
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 outcryNews However, the government is developing a new bill which it hopes to bring into law early next year By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Tory party delays leadership selection over hacking fearsNews The Conservatives have also been forced to abandon plans to allow members to change their vote later in the contest By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Telstra backs down over spectrum hoarding and impeding Optus’ 5G rolloutNews 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 By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Nomad crypto bridge drained of $190 million through “chaotic” exploitNews The Nomad team has notified law enforcement and retained leading firms for blockchain intelligence and forensics, it said in a statement on Twitter By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Reliance Jio splashes out $11 billion in India’s 5G auctionNews Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and Adani also took part in the $19 billion spectrum auction By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 US and Japan double down on joint semiconductor researchNews Representatives from the two nations met last week to outline how they would cooperate on technology-related issues By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Tim Hortons 'offers free coffee and donut' to app users to settle data lawsuitNews 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 By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Microsoft successfully tests emission-free hydrogen fuel cell system for data centresNews The successful test has been described as a “moon landing moment” for the data centre industry By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Australia’s biggest bank launches second software engineer training hubNews The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is aiming to create new opportunities for the state of Victoria’s digital economy By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Google reveals new office in Atlanta and $1 million in funding for local communitiesNews The tech giant is also partnering with local community organisations and universities to offer Google Career Certificates at no cost By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Google adds two universities to Australian quantum computing initiativeNews 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 By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Western Digital and Kioxia to get £562 million funding in JapanNews The Japanese government is aiming to reinforce its chip supply chain following the semiconductor shortage over the past few years By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Alibaba plans to list on Hong Kong stock exchangeNews The Chinese tech giant is the biggest cloud company in China and second biggest in the APAC region overall By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Microsoft wins five-year digital transformation deal with Australia’s largest telcoNews Telstra is aiming to have around 90% of its applications on public cloud infrastructure by 2025, with Microsoft Azure as a preferred cloud partner By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Intel to produce chips for Taiwanese manufacturer MediaTekNews The agreement comes after the US chip company managed to secure deals with Amazon and Qualcomm last year By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 McAfee and Visa offer 50% off antivirus subscriptions for small businessesNews UK Visa Classic Business card holders can access the deal starting today By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Google Cloud joins rivals in opening new cloud region in MexicoNews 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 By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Dell’s XPS 13 Plus becomes first Ubuntu 22.04-ready laptopNews 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 By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Singapore relaxes its grip on data centre industry with sustainability pilotNews Data centre companies can now apply for new data centre capacity, as long as the installations allow for sustainable growth By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Romanian man extradited to US over Gozi virus hacking chargesNews 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 By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Chinese authorities to fine Didi $1 billion following cyber security reviewNews The ride-hailing company will also reportedly be allowed to list its app on domestic app stores once again By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Flipkart’s Cleartrip suffers “massive” data breachNews The Indian online travel company notified customers yesterday of the breach which seems to have taken place between April and May 2022 By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Roblox hacker posts stolen documents onlineNews The company said that it has been investigating a phishing incident in which an employee was targeted through social engineering By Zach Marzouk Published News
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 Taiwan considers fining Foxconn over China investmentNews 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 News
