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World Service,16 Sep 2022,26 mins

Uber's computer systems are hacked

World Business Report

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The ride-hailing company said it was responding to a 'cybersecurity incident' and that several internal systems had been affected. Margi Murphy is cybersecurity reporter at Bloomberg News and updates us on the story. Uganda and Tanzania have strongly criticised a call from the European Parliament for the construction of an oil pipeline to be delayed due to environmental concerns. Elison Karu-hanga is from the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum gives us his views. Why do we have such an attachment to some of our favourite brands? We know brand loyalty is a marketing executive's dream - but how have some of our kitchen cupboards seemingly become even more than that - more like old friends? The BBC's Dave Reid investigates. The UK competition authority has intervened after Facebook parent company Meta applied to buy out the gif platform Giphy. Technology reporter Ryan Broderick gives us the background. (Picture: Uber logo on a car. Credit: Getty Images)

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