Zach Marzouk
Zach Marzouk is a former ITPro, CloudPro, and ChannelPro staff writer, covering topics like security, privacy, worker rights, and startups, primarily in the Asia Pacific and the US regions. Zach joined ITPro in 2017 where he was introduced to the world of B2B technology as a junior staff writer, before he returned to Argentina in 2018, working in communications and as a copywriter. In 2021, he made his way back to ITPro as a staff writer during the pandemic, before joining the world of freelance in 2022.
After studying an undergraduate degree in Arabic and Spanish at the University of Leeds, Zach completed a journalism internship at The Argentina Independent in Buenos Aires where he wrote about the country’s history, politics, and technology.
Contact him at zach.marzouk@futurenet.com or find Zach’s thoughts (and more) on Twitter @ZachMarzouk
Latest articles by Zach Marzouk

15-year-old vulnerability found in Python module
By Zach Marzouk published
News Hundreds of thousands of repositories have been found to be exposed to the vulnerability

Draft bill could force AWS, Microsoft, Oracle to change public sector contracts
By Zach Marzouk published
News A US senator is reportedly hoping to change the way the 24 federal agencies buy software

US plans big tech regulatory framework
By Zach Marzouk published
News The White House has outlined six principles it aims to follow in order to reform big tech

US blocks CHIPS-funded companies from investing in China
By Zach Marzouk published
News Companies should be able to apply for the $50 billion in funding from February 2023

Japan investigates potential Russian Killnet cyber attacks
By Zach Marzouk published
News The hacker group has said it’s revolting against the country’s militarism and that it’s “kicking the samurai”

New Huawei Mate 50 phone can link up with Chinese satellite system
By Zach Marzouk published
News This makes it the first smartphone maker to bring satellite communication technology to the consumer market

SK Hynix splashes out $11 billion on new semiconductor plant
By Zach Marzouk published
News The company will produce memory chips, but will reportedly decided closer to the time whether they will be DRAM or NAND flash chips depending on market conditions

TikTok reportedly suffers data breach
By Zach Marzouk published
News However, one researcher inspected some of the files and found it included publicly accessible data which could have been put together without a breach

Asian businesses overhaul their approach to cyber security following attacks
By Zach Marzouk published
News Organisations in Singapore and Malaysia are also impacted by the introduction of tighter regulations and legislations around cyber security

Microsoft opens first data centre region in Qatar
By Zach Marzouk published
News Microsoft will now be able to do far more business with the Qatari government, as well as the region's oil and gas and financial giants

What is Identification Document Validation Technology (IDVT)?
By Zach Marzouk published
In-depth Employers will have to use Identification Document Validation Technology under new a UK law, but what it is exactly and how will it change staff onboarding?

VMware unveils multi-cloud management platform
By Zach Marzouk published
News The product is anchored by a hub which will provide customers with a centralised view to help them manage their entire multi-cloud environment

MI5 reveals it has been working with an AI non-profit on national security since 2017
By Zach Marzouk published
News The security service has been working with The Alan Turing Institute and has decided to unveil the partnership today to allow the pair to work more closely together

Toshiba smashes AI engineer recruitment targets
By Zach Marzouk published
News The company has also outlined seven principles to help train human resources to research, develop, and use AI

Toshiba Tec to open first software development hub in the US
By Zach Marzouk published
News The Toshiba subsidiary is hoping to boost sales outside of Japan in a territory where it already has a presence

LastPass breach: CEO says 'no evidence' of customer data being stolen
By Zach Marzouk published
News The company said the incident was confined to a single developer account and its associated environment

China’s internet giant Baidu unveils first quantum computer
By Zach Marzouk published
News The company also revealed a “plug and play” computing platform letting customers create their own quantum algorithms

Huawei AI tech used to filter out invasive salmon species in Norway river trial
By Zach Marzouk published
News Pacific salmon threaten to overwhelm Atlantic salmon in hundreds of rivers along the nation’s coastline

India forced Twitter to hire a government agent, whistleblower claims
By Zach Marzouk published
News Former employee Peiter Zatko says the social media platform gave the agent direct unsupervised access to the company’s systems and user data

UK and Ukraine announce digital trade deal to help with economic recovery
By Zach Marzouk published
News UK exports of digitally delivered services accounted for 73% of all UK services exported to Ukraine in 2020

How to turn on Bluetooth for Windows 10
By Zach Marzouk published
In-depth A step by step guide to turning on Bluetooth in Windows 10 and easily connect your keyboard, mouse, headphones, or printer

Fujitsu becomes Japan's first domestic company to commercialise quantum computing
By Zach Marzouk published
News The company will now directly compete for Japanese customers against foreign rivals IBM and Google

Singapore becomes a lightning rod for Google investment
By Zach Marzouk published
News The tech giant has doubled-down on regional investment to coincide with the opening of its third data centre facility
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