It signed agreements in principle with the likes of Royal Mail and Travis Perkins to supply its flagship 7.5-tonne electric trucks, which were set to … Source link
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Royal Mail’s would-be buyer looks to take over French tech company
The Czech billionaire argues his offer for Atos will provide quick capital and a robust direction for the company. ADVERTISEMENT French tech company Atos, the official tech partner of the 2024 Paris summer Olympics, has seen considerable takeover interest from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, also known as the “Czech Sphinx”. …
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The consultation is expected to include questions about a potential ban on the sale of phones to under-16s and the need for parental approval when teenagers download social media apps such as Facebook and Instagram. However, other more stringent proposals that were expected to feature in the consultation are now …
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Amazon cut a large part of its UK team working on drones in 2021, while mass redundancies at the company earlier this year also hit its Prime Air team. The project has faced delays and regulatory hurdles, while a number of its drones have crashed during field testing. However, Amazon …
Read More »First regular drone delivery service lifts off in UK
UK’s first drone delivery service launched by Royal Mail in Orkney The U.K’s Royal Mail has launched a daily drone delivery service for a group of Scottish islands in the far north of the country, making it the first regular postal service in the country to be powered by a …
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The UK’s first drone delivery service has been launched by Royal Mail on the Orkney islands off the coast of Scotland. The drones, Speedbird Aero DLV-2 model, can carry payloads of up to 6 kg. Chris Paxton, head of drone trials at Royal Mail, said it would assist the company’s …
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At the start of 2023, the UK postal service Royal Mail was hit with an ultimatum: pay $80m (£67m) or continue to have international shipments blocked. The demand came from Russian-linked hackers the LockBit group, who had infiltrated Royal Mail’s software. Royal Mail refused to pay and eventually reinstated its …
Read More »‘Elon Musk of Essex’ company chased by suppliers as it lays off staff
The winding up petition was issued by Hadleigh Castings, an Ipswich aluminium foundry, earlier this month. It sought £84,011.76 for five unpaid invoices as well as interest and compensation. Filings said: “Despite numerous requests by the Petitioner, the company has failed to settle the above invoices or provide any reason …
Read More »Nine-fingered Russian hacker Mikhail Matveev accused of Royal Mail attack hit with $10m bounty
A Russian master hacker who claims to have cut off his own finger after losing a bet has been slapped with a $10m (£8m) bounty by US officials. Mikhail Matveev, 30, of Kaliningrad, was accused on Tuesday of being one of the leading members of the Hive, LockBit and Babuk …
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What to Think About: WSJ Pro reported that following a February 2022 cyber attack, global logistics business Expeditors International of Washington Inc. shut down much of its network to prevent further damage. The three-week outage resulted in serious operational disruption and led to many customers’ goods not being shipped. One …
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