Amazon to invest $1.3 bln in France, create 3,000 jobs

Amazon said on Monday it would invest more than 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in its French operations. | Photo Credit: AP Amazon said on Monday it would invest more than 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in its French operations and create more than 3,000 permanent jobs in the country. The French presidency had said … Read more

America’s Worst Time Zone

I get meeting times wrong all the time. I mean to schedule an hour earlier or an hour later, but then I get mixed up. The problem is, I always have to compensate for where I am, which is in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Greetings from the lonely, dismal heart of central standard: … Read more

Apple and Google agree on standard to alert people when unknown Bluetooth devices may be tracking them

Apple and Google announced on Monday that iPhone and Android users will start seeing alerts when it’s possible that an unknown Bluetooth device is being used to track them. The two companies have developed an industry standard called “Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers.” Starting Monday, Apple is introducing the capability in iOS 17.5 and Google is … Read more

Volkswagen Reported to Eye Traton Stock Sale

The business owns brands including Germany’s MAN, Sweden’s Scania and Navistar in the U.S. (Traton) [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Volkswagen AG is exploring the sale of as much as 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) of stock in Traton SE, people familiar with the matter said, taking advantage of … Read more

Black Basta ransomware has become one of the biggest threats worldwide, CISA and FBI say

In the two years since its inception, the Black Basta ransomware-as-a-service has, through its affiliates, compromised more than 500 organizations all over the world, law enforcement has claimed. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), … Read more