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 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
United plans supersonic passenger flights by 2029
US airline United 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
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, has said he will travel into space next month.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3w2PxaJ
DCI to build first data centre in New Zealand
Australia's DCI Data Centers 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
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 has found.
Read the full story here: 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
thursday:
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
Lack of digital skills costs UK £2bn a year
A taskforce including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services 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
friday:
EA: Gaming giant hacked and source code stolen
Hackers have stolen valuable information from major game publisher Electronic Arts (EA), 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
Dell's cloud-native suite to push CSPs "beyond the hype" of 5G
Dell Technologies 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
