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title: B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (07/06/21-11/06/21)
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# B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (07/06/21-11/06/21)

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In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including 5G, cryptocurrency, cybersecurity, data centres and CSPs.

Here are our highlights:

 

# monday: 

 

# WhatsApp hijack scam continues to spread

Scammers are continuing to target [WhatsApp](https://www.whatsapp.com/?lang=en) users and hijack their accounts, by posing as a friend and asking for SMS security codes.

 

Read the full story here: [https://bbc.in/3iqTsKC](https://bbc.in/3iqTsKC) 

 

 

# United plans supersonic passenger flights by 2029

US airline [United](https://www.united.com/en/gb) has announced plans to buy 15 new supersonic airliners and "return supersonic speeds to aviation" in the year 2029.

 

Read the full story here: [https://bbc.in/3gfwVOf](https://bbc.in/3gfwVOf) 

 

# tuesday: 

 

# Amazon chief Jeff Bezos to travel into space next month for 'adventure' with his brother

Jeff Bezos, one of the world's richest men and the chief executive of  [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/), has said he will travel into space next month.

 

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3w2PxaJ](https://bit.ly/3w2PxaJ) 

 

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# DCI to build first data centre in New Zealand

Australia's [DCI Data Centers](https://dcidatacenters.com/) has been granted New Zealand Overseas Investment Office consent to purchase land for a major new data centre in Auckland, its first in the country.

 

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/2Tc7B3F](https://bit.ly/2Tc7B3F) 

 

# Wednesday:

# Pandemic accelerated UK's shift online, says Ofcom

UK adults spent an average of three hours and 47 minutes online every day during the pandemic, an annual survey of media habits by regulator [Ofcom](https://www.ofcom.org.uk/home) has found.

 

 

Read the full story here: [https://bbc.in/3pAilVE](https://bbc.in/3pAilVE) 

 

 

# Renewable crypto mining - from cow to coin

A big six-cylinder engine running at 500rpm turns methane given off by decomposing cow manure into electricity. The process is called anaerobic digestion.

 

 

Read the full story here: [https://bbc.in/3gj5ZgG](https://bbc.in/3gj5ZgG) 

 

# thursday:

![_118764772_gettyimages-1233214415](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hs-fs/hubfs/_118764772_gettyimages-1233214415.jpg?width=339&name=_118764772_gettyimages-1233214415.jpg)

# Meat giant JBS pays $11m in ransom to resolve cyber-attack

The world's largest meat processing company has paid the equivalent of $11m (£7.8m) in ransom to put an end to a major cyber-attack.

 

 

Read the full story here: [https://bbc.in/2REPSSa](https://bbc.in/2REPSSa)

 

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# Lack of digital skills costs UK £2bn a year

A taskforce including [Google](https://www.google.com/?client=safari), [Microsoft](https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/), and [Amazon Web Services](https://aws.amazon.com/free/?trk=ps_a134p0000078PqeAAE&trkCampaign=acq_paid_search_brand&sc_channel=ps&sc_campaign=acquisition_UK&sc_publisher=google&sc_category=core-main&sc_country=UK&sc_geo=EMEA&sc_outcome=acq&sc_detail=amazon%20web%20services&sc_content=Brand%20Amazon%20Web%20Services_p&sc_matchtype=p&sc_segment=509647298308&sc_medium=ACQ-P%7CPS-GO%7CBrand%7CDesktop%7CSU%7CCore-Main%7CCore%7CUK%7CEN%7CText%7Cxx%7CPH&s_kwcid=AL!4422!3!509647298308!p!!g!!amazon%20web%20services&ef_id=EAIaIQobChMI2--BuNWM8QIV0BkGAB3HTASZEAAYASAAEgKEJvD_BwE:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!4422!3!509647298308!p!!g!!amazon%20web%20services&all-free-tier.sort-by=item.additionalFields.SortRank&all-free-tier.sort-order=asc&awsf.Free%20Tier%20Types=*all&awsf.Free%20Tier%20Categories=*all) is calling on the government to develop the education system to address the growing need for digital skills.

 

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3w5GplT](https://bit.ly/3w5GplT)

 

# friday:

 

 

# EA: Gaming giant hacked and source code stolen

Hackers have stolen valuable information from major game publisher [Electronic Arts (EA)](https://www.ea.com/en-gb), the company said. The attackers claimed to have downloaded source code for games such as FIFA 21.

 

Read the full story here: [https://bbc.in/3czi006](https://bbc.in/3czi006) 

 

![Cover](https://www.capacitymedia.com/Image/ServeImage?id=51421&w=780&h=442&cr=true)

# Dell's cloud-native suite to push CSPs "beyond the hype" of 5G

[Dell Technologies](https://www.delltechnologies.com/en-gb/index.htm) has unveiled a "cloud-native infrastructure foundation solution", that is has said will push Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) "beyond the hype" of 5G to create new commercial ops in network deployments and edge.

 

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3zjvlDS](https://bit.ly/3zjvlDS) 

 

 

 Posted on 11th June 2021 in [5G](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/5g), [B2B](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/b2b), [CyberSecurity](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/cybersecurity), [Data Centre](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/data-centre), [news](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/news), [Telecoms](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/telecoms), [CryptoCurrency](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/cryptocurrency), [CSP](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/csp)

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