European oil supply hit by cyber-attacks; TCS to add 1000 jobs in NJ; Jeff Bezos’s superyacht needs a Dutch bridge dismantled

Multiple oil transport and storage companies across Europe are dealing with cyber-attacks, BBC reports. IT systems have been disrupted in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. In total, dozens of terminals with oil storage and transport around the world have been affected. TCS will add close to 1,000 jobs in New Jersey. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s mega-yacht needs a historic bridge in Rotterdam partially dismantled so it can sail out to the ocean. Notes: Multiple European oil transport companies hit with cyberattacks Multiple oil transport and storage companies across Europe are dealing with cyber-attacks, BBC reports. IT systems have been disrupted at Oiltanking in Germany, SEA-Invest in Belgium and Evos in the Netherlands. In total, dozens of terminals with oil storage and transport around the world have been affected, with companies reporting that the attacks occurred over the weekend. But cyber experts say that this may not necessarily be a coordinated attack, and there could be less sinister reasons, BBC reports. Apple and Google app store dominance focus of latest US bill Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play store are a small, but significant, step closer to being opened up. The US Senate Judiciary Committee passed its second tech competition bill of the year targeting the two biggest mobile app stores and their restrictions on developers, CNBC reports. The committee voted to advance the bipartisan Open App Markets Act. If the bill becomes law, app stores with more than 50 million US users will be banned from forcing developers to exclusively use their own payment systems. They also can’t prevent or punish developers for offering their apps at different price points elsewhere. The law would also require the app stores to allow developers to directly reach their users for legitimate business purposes, according to CNBC. TCS to add 1000 jobs in New Jersey by 2023 Tata Consultancy Services, yesterday, announced plans to expand its operations in New Jersey by hiring nearly 1,000 additional employees by the end of 2023 to support customers in the US. To nurture a pipeline of local IT talent, TCS will also expand the reach of its STEM and computer science education teacher training and student programmes in New Jersey by 25 percent, the company said in a press release. Jeff Bezos’s mega-yacht needs a Rotterdam bridge dismantled for passage Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is expected to become the owner of the largest sailing yacht in the world this year. But first, the Dutch maritime city of Rotterdam will have to dismantle part of a historic, 100-year old, bridge to let the mega-yacht sail out into the ocean, Washington Post reports. The 417-foot yacht’s masts are so tall that even the 131-foot clearance beneath the Koningshaven bridge in Rotterdam, according to Insider. The massive vessel — currently known only as Y721 — is estimated to cost $500 million. Its existence was first reported by journalist Brad Stone in his second book on Amazon and Bezos, titled ‘Amazon Unbound.’ Bezos, whose wealth is worth about $176 billion, has also commissioned a smaller, ‘support yacht’ which will have its own helipad, Insider reports. Theme music courtesy Free Music & Sounds: https://soundcloud.com/freemusicandsounds