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Friday Tech Round Up - Episode 75


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Good morning and welcome to the 75th episode of the #fridaytechroundup 🎉   

In this episode, we take a look at why The Pentagon has cancelled a 10 billion dollar Jedi cloud computing contract – AWS and Microsoft, tech giants threatening to quit Hong Kong – Facebook, Twitter and Google, the UK Governments plan to drive digital innovation, a huge cyber attack on Kaseya, cyber insurance costs on the rise and the deep sea robots that Dr Robert Ballard says will help revolutionise the way we discover shipwrecks.  Have a watch and let us know your thoughts, or any pieces of news we missed, in the comments!

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  • Pentagon cancels $10 billion contract: https://www.forbes.com/video/6262605849001/pentagon-scraps-microsofts-10-billion-cloud-computing-deal-after-lawsuit-from-amazon/?sh=371a4e7b302e
  • Tech giants threaten to quit Hong Kong: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkVPRi1FQkZXSk5mV3pIdHRtUTEtMFFCclBtUXxBQ3Jtc0tuVmtvaEJZM2pMQ2duZFZOUVo4dnhpamEtS1MyZnYxQ3FiLUhoU2NyRTFGNzlndkwyOWJvTVRPZElhTlVDWmpHMFdxaWhSM1lFalY4b1JpUWNmOU5WTGk1MXUxYWJaZS1oYnR3VktMR1ZoWi01VUN2MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.computing.co.uk%2Fnews%2F4034068%2Ftech-giants-quit-hong-kong
  • UK Gov to drive digital innovation: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252503551/Government-sets-out-plan-for-digital-regulation
  • Even more cyber attacks: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57703836
  • Deep sea robots discovering shipwrecks: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/04/deep-sea-robots-will-let-us-find-millions-of-shipwrecks-says-man-who-discovered-titanic
  • CS Shout Outs: https://marketing.ecs.co.uk/cx-one-year-on?utm_content=170641745&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-597750
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