Gym Group looks to expand after membership increases one-third to 730,000 in four months to end of JuneCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Britons are heading back to the gym in big numbers as they look to get back into shape a…
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space flight investigated by US regulators
Flight to edge of space veered off course during descentVirgin criticizes ‘misleading characterizations’ of incidentBritish entrepreneur Richard Branson’s flight on his own spaceship is under investigation from the United States Federal Aviation Admini…
Michael Winterbottom: why British independent cinema resembles an abandoned building site
The director of The Trip and Greed has spoken to 15 successful directors to find out what we can learn from the films that – through industry reluctance and obstruction – were never madeMy motive for writing a book was selfish. I’d been making films fo…
Drax faces prosecution over health risk of dust from biomass pellets
Allegations relate to employee safety at power plant and spark renewed criticism from environmentalistsThe owner of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire faces a criminal prosecution hearing after allegations that dust from wood pellets used to gener…
FTC Bans Spyware Maker SpyFone, and Orders It To Notify Hacked Victims
The Federal Trade Commission has unanimously voted to ban the spyware maker SpyFone and its chief executive Scott Zuckerman from the surveillance industry, the first order of its kind, after the agency accused the company of harvesting mobile data on t…
Brexit: food and drink exports to EU suffer ‘disastrous’ decline
First-half sales fall £2bn, says industry body, as barriers are compounded by staff shortagesExports of food and drink to the EU have suffered a “disastrous” decline in the first half of the year because of Brexit trade barriers, with sales of beef and…
Mayor suggests Helsinki declare itself an English-language city
Juhana Vartiainen says too many highly skilled foreigners shun Finnish capital because of difficult languageHelsinki should consider declaring itself an English-language city, its mayor has suggested, arguing that too many highly skilled international …
偽造半導体を買わされる被害が増加。国内でも流通の3割に影響とも
以前にも似たような話題があったが、半導体不足により偽造半導体の被害に遭う企業が増加しているという。検索エンジンの広告を使って宣伝を行うなどしており、詐欺の手口として品質に問題のあるものや動作しないものを出荷したり、代金を前払いさせた状態で出荷しないなどの例も出ているとしている。一方で企業側もこうした被害に遭ったことを公開しないことから、偽造品の販売に歯止めがかからないとしている（TechPublic、Engadget）。
また国内でも多くの偽造半導体が出回っているようだ。毎日新聞の記事によると、…
アップル「公取委の調査が終結」発表の真意…どのAppビジネスへ影響があるのか
アップルは、アプリ内課金に関するルールを一部緩和しました。アプリ開発者やユーザーにとってどんな変化が起きるのか、解説します。
Britons holidaying in UK give welcome boost to high street
Domestic tourism helped footfall in August hit highest level since start of Covid pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFootfall in UK high streets and retail parks last month hit its highest level since the start of the C…