
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
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India scraps privacy bill following big tech outcry
News However, the government is developing a new bill which it hopes to bring into law early next year
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Tory party delays leadership selection over hacking fears
News The Conservatives have also been forced to abandon plans to allow members to change their vote later in the contest
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Telstra backs down over spectrum hoarding and impeding Optus’ 5G rollout
News Australia’s biggest telco was interfering with the 5G rollout of one of its rivals by registering various 900 MHz around the country at the start of the year
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Nomad crypto bridge drained of $190 million through “chaotic” exploit
News The Nomad team has notified law enforcement and retained leading firms for blockchain intelligence and forensics, it said in a statement on Twitter
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Reliance Jio splashes out $11 billion in India’s 5G auction
News Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and Adani also took part in the $19 billion spectrum auction
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US and Japan double down on joint semiconductor research
News Representatives from the two nations met last week to outline how they would cooperate on technology-related issues
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Tim Hortons 'offers free coffee and donut' to app users to settle data lawsuit
News Canadian privacy commissioners found that the coffee giant had tracked and recorded the movements of its app users every few minutes of the day, even when the app wasn’t open
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Microsoft successfully tests emission-free hydrogen fuel cell system for data centres
News The successful test has been described as a “moon landing moment” for the data centre industry
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Australia’s biggest bank launches second software engineer training hub
News The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is aiming to create new opportunities for the state of Victoria’s digital economy
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Google reveals new office in Atlanta and $1 million in funding for local communities
News The tech giant is also partnering with local community organisations and universities to offer Google Career Certificates at no cost
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Google adds two universities to Australian quantum computing initiative
News This is part of the $1 billion it invested in Australia last November, and the tech giant hopes to explore fundamental questions about the nature of quantum computing
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Western Digital and Kioxia to get £562 million funding in Japan
News The Japanese government is aiming to reinforce its chip supply chain following the semiconductor shortage over the past few years
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Alibaba plans to list on Hong Kong stock exchange
News The Chinese tech giant is the biggest cloud company in China and second biggest in the APAC region overall
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Microsoft wins five-year digital transformation deal with Australia’s largest telco
News Telstra is aiming to have around 90% of its applications on public cloud infrastructure by 2025, with Microsoft Azure as a preferred cloud partner
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Intel to produce chips for Taiwanese manufacturer MediaTek
News The agreement comes after the US chip company managed to secure deals with Amazon and Qualcomm last year
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McAfee and Visa offer 50% off antivirus subscriptions for small businesses
News UK Visa Classic Business card holders can access the deal starting today
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Google Cloud joins rivals in opening new cloud region in Mexico
News The company is the last of the big 3 to announce the creation of a new data centre in Mexico, which would add to its 34 other regions around the world
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Dell’s XPS 13 Plus becomes first Ubuntu 22.04-ready laptop
News The device is the latest result of Dell and Canonical’s ten-year Project Sputnik, which aims to create high-end Dell systems with Ubuntu preinstalled
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Singapore relaxes its grip on data centre industry with sustainability pilot
News Data centre companies can now apply for new data centre capacity, as long as the installations allow for sustainable growth
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Romanian man extradited to US over Gozi virus hacking charges
News The man allegedly ran a service that helped cyber criminals distribute the Gozi virus which ended up infecting over one million computers worldwide, including some which belonged to NASA
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Chinese authorities to fine Didi $1 billion following cyber security review
News The ride-hailing company will also reportedly be allowed to list its app on domestic app stores once again
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Flipkart’s Cleartrip suffers “massive” data breach
News The Indian online travel company notified customers yesterday of the breach which seems to have taken place between April and May 2022
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Roblox hacker posts stolen documents online
News The company said that it has been investigating a phishing incident in which an employee was targeted through social engineering
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Taiwan considers fining Foxconn over China investment
News The semiconductor giant became an investor in a Chinese chip conglomerate earlier this week, which has raised the alarm in the Taiwanese government
By Zach Marzouk Published
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