TechTaffy

tech:

taffy

IT Fail Causes United To Sell Tickets For $0

By TechTaffy Desk

IPTE 1st 767 GSO

If you were looking for flights on United Airlines on Thursday, you may just have been very, very lucky. A systems error caused the airline to issue tickets at $0 (plus fees).

United shut down its booking system after the error was detected. The company did not say exactly how many such tickets it had issued in the few hours the erroneous price was displayed.

On Friday, the company clarified on Twitter, that it would honor the tickets sold.

[Image courtesy: United Airlines]

Just in

Series E

Vercel raises $250M

San Francisco-based Vercel, a frontend cloud platform provider, has secured $250 million in Series E funding, bringing the company's valuation to $3.25 billion.
Series A

Worky raises $6M (Mexico)

Mexico City-based Worky, a provider of HR and payroll software solutions for Mexican companies, has closed a $6 million Series A financing round.
Industry

Amazon announces $1.31B investment in France

Amazon has announced a new investment of about $1.31 billion (€1.2 billion) in France, which the company says will lead to the creation of over 3,000 permanent jobs in the country.
Around the web

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky to step down — CNBC

Adam Selipsky, CEO of Amazon’s cloud computing business, will step down from his role next month. Matt Garman, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Amazon Web Services, will succeed Mr. Selipsky after he exits the company June 3, writes Annie Palmer. 
AI

Palo Alto Networks, Accenture expand alliance to offer generative AI services

Palo Alto Networks and Accenture have announced the expansion of their strategic alliance to provide new offerings that combine Palo Alto Networks' Precision AI technology with Accenture's secure generative AI services.