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Presidents, PCs and posh pilferers
Perspective Media
July 23, 2024
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From the US, Michael Janofsky asks what it means now that the age card has been turned on Donald Trump, while at home Rowan Pelling ponders "posh shoplifting". And with last week's shocking computer outage, Peter Phelps looks back on what we learnt from Y2K.
A glimmer of hope for US Democrats
BY MICHAEL JANOFSKY
Biden's resignation makes Trump the old guy in the presidential race and gives hope to Democrats who believe Kamala Harris could regain party support from women, blacks, Hispanics and younger voters
In her first 24 hours of campaigning, Harris raised $81m
Blue screen of death
BY PETER PHELPS, PUBLISHER
The perils of deliberate cyber sabotage felt all too real last week after an accidental blip at Microsoft impacted flights, banks and hospitals worldwide
Ellen Ullman has been warning for years of the threat posed by our global system of interconnected software
Posh pilfering
BY ROWAN PELLING, EDITOR
Light-fingered yummy mummies are pocketing luxury items without paying
A well-off female colleague confessed she had once absconded with a sofa from Heal’s… in broad daylight
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