Asus has shipped recovery DVDs with some of its notebooks that reportedly have software cracking applications and confidential Microsoft documents in directories on the DVDs.

Daimler’s shares soared by more than 5% after it and Volvo pointed to evidence the coronavirus slump had bottomed out and recovery in the auto industry had begun.

The outlook for global auto sales is for continuing recovery from coronavirus lockdowns but at a slower pace than suggested by the early explosive rally, hampered by the shortage of semiconductors.