Onjuly 19th, a bug infested update was sent to millions of computers running Microsoft Windows Around The World 7 crashing the systems of organisations from banking, to healthca re, and airlines. According to one estimate the Disaster Cost top us firms more than 5 Billion. Microsoft has announced changes to how it interacts with third Party Security firms. Our Technology Editor Zoe Kleinman looks at the effects of the outage. Thousands of flights grounded. Doctors appointments cancelled. Tv channels falling off air. The It Outage felt Around The World injuly has been described as the worst cyber event in history. Microsoft said around 8. 5 million computers Around The World were disabled after a cyber Security Company called crowdstrike sent out a corrupted Software Update to its nearly 2a,000 customers, many of them huge companies we rely on in our everyday lives. Look atjensen. Are we going to disney . Were going to disneyland right now. Jo and her children were among the thousands a
vapes and the little left behind. 1.3 million disposable vapes are thrown away every week. that is why the local government association representing councils in england and wales, once the government to ban single you see cigarettes. so what s their problem? the lga says disposable vapes can cause fires in ben laurie s. the plastic cannot be separated from the batteries, which makes them really hard to recycle, and when those lithium batteries get crushed they get really hot and become flammable. crushed they get really hot and become flammable. those 1.3 million dis - osable become flammable. those 1.3 million disposable vapes become flammable. those 1.3 million disposable vapes are become flammable. those 1.3 million disposable vapes are going become flammable. those 1.3 million disposable vapes are going on - become flammable. those 1.3 million disposable vapes are going on the - disposable vapes are going on the floor unfortunately, in which case it causes a signif
has been released while under investigation. he was detained on thursday on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. now on bbc news it s time for talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. eyeing up africa as the west competes with china, when of an when of an african when of an african country when of an african country is when of an african country is leading the way in renewable energy but connection itself and i am fully dependent on fossil fuels to being able to export clean energy to europe as we tackle climate change because mac is an ambitious plan so i m going to be discussing this with easily over there. big boss of web africa s largest renewable energy companies, energy et from the world bank and a leading moroccan environmental campaigner. also on the show, i m going to sit down with a moroccan government minister tasked with the mighty
now, for the business news, i m victoria valentine. we start in the us where there is more evidence that, after tens of thousands ofjob cuts, big tech is pulling out of its post pandemic slump. amazon is the latest to reveal it s making much more money than wall street was expecting. sales hit more than $127 billion in the first three months of the year, and the online retail giant says that figure will be higher in the current quarter. it comes after alphabet, the owner of google and youtube, and meta, which owns facebook and instagram, both surprised investors with better than expected results. samira hussain reports from new york. this over the last year and is on has been aggressively cutting costs to help with profitability. it has already laid off 18,000 people and is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. currently about to eliminate another 9000jobs. it currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. it would appear that some of those measures are already pay
germany s public transport network will be at a near stand still today as two of the country s largest unions strike in an ongoing dispute over pay. workers walked out shortly after midnight for 2h hours. two of the country s largest unions which are demanding significant pay rises for their workers want to increase the pressure on employers ahead of another round of negotiations. there ll be all but no trains, planes or ferries in operation after workers walked out, and motorists have been warned that staff who maintain motorways and repair road damage after accidents are also on strike. damage after accidents let s are also on strike. talk about the impact of all let s talk about the impact of all of this. joining me now is christian schulz, deputy chief european economist at citi. they seem huge. what sort of impact will the strikes today across germany? impact will the strikes today across germany? well, good morning- across germany? well, good morning. everything