Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has announced the launch of Threads, an app built by the Instagram team, for sharing text updates and joining public conversations.



New Zealand ICT systems integrator and service provider Softsource vBridge is using Cloudian's HyperStore object storage and Object Lock data immutability technology in its Auckland and Christchurch data centres to help New Zealand organisations protect data from ransomware attacks by creating immutable backups.

A British journalist who has, in the past, blown the whistle on WikiLeaks' own ethical lapses, claims the US Department of Justice and the FBI are leaning on his fellow scribes to back the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange.

Headphone manufacturer Shokz, which describes itself as the pioneer of open-ear listening, has released its first true wireless stereo compact earbuds in Australia.

An Indian journalist, who is also a science and free software activist, has dismissed the deal which India signed with American firm Micron Technology recently, calling it simply a PR exercise.

And as always there's plenty more today, so for all the news please visit www.itwire.com.

Josh Martinez, newsletter editor, iTWire



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