
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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 Draft bill could force AWS, Microsoft, Oracle to change public sector contractsNews A US senator is reportedly hoping to change the way the 24 federal agencies buy software By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 US plans big tech regulatory frameworkNews The White House has outlined six principles it aims to follow in order to reform big tech By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 US blocks CHIPS-funded companies from investing in ChinaNews Companies should be able to apply for the $50 billion in funding from February 2023 By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Japan investigates potential Russian Killnet cyber attacksNews The hacker group has said it’s revolting against the country’s militarism and that it’s “kicking the samurai” By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 New Huawei Mate 50 phone can link up with Chinese satellite systemNews This makes it the first smartphone maker to bring satellite communication technology to the consumer market By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 SK Hynix splashes out $11 billion on new semiconductor plantNews 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 By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 TikTok reportedly suffers data breachNews However, one researcher inspected some of the files and found it included publicly accessible data which could have been put together without a breach By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Asian businesses overhaul their approach to cyber security following attacksNews Organisations in Singapore and Malaysia are also impacted by the introduction of tighter regulations and legislations around cyber security By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Microsoft opens first data centre region in QatarNews 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 By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 VMware unveils multi-cloud management platformNews The product is anchored by a hub which will provide customers with a centralised view to help them manage their entire multi-cloud environment By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 MI5 reveals it has been working with an AI non-profit on national security since 2017News 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 By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Toshiba smashes AI engineer recruitment targetsNews The company has also outlined seven principles to help train human resources to research, develop, and use AI By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Toshiba Tec to open first software development hub in the USNews The Toshiba subsidiary is hoping to boost sales outside of Japan in a territory where it already has a presence By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 LastPass breach: CEO says 'no evidence' of customer data being stolenNews The company said the incident was confined to a single developer account and its associated environment By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 China’s internet giant Baidu unveils first quantum computerNews The company also revealed a “plug and play” computing platform letting customers create their own quantum algorithms By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Huawei AI tech used to filter out invasive salmon species in Norway river trialNews Pacific salmon threaten to overwhelm Atlantic salmon in hundreds of rivers along the nation’s coastline By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 India forced Twitter to hire a government agent, whistleblower claimsNews Former employee Peiter Zatko says the social media platform gave the agent direct unsupervised access to the company’s systems and user data By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 UK and Ukraine announce digital trade deal to help with economic recoveryNews UK exports of digitally delivered services accounted for 73% of all UK services exported to Ukraine in 2020 By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 How to turn on Bluetooth for Windows 10In-depth A step by step guide to turning on Bluetooth in Windows 10 and easily connect your keyboard, mouse, headphones, or printer By Zach Marzouk Published In-depth
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 Fujitsu becomes Japan's first domestic company to commercialise quantum computingNews The company will now directly compete for Japanese customers against foreign rivals IBM and Google By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Singapore becomes a lightning rod for Google investmentNews The tech giant has doubled-down on regional investment to coincide with the opening of its third data centre facility By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 How do laser printers work?In-depth If you’re scratching your head wondering how laser printers work, then we’ve got all the answers here By Zach Marzouk Published In-depth
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 Nomad happy to forgive hackers if they return 90% of $190 million that was stolenNews The crypto bridge is offering 'white hat hackers' a 10% bounty following the attack earlier this week By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Cyber attacks rain on Taiwan during Pelosi visitNews IP addresses from China and Russia were said to have been responsible for the attack By Zach Marzouk Published News
