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Spirit Airlines shutting down after rescue talks collapse
Posted onThe earlier plan, which would have seen the US government take effective ownership of as much as 90% of the airline, faced stiff opposition from Wall Street, Capitol Hill and even a member of Trump’s own cabinet. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told Reuters a rescue would amount to tossing “good money after bad”.
Have plans on paper in case of cyber-attack, firms told
Posted onPeople should plan for potential cyber-attacks by going back to pen and paper, according to the latest advice. The government has written to chief executives across the country strongly recommending that they should have physical copies of their plans at the ready as a precaution. A recent spate of hacks has highlighted the chaos that…
Harrods: Hackers contact firm after 430,000 customer records stolen
Posted onRachel ClunBusiness Reporter Reuters Luxury department store Harrods has been contacted by hackers after data relating to 430,000 customer records was stolen in an IT breach. Harrods said it would not engage with the “threat actor” and added the affected data, taken from a third-party provider, was limited to basic information and did not include…
Workers across France strike over budget cut plans
Posted onHundreds of thousands of workers have taken take part in strike action across France on Thursday, after trade unions called for a day of protests against budget cuts. Organisers said one million people turned out, while the interior ministry put that number at 500,000, with 80,000 police officers deployed. Scuffles were reported in the cities…
Quantum computing: A tech race Europe could win?
Posted onThe prize, then, for the company that is first to build a reliable quantum computer at scale is potentially enormous. It will be “winner-takes-all”, as it was for classical computers and IBM, predicts Peronnin. And, he reckons, there is a fighting chance that his or another French company will be that winner.
