CNN BUSINESS | Software vendor caught up in ransomware attack obtains decryptor key

(CNN Business) – Kaseya, the software firm whose remote access tool was used to deliver REvil ransomware to hundreds of businesses around the world this month in a devastating supply-chain attack, has obtained a decryptor key allowing it to unlock networks seized by the malware, the company confirmed to CNN Business.

Kaseya is currently helping to restore the systems of customers whose networks were still locked down by REvil’s software, it said.

“I can confirm we have received a decryptor and are currently working to assist the customers impacted by the attack,” said Kaseya spokesperson Dana Liedholm. “We can’t share the source but can say it’s from a trusted third party.”  —read more— 

CNN BUSINESS | Millions of jobs and a shortage of applicants. Welcome to the new economy

There’s a problem at James Hook’s chicken farms, and it has nothing to do with poultry.

P.D. Hook, a hatchery that supplies one third of the chickens sold in the United Kingdom, should be humming along as the economy roars back to life. But the company is short about 40 farm workers, double the usual number of vacancies.

At the same time, there’s a severe deficit of truck drivers, making it difficult for P.D. Hook to transport its birds to the factories where they are cut, portioned and packed. And when the chickens do arrive, there’s a shortage of staff at the processing plants, too.

“It’s all come together at a time when everybody wants more of everything,” said Hook, the company’s managing director. “It’s a perfect storm.”  —read more—

CNN entertainment | Prince’s ‘Hot Summer’ will turn your pandemic blues around

(CNN) – Prince may have left us five years ago, but his music lives on and remains always right on time.

His estate and Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, have debuted a previously unreleased song by the late legend, titled “Hot Summer.”

The single is from “Welcome 2 America,” an album that Prince recorded in 2010 that will be released from his legendary Paisley Park vault in standard and deluxe editions on July 30.  —read more— 

F1 OPINION | PALMER: The Hamilton-Verstappen clash polarised opinion, but I believe it was a racing incident – here’s why

Their rivalry had been fierce but just about respectful on track until Silverstone, but finally it boiled over in a fairly predictable manner, fueled by a festival atmosphere from a vocal British crowd and a new weekend format.

Before Silverstone we had seen the two go wheel-to-wheel at Imola, Portimao and Barcelona. Both have been very aggressive, but generally Verstappen had been the more aggressive of the two, particularly in Barcelona, lunging in on Hamilton in a risky first-corner move.

At Imola and Barcelona Verstappen came out on top, and again in Portimao, before Hamilton re-passed him and ushered him wide at Turn 3.  —read more—

CNN BUSINESS | Jamie Dimon awarded hundreds of millions of dollars to stay at JPMorgan for the foreseeable future

New York (CNN Business) – JPMorgan Chase really, really wants CEO Jamie Dimon to stick around.

The investment bank awarded Dimon 1.5 million stock options on July 20 — priced at the average price of JPMorgan’s stock on Tuesday, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Today, that’s an award worth more than $220 million.

But here’s the catch: Dimon won’t be able to exercise the options. They’ll start to vest on July 20, 2026, and he must hold the shares until July 20, 2031. By then, the shares could be worth much more — especially if it has a few more years like this one. JPMorgan’s stock is up nearly 18% in 2021. —read more— 

CNN health | Most romantic relationships start as friendships, study finds

CNN) – Contrary to the popular perception that love typically sparks from passion, a new study finds two-thirds of romantic relationships begin as long-term friendships.

Though highly prevalent, the friends-to-lovers pathway to a relationship has been largely overlooked by science, said Danu Stinson, lead author of the study and an associate professor of psychology at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.

Stinson has studied relationship initiation for 20 years, and she noticed over the years that many participants reported they were forming romantic bonds with friends they had known for a while. She began asking the question, “Were you friends with your partner before you became romantically involved?” in her other research and conducted a meta-analysis for this paper.

“Very few studies are really looking at this friends-first relationship initiation, despite our observation that it’s the most common form of relationship initiation by far,” Stinson said.  —read more— 

CNN Sports | Lewis Hamilton targeted with racist abuse online after controversial British Grand Prix victory

(CNN) – Lewis Hamilton was the target of online racist abuse after winning his eighth British Grand Prix on Sunday.

The seven-time world champion fought back from a 10-second penalty to clinch victory following a controversial collision with rival Max Verstappen, which left the Red Bull driver in hospital.

Facebook, which also owns Instagram, said it had removed a number of comments from its platform in relation to Hamilton, who has been a huge advocate for diversity and the Black Lives Matter movement, and called the abuse “unacceptable.”  —read more— 

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CNN style Fashion | How to watch the latest haute couture shows at Paris Fashion Week

Hot on the heels of the menswear shows, Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week opens today with a four-day schedule of events including a combination of livestreamed and physical shows.

Dior, Chanel and Zuhair Murad are among the houses hosting in-person shows this season.

Balenciaga is also set to join the schedule this week, presenting a couture collection for the first time in over 50 years.

Meanwhile, New York-based label Pyer Moss will make history when the brand’s founder and creative head Kerby Jean-Raymond becomes the first Black American designer to present at Paris Haute Couture Week. His show — while staged at the former home of Madam C.J. Walker in Irvington New York the day before — will close the event with a livestream on Friday evening Paris local time.  —read more— 

CNN BUSINESS | This digital home might cost more than your actual home

“Mars House” is the latest sale in the NFT craze, a fully virtual home that has gone for $512,000.  —watch— 

F1 | Hamilton overcomes first-lap collision with Verstappen to hunt down Leclerc for 8th British GP win

Lewis Hamilton overcame first lap contact with title rival Max Verstappen and a 10-second penalty to take an eighth British Grand Prix win at Silverstone, passing Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc – who led the majority of the race – with just three laps of the race to go, as the second Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas took P3.

Hamilton and Verstappen had sparred spectacularly throughout the first half lap of the Grand Prix, but made contact at Copse when Hamilton tried to pass up the inside into the fast sweeping corner, with Verstappen spinning hard into the barriers and out of the race – with Hamilton handed a 10-second penalty for the collision.

But a committed recovery from Hamilton saw him close down the gap to Leclerc in the final stages of the race, Hamilton passing the Monegasque driver on Lap 50 of 52 to take an emotional victory in front of an ecstatic British Grand Prix crowd – with the reigning champion closing the gap to Verstappen in the title race to just eight points.  —read more— 

watch: Race Highlights | 2021 British Grand Prix