Web Stories Thursday, November 5
Beloved fast-food burger franchise files for bankruptcy amid plummeting revenue

Burger bust. A franchisee of a 40-year-old burger chain has declared bankruptcy amid sinking sales. Checkers and Rally’s franchisee Global Midsouth Holding Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after receiving a foreclosure notice on its Jackson, Tennessee, restaurant. The Memphis-based debtor filed for bankruptcy protection on Oct. 28, 2026, in…

France blood bank cyberattack targets refrigeration systems as European supermarkets hit

Hackers targeted refrigeration systems at three regional blood banks in France this week, raising concerns about the safety of critical medical supplies as similar cyberattacks disrupted supermarkets across Europe. Officials said Wednesday that the cyberattack on France’s national blood service, the French Blood Establishment (EFS), occurred overnight between Sunday and Monday.”Several regional facilities of the French Blood Establishment were affected by a cybersecurity incident that impacted certain cold storage room monitoring and control systems,” the…

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Google expands voluntary buyouts to 5 countries as AI spending fuels cost cuts

Google is extending its buyout program to selected workers in five additional countries as the company looks for ways to control expenses while pouring money into artificial intelligence programs. The company told Reuters that select workers in Canada, France, Germany, Japan and Switzerland were offered buyouts beginning in June, although…

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