture study suggests opening up to 'hidden workers'

08 Sep 2021 | 66

Astronomers detect burps of interstellar cannibal from 480 million light years away

In space, everyone can see you emit brightly shining gas, X-rays, and radio waves

07 Sep 2021 | 16

UK gov blocks the acquisition of Welsh graphene fiddler Perpetuus Group over national security concerns

Concerns like 'who is Taurus International,' and 'what is Dr. Zhongfu Zhou's relationship with it'

07 Sep 2021 | 16

Kim Kardashian and Big Tech slapped for spruiking craptocurrency – and holding back useful crypto

Chair of UK Financial Conduct Authority says more regulation will help innovation to flourish

07 Sep 2021 | 18

Chinese e-commerce tycoon Richard Liu to step away from the spotlight

Rural revitalisation and long-term strategy await founder of mega e-tailer JD.com

07 Sep 2021 | 8

After failing to make it to orbit, Firefly Aerospace asserts it has 'arrived'

'Arrived' back on the planet quite a bit sooner than expected, sure

06 Sep 2021 | 12

Italian stuntman flies aeroplane through two motorway tunnels

Sponsor Red Bull supposedly gives you wings, but that doesn't mean you have to use them everywhere

06 Sep 2021 | 73

Spraying a boot error up the bathroom wall

Bork!Bork!Bork! Taking the Pis in Paris

06 Sep 2021 | 16

Virginia school board learns a hard lesson... and other stories

ROUNDUP A confluence of recent confusion from around the world that you may have missed

05 Sep 2021 | 44

Alpha adds to tally of exploding rockets, takes out space sail prototype with it

Video Firefly Aerospace rounds out a wobbly week for rocket fanciers

03 Sep 2021 | 40

Apple engineers complain of hostile work environment to US labor watchdog

Updated Harassment, bans on discussing pay, responsibilities slashed, and more alleged

03 Sep 2021 | 24

Perseverance rover drilled a rock on Mars and probably snaffled a core sample

Now to enact humanity's cunning interplanetary kidnapping plan

03 Sep 2021 | 21

Branson (in a) pickle: FAA grounds Virgin Galactic flights after billionaire's space trip veered off course

Biz defends 'safe and successful' ride

03 Sep 2021 | 46

Facebook: Let us tell you WhatsApp – we don't want to pay that €225m GDPR fine

Zuckerborg plans to appeal Irish data protection slap

02 Sep 2021 | 32

The unit of measure for fatbergs is not hippopotami, even if the operator of an Australian sewer says so

Thou shalt not infringe upon the Register Standards Soviet

02 Sep 2021 | 103

Imaginary numbers help AIs solve the very real problem of adversarial imagery

Duke University boffins figure out a way to boost the security of recognition networks

02 Sep 2021 | 16

NASA tests flying taxis made by biz dreaming of being the Uber of the sky

Joby hopes to push its ambitious service live in 2024

02 Sep 2021 | 28

Volkswagen to stop making its best-selling product for Wolfsburg workers: VW-branded sausages

Updated Environmentally damaging old bangers to be replaced with greener veggie versions.. in 1 of its canteens, at least

01 Sep 2021 | 83

Arms not long enough to reach the plug socket? Room-wide wireless charging is on the way

Hold onto your hats, tinfoil brigade!

01 Sep 2021 | 93

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