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Credit squeeze spawns sharp spike in fraud
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IaaS, PaaS revenue to pass $400bn in 2025
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Raccoon stealer uses Telegram, adds cryptomining and cryptocurrency theft
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Chinese-speaking APT targets high-profile victims
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Natural gas could feature in decarbonisation
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Amazon Prime Day sales see smallest growth in 5 years
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Printing volumes rebound, but won’t hit pre-Covid levels
Total worldwide page volumes printed from office and home devices plummeted nearly 14% year over year in 2020 after several years of stable but slow decline. According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), 2,8-trillion pages were printed in 2020....
Huge rings give clues about a black hole’s behaviour
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All change for communications department
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Vivotek protects hotel guests
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Transform data centres to boost profits
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Hybrid security solutions are effective
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