Bank of England flirts with offline digital dosh No signal? No problem. But also no solid commitment to Britcoin yet The Bank of England has shown offline digital payment systems can work but plans to study policy choices before giving them the green light.… #theregister #IT
Bank of England flirts with offline digital dosh
: No signal? No problem. But also no solid commitment to Britcoin yet
Competition boffin launches class action against Google UK over search dominance Alleges £5B in harm caused by Android deals, anticompetitive actions A British academic has launched a class-action suit against Google, alleging abuse of its market dominance in online search caused £5 billion ($6.6 billion) of damage to advertisers.… #theregister #IT
Competition boffin launches class action against Google UK
: Alleges £5B in harm caused by Android deals, anticompetitive actions
TSMC prepping for tariff turmoil, denies joint venture talks with Intel Chip contract manufacturer not immune to 'uncertainties and risks' caused by Trump's import taxes TSMC's top brass insist it is not entertaining a joint venture with beleaguered chip biz Intel, though it is steeling itself for potential effects from the Trump administration's ever-changing tariff schemes.… #theregister #IT
TSMC prepping for tariff turmoil, denies JV talks with Intel
: Chip contract manufacturer not immune to 'uncertainties and risks' caused by Trump's import taxes
Datacenters selling power back to the grid? Don’t bet on it, say operators Bit barns in Dublin doubled as battery farms, the rest of the world isn’t buying it Analysis  The idea of datacenters feeding power back into the electricity grid during peak demand may sound promising, but operators say it's unlikely to catch on beyond a few trials in Ireland because of the cost and… #theregister #IT
Datacenters selling power back to the grid? Don’t bet on it
Analysis: Bit barns in Dublin doubled as battery farms, the rest of the world isn’t buying it
Brit soldiers tune radio waves to fry drone swarms for pennies Truck-mounted demonstration weapon costs 10p a pop, says MOD British soldiers have successfully taken down drones with a radio-wave weapon.… #theregister #IT
British Army harnesses radio waves to fry drone swarms
: Truck-mounted demonstration weapon costs 10p a pop, says MOD
Daddy of a mistake by GoDaddy took Zoom offline for about 90 minutes Manager of the .us namespace managed to block zoom.us A bad mistake by GoDaddy took Zoom offline for almost two hours on Wednesday afternoon, US time.… #theregister #IT
GoDaddy mistake took Zoom offline for about 90 minutes
: Manager of the .us namespace managed to block zoom.us
Heat can make Li-Ion batteries explode. Or restore their capacity, say Chinese boffins Future chargers could re-arrange battery chemistry to make them live longer Researchers at China’s Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering have found a way to restore the energy density of old Lithium-Ion batteries by heating them to over 150°C.… #theregister #IT
Extreme heat can heal Li-Ion batteries, say Chinese boffins
: Future chargers could re-arrange battery chemistry to make them live longer
California sues President Tariff Ah yes, the courts, that'll totally work World War Fee  President Trump's reign of tariffs has been challenged on the left and right by the State of California and the Liberty Justice Center.… #theregister #IT
California, legal rights group sue to block Trump tariffs
World War Fee: Ah yes, the courts, that'll totally work
Tesla fudged odometer to screw me out of warranty, Model Y owner claims Give Elon an inch and he'll take thousands of miles ... allegedly Tesla has been accused of somehow sneakily altering a customer's odometer to hasten the end of his vehicle's warranty period.… #theregister #IT
Tesla fudged odometer to defraud me, owner claims
: Give Elon an inch and he'll take thousands of miles ... allegedly
White House confirms 245% tariff on some Chinese imports not a typo Just make it 420.69 and be done with it, Mr President World War Fee  No, it wasn't a typo. Some Chinese imports are indeed subject to a 245 percent tariff in the United States.… #theregister #IT
White House confirms 245% tariff on some Chinese imports
World War Fee: Just make it 420.69 and be done with it, Mr President