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UK prepares to wave goodbye to 3G telecoms as tri-hard tech retires
Britain is set to become a post-3G nation as Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) prepares to be the last of the country's mobile networks to switch off its 3G service, although it may linger for a while at a few sites.…
Airbus to migrate critical apps to a sovereign Euro cloud
Exclusive Airbus is preparing to tender a major contract to migrate mission-critical workloads to a digitally sovereign European cloud – but estimates only an 80/20 chance of finding a suitable provider.…
Ministers confirm breach at UK Foreign Office but details remain murky
The UK's Foreign Office is investigating a confirmed cyberattack it learned about in October, senior ministers say.…
Faith in the internet is fading among young Brits
Young Brits are souring on the internet, with increasing numbers seeing it as damaging to society and their mental health, according to latest research published by Ofcom.…
GOV.UK to unleash AI chatbot on confused citizens
The UK's Government Digital Service (GDS) will add an AI chatbot to its GOV.UK app in early 2026, before rolling it out across the GOV.UK website used by most government departments and services.…
Cornish recycling drive sows confusion among Reg Standards Bureau
The Reg Standards Bureau was plunged into uproar this week when a reader suggested a new unit for weight, inspired by Cornwall's revamped food recycling service.…
User found three reasons – all of them wrong – to dispute tech support's diagnosis
On Call Welcome once more to On Call, The Register's reader-contributed Friday column in which we share your stories of tech support jobs so wrong, they're right.…