Experts warn ‘no one is out of bounds’ after ransomware attack halts production at JBS, which supplies more than fifth of US beef Meat-processing factories in the US run by the world’s largest company in that field are coming back on stream on Wednesday after a ransomware attack – as experts warned all corporate and …
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Structural engineer who had a big hand in the creation of the Severn, Forth and Humber road bridges Michael Parsons, who has died aged 92, played a key role in the design of Britain’s three major suspension bridges, over the Forth, Severn and Humber estuaries – and was closely involved in the design of the …
Working for the app, which feeds users local crime information, ‘is very traumatic’ and the managers ‘don’t appear to care’ Susan, a former employee for the crime app Citizen, applied for a job curating the platform’s content and notifications in 2019 “in a pinch”. She had a writing background, was having trouble finding work in …
Its repair policy seems to fly in the face of Bill Gates’s work to combat climate change Can you please ask Microsoft how it can possibly quote £427 to fix the webcam in my Surface laptop? My only option to get it working is to pay this for a service that, in this case, means …
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The ransomware attack on JBS, probably by a Russia-based group, has disrupted meat production in North America and Australia A ransomware attack against the world’s largest meatpacking company that has disrupted meat production in North America and Australia originated from a criminal organization probably based in Russia, the White House was informed on Tuesday. The …
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‘A producer said: “Great – but can he dance?” So we got him to move like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever’ The second I read the script, about a robot becoming self-aware after being struck by lightning, I put it down and said: “This is a hit.” It was a timeless story about an …
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Critics raise transparency fears over plan to turn all smart home devices into ‘mesh network’ Amazon customers have one week to opt out of a plan that would turn every Echo speaker and Ring security camera in the US into a shared wireless network, as part of the company’s plan to fix connection problems for …
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An elderly neighbour’s alarm system is linked to a landline, but it is out of order My 97-year-old neighbour has an alarm system supplied by social services linked to her landline. She has a fob she can press to summon help if she has a fall. The problem is that her landline is out of …
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Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don’ts of photographing the moon When a full moon rises, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try and get an Instagram-worthy photograph, but unfortunately the moon is really challenging to get a great photo of. Two reasons: it is very far away …
Device prices may rise, as Acer’s chief operating officer says that on any given day the firm can only fill half of worldwide demand One of the biggest laptop makers in the world, Acer, has said the worldwide global chip shortage will continue to have a “severe” impact on its production capabilities until at least …
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