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Want to dust off that flash luggage set? We Concur, says German giant

Business travel is back – kinda – said SAP as it filed results showing total calendar Q2 revenue down 1 per cent year-on-year to €6.67bn.…

Fancy new system shown off at online summit

Google has introduced a new Intrusion Detection Service together with "Adaptive Protection" for its cloud firewall, but such services make security a costly feature.…

Olly Joshi talks environmental issues, fundraising, and whether he'd hire '70s Jobs himself

A former ad exec is trying to make some cash history by pitting two copies of a job application penned by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 1973 against each other at auction – one the original physical copy, and the other a cryptocurrency-backed non-fungible token (NFT).…

Plastic-backed TFT part positioned as perfect for the Internet of Things

Researchers at chip designer Arm have shown off a prototype microprocessor - dubbed PlasticARM - built on flexible plastic, letting it curve around surfaces and even flex backwards and forwards.…

Talks of increased interest in EUV, nations' desire to take tech production native

Lithography specialist ASML, one of the companies that sells chipmakers the things they need to actually make chips, has announced a barnstorming Q2 with its highest order intake ever - as customers scramble to fill a depleted supply chain eager for parts.…

Ah shucks, industry and investors will have to wait a little bit longer

The UK government looks set to delay the publication of its much-anticipated Hydrogen Strategy, Kwasi Kwarteng, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), told MPs this morning.…

There is no escaping Microsoft's messaging platform

There are few constants in life, though death and taxes spring to mind, as does Microsoft forcing its Teams collab platform down the throat of any passing users.…

Remembering the second American in space

Somewhat lost in the hubbub over Jeff Bezos' jaunt into space is the 60th anniversary of Virgil "Gus" Grissom's suborbital flight aboard Liberty Bell 7.…

'Campaign of engagement and communication' might not include letter, but junior minister doesn't rule it out

The UK government has refused to commit to sending a letter to 55 million patients in England informing them about its plans to extract their medical data from GP IT systems.…

Company can't seem to help running its mouth, despite ASA's ruling last year

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has warned mobile network Three not to repeat claims that it is "building the UK's fastest 5G network" and that its network represents "real 5G" – after pulling the company up on the same claims a year ago.…

Gather 'round, kids, and I'll tell you stories of rotary dial phones, modems, and FTP

Mozilla has finally expunged File Transfer Protocol (FTP) from the Firefox browser – an action already taken by other major browsers like Chrome and Edge, making Firefox 89.0 the last bastion of the protocol.…

Yet they lose anonymity bid before High Court

Hundreds of Westminster political staffers are suing the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) after it allegedly published their salaries, holiday entitlements, and number of hours worked.…

What really happens after you disappear into Bezos' talent hoover?

Feature Do you ever get the feeling that there's a party going on and you're not invited? Is that how you feel when you fire up LinkedIn and see yet another long-standing connection has been rewired into Amazon or AWS?…

Academics, senior officers sat at uncomfortable table and asked 'what's going on 'ere, then?'

Members of the House of Lords are looking at the role technologies such as AI and facial recognition have in modern policing methods and law enforcement.…

According to simulations, anyway

The gravitational field of neutron stars is so strong that so-called mountains poking out from their surfaces only grow to a fraction of a millimetre in height in simulations.…

No rudeness. No cute kids spruiking tat. No violence. No fan frenzies. And no smutty emoticons

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) today announced a "Summer Youth Network Environment Improvement" – a massive cleanse of the Chinese internet to make it safe for kids aged 16 and under.…

How do you feel about your cloud now?

Comment Amnesty International's allegations this week that NSO Group's spyware products have been widely abused have rightly sparked a debate about the ethics of digital surveillance.…

Previous bans were imposed for nasty content, then lifted after promises of proper moderation. And here we are again

Pakistan has banned made-in-China social network TikTok for the fourth time, and there's no sign this one will prove any stickier than previous efforts.…

Short influencer-fronted infomercials may seep into YouTube

YouTube announced yesterday it signed a definitive agreement to acquire India's two-year-old social e-commerce platform, Simsim. The transaction is expected to be completed in the coming weeks.…

Perhaps coincidentally, Google extended deadline of enforced Play-to-Pay on the very same day

South Korea will attempt to pass a law that gives app developers the right to use in-app payment services other than those offered by app stores.…