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Three Saudi Teams Win in Saudi Space Apps Challenge in Jeddah

University of Business and Technology in Jeddah (UBT official site)
University of Business and Technology in Jeddah (UBT official site)
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Three Saudi Teams Win in Saudi Space Apps Challenge in Jeddah

University of Business and Technology in Jeddah (UBT official site)
University of Business and Technology in Jeddah (UBT official site)

Three teams in Jeddah won the Space Apps Challenge, participating against 17 projects that competed over three days to provide the best scientific and engineering innovations in space, organized by the Technical Valley Department at the University of Business and Technology in Jeddah, under the supervision of NASA Space Agency.

The judging committee announced the winning projects, scoring the first three places in seven tracks, which included space exploration, planets and moons, open science, the sun, climate, Earth and astrophysics, according to SPA.

More than 497 competitors participated from Jeddah, competing to build innovative solutions to challenges on Earth and in space using NASA's 48-hour open data.

The Communications, Space & Technology Commission (CST) organized the largest space and science Hackathon in the solar system, stating that the Saudi Space Apps Challenge marks a milestone in the Kingdom's journey toward space exploration and technological progress.

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Global Tech Outage to Cost Air France KLM Close to $11 mln

Air France planes are parked on the tarmac at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, in Roissy, near Paris, Saturday, April 7, 2018. Some 30 percent of Air France flights were cancelled Saturday as strikes over pay rises appear to be intensifying. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Air France planes are parked on the tarmac at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, in Roissy, near Paris, Saturday, April 7, 2018. Some 30 percent of Air France flights were cancelled Saturday as strikes over pay rises appear to be intensifying. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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Global Tech Outage to Cost Air France KLM Close to $11 mln

Air France planes are parked on the tarmac at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, in Roissy, near Paris, Saturday, April 7, 2018. Some 30 percent of Air France flights were cancelled Saturday as strikes over pay rises appear to be intensifying. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Air France planes are parked on the tarmac at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, in Roissy, near Paris, Saturday, April 7, 2018. Some 30 percent of Air France flights were cancelled Saturday as strikes over pay rises appear to be intensifying. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Air France KLM faces a hit of about 10 million euros ($10.85 million) from last week's global technology outage, finance chief Steven Zaat said on Thursday.

The group is one of the first airlines to disclose a cost linked to the disruption, Reuters reported.

"The expectation is that it will cost us around 10 million (euros)," Zaad said in a press call, adding that KLM and Transavia bore the brunt of the disruptions while Air France was not seriously affected.

A software update by global cybersecurity company CrowdStrike triggered systems problems that grounded flights, forced broadcasters off air and left customers without access to services such as healthcare or banking last Friday.

Delta Air Lines has been the slowest among major US carriers to recover from the outage. The carrier has cancelled more than 6,000 flights since Friday and analysts estimate the hit to its bottom line could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. ($1 = 0.9213 euros)