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The BBC reported that the UK's armed forces are actively jamming satellites belonging to other nations as part of efforts to protect Britain's own space-based infrastructure. Health Secretary Wes Streeting, commenting on the reliance on satellite systems, noted that Britain depends on them for weather forecasts, energy supplies, financial transactions, sat-navs, mobile networks and deliveries.
At a Fast Company event moderated by Stephanie Mehta, Supergoop CEO Melis Del Rey, Bel North America CEO Peter McGuinness, and BBC Studios direct-to-consumer chief Robert Schildhouse discussed the challenges of stepping into top leadership roles. The three executives compared notes on managing employee expectations and public skepticism toward corporate leaders in the early stages of their tenures.
A new BBC Sounds documentary, Doctor Who: Lost in Cambridge, revisits the 1979 filming of 'Shada,' a Douglas Adams-penned Doctor Who serial shot in Cambridge but never completed. Doctor Who Magazine editor Marcus Hearn shared his father's recollections as a Clare College porter, describing how Tom Baker repeatedly fell into the River Cam while learning to punt and needed blankets and brandy to recover his mood.
Berlin's government has been hit by a hacking incident in which attackers are reportedly demanding a ransom, according to Mayor Kai Wegner. Wegner said state police, prosecutors and federal security agencies are urgently investigating who is behind the breach and determining what data was compromised.
Apple TV has acquired worldwide streaming rights to Small Prophets, a comedy that became the BBC's top-rated new scripted series launch this year, months after it aired in the UK. The show will begin streaming on Apple TV on October 7 in most markets, including the US, while UK viewers will get it next year after its run on BBC iPlayer ends.
Six male employees working in different roles and locations at a German airport contracted malaria, with two later dying from the disease. Officials suspect the infections stemmed from a mosquito that arrived on an incoming flight, and are now testing blood samples to determine whether one insect or several were responsible.