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View Online   Technology Technology    The Big Story  How the war in Ukraine is shaping cyberspace The Russia-Ukraine war has far-reaching implications for cyberspace, including fostering greater collaboration between the public and private sectors. © iStock Cyberattacks, which are increasingly becoming part of modern warfare, have played a major role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, including pushing the U.S. government to share and declassify certain information with the private sector.   A senior cyber official recently said that the war has fundamentally changed how the U.S. government and the private sector work together to counter cyberattacks.    "When I was a cybersecurity CEO, public-private partnership was a feel-good buzz term," said Nathaniel Fick, the head of the cyber bureau at the State Department. "It generally meant I shared my data with the government, the government classified it, and I got nothing back."   "That is emphatically no longer the case," he added.   Read the rest of the story later this week at TheHill.com ahead of the one-year anniversary of the war. Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter, we're Rebecca Klar and Ines Kagubare — tracking the latest moves from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley. Did someone forward you this newsletter? Subscribe here. Essential Reads  How policy will be impacting the tech sector now and in the future: Nearly 30 percent of work remains remote as workers dig in The pandemic may be winding down, but the work-from-home revolution marches on.   Nearly 30 percent of all work happened at home in January, six times the rate in 2019, according to WFH Research, a data-collection project. In Washington and other large urban centers, the share of remote work is closer to half. 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