In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including fintech, datrecentres, cloud, blockchain and 5G.
Here are our highlights:
A suspected Bitcoin "mining" operation illegally stealing electricity has been found by police who were searching for a cannabis farm.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3i43am9
Apple has officially opened its first Chinese data centre, in the south western province of Guizhou, reports state press agency Xinhua.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3g3Kdxn
Cloud data analytics services firm Cloudera is being bought for $5.3 billion and going private. Entities related to Icahn Group, collectively holding around 18% of the company, have backed the deal, which represents a 24% premium.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/34DIwRJ
An update of HarmonyOS, the operating system developed by Huawei, means it will now be installed in a wider range of products, including its smartphones.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3i7gMwV
New research by Thales found that about 50% of businesses say that they store more than 40% of their data in external cloud environments, but only 17% have encrypted at least half of their sensitive data in the cloud.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3fLz9Gb
American Tower Corporation confirms the completion the first tranche of its Telxius Towers acquisition.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3ph88gS
Orange Poland and SmartKey have announced a new partnership aiming to create a universal standard that will allow blockchain-IoT SIM cards to operate various parts of future smart cities, from smart bikes to utilities.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3uR12AI
The five-year partnership will make use of O2 and Darwin Innovation Groups’ 5G and satellite communications commercial laboratory.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2S0YtyZ