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State-sponsored hackers from North Korea have been targeting health care organizations, a group of federal agencies warned on Wednesday.

Driving the news: The FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Treasury Department issued a joint advisory, warning that these cyber actors have been targeting health care organizations with ransomware — a type of computer code that encrypts a computer's files and renders them unusable until a ransom is paid.

Amazon is keeping close tabs on grocery delivery companies. 

Why it matters: The digital behemoth stands to benefit from expanding its stronghold on consumers while waiting out a volatile time for services dependent delivery workers.

The global video game market will shrink in 2022, according to a new industry analysis that blames multiple factors.

Why it matters: If correct, it’ll prove that gaming, which surged at the onset of the pandemic, doesn’t operate in a bubble.

Domestic U.S. and British security heads warned business leaders Wednesday about Chinese government spying aimed at stealing intellectual property from Western tech companies.

Driving the news: FBI director Christopher Wray and MI5 director-general Ken McCallum appeared together at MI5 headquarters in the U.K. to warn of espionage campaigns from Beijing, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Apple is adding a special "lockdown" mode designed for people such as dissidents, journalists or human rights workers who could become the targets of high-end spyware, such as NSO Group's Pegasus.

Why it matters: The new option, coming to Macs, iPads and iPhones with this year's fall software update, could make it much harder for attackers to access such phones, but at the expense of a considerable amount of functionality.

NBA 2K23 will break a new barrier in gaming by having two WNBA athletes on the cover for the first time, Diana Taurasi told Axios in an interview last month.

Driving the news: WNBA stars Taurasi and Sue Bird will grace the cover of the WNBA edition of 2K23 opposite Michael Jordan, who will be one of two cover athletes for the regular edition of the game, 2K announced Wednesday.

TikTok and Instagram influencers are increasingly transforming the way readers find the next great read by writers of color.

The big picture: Worldwide book sales grew during the pandemic. BookTok and Bookstagram — the monikers and hashtags for reading accounts and posts on social media — are major drivers, according to analysts and publishers.

Authentic Brands Group and Bolt Financial on Wednesday said that they've settled the breach of contract lawsuit brought by ABG earlier this year.

Why it matters: The e-commerce market is too challenged right now for strategic partners to be fighting each other, rather than trying to protect their businesses.

Facebook parent Meta says an updated version of its machine-learning-based language translation engine can now handle 200 languages.

Why it matters: In a world that is increasingly online, many people are excluded from important information resources because of limited translation availability.

Final European Parliament approval of sweeping, stringent tech regulations Tuesday put European regulators and tech-platform giants on a slow but inevitable collision course.

Driving the news: Europe's two new laws — the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA) — place tough constraints on how big tech standard-bearers like Apple, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta handle competition and online content.

As states across the U.S. pass restrictive abortion laws with cutoffs as tight as six weeks, early pregnancy detection could give people more time to make the right choice for them.

Yes, but: Early home pregnancy testing tech is limited by human biology.