The great graphics card shortage of 2020 (and 2021)
David Molloy Technology reporter Getty Images Gaming’s never been more popular – hardly surprising when we’re all stuck at home. But it means avid gamers are facing a big problem: graphics cards, the heart of a gaming PC, are incredibly hard to get hold of. For months, we’ve seen gamers compete for supply, camping out […]
Potential job cuts at Scottish farmed salmon producer
Douglas Fraser Business and economy editor, Scotland BBC Scotland has more than 200 fish farms in sea lochs around the west coast and Orkney and Shetland The biggest producer of farmed salmon in Scotland has warned of potential job cuts in the coming years. Mowi, formerly Marine Harvest, said there could be a 10% reduction […]
Why the supermarket is going discount with Jack’s
Chris Johnston Business reporter, BBC News Phil Coomes Tesco mothballed its Chatteris store three years ago Tesco is expected to reveal a new brand next week at a store in Cambridgeshire that was mothballed three years ago. Some “exciting news” has been promised by the UK’s biggest supermarket chain next Wednesday at a media event […]
Covid pub rules ‘killing Christmas not saving it’
Dearbail Jordan Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The UK hospitality industry says that new Covid rules in England “are killing Christmas” and has warned pubs, restaurants and hotels face going bust. The government will roll out regional restrictions after Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed the second lockdown in England will end on 2 December. […]
PD Ports boss dismisses dead crab River Tees dredging fears
Sally Bunce Thousands of dead crabs and lobsters have washed up along the North East coast since October 2021 A port operator has said dredging is not to blame for the deaths of crustaceans along the North East coast. Environmental campaigners and fishermen have argued large wash ups of marine animals could have been caused […]
The chip maker that became an AI superpower
Zoe Corbyn & Ben Morris San Francisco Getty Images Nvidia was known for its graphics processing computer chips Shares in computer chip designer Nvidia have soared over the past week, taking the company’s valuation above the one trillion dollar mark. The surge was sparked by its latest quarterly results which were released late on Wednesday. […]
The butcher who went vegan in secret
Mary McCool BBC Scotland news Sgaia’s Vegan Meats Brian Kavanagh is a vegan butcher for Sgaia’s Vegan Meats After about 15 years working in the meat industry, butcher Brian Kavanagh found he was concealing a secret. Much of his adult life had been spent shaping, slicing and trimming animal products by the slab without a […]
Didi says removal of app in China will affect business
Getty Images Didi is China’s largest ride-hailing app China’s biggest ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing has warned there will be an adverse impact on its revenues after its app was removed from Chinese stores. China’s internet regulator ordered app stores to stop offering Didi’s app on Sunday. It says the firm illegally collected users’ personal data. […]
Austria blocks EU-Mercosur trade deal with South America
Getty Images Agriculture groups were among the first to object to the EU deal, before fires in the Amazon rainforest drew global attention MPs in Austria have dealt a blow to the EU’s landmark trade deal with South America’s economic bloc, by demanding a government veto on the deal. The draft free trade agreement took […]
Over a million hospital admissions for obesity
Sophie Hutchinson BBC News BBC There were more than a million hospital admissions for obesity-related treatment in England in the year leading into the global pandemic, figures reveal. The record number provides the clearest indication yet of the scale of the obesity problem as coronavirus started to spread across the UK. Being overweight is one […]