IT Pro News in Review: Record profits in tech, hackers turn to new languages for malware, Amazon's Bitcoin plans

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Welcome to IT Pro's News in Review, a weekly bitesize bulletin of the top tech stories of the week, for the week ending 30 July, 2021.

This week:

  • Apple, Microsoft and Google all post record revenues off the back of cloud growth
  • Cyber criminals are turning to ‘exotic’ languages to beat malware detection
  • Amazon could soon accept payments in Bitcoin and may even be developing its own cryptocurrency.

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