The Pillars of Creation were originally made famous in 1995 by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. As seen by the image taken by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), imaging and telescope technology has come a long way. Also: NASA: This is the weird sound of a meteoroid hitting Mars The new view of the Pillars will help researchers learn more about star formation with far more precise counts of newly formed stars and quantities of gas and dust....

The flat-price option would see the loathed connectivity virtual circuit (CVC) capacity charge removed from all plans, with access pricing increasing as a result. NBN is also putting forward a reworked option of its current pricing structure, with the CVC charge dropping by AU$2 to AU$6, and a melded option that removes the CVC on plans of 100Mbps down and quicker, while keeping the current AU$8 CVC charge on lower speeds....

One bill, the Ending Platform Monopolies Act, would prohibit dominant platforms from owning different lines of business that create a conflict of interest. In other words, a company couldn’t control multiple lines of business that give them an unfair advantage over competitors. In a summary of the legislation, the subcommittee gives an example that makes a clear reference to Google and YouTube. A search engine, the summary says, could not own a video service that it has incentives to favor in search results....

As it happens, an AtlasVPN: 3-Yr Subscription meets the above criteria easily. For a limited time, you can get a three-year subscription for just $49.99 (reg. $395). Atlas VPN keeps you safe online by blocking websites and ads that are known to host malicious content such as phishing, virus-distributing sites and other malware. A private DNS will ensure your privacy remains intact because you can access the internet from multiple IP addresses simultaneously....

New Legislation in the Making The Minister for Home Affairs, Peter Dutton, first flagged “new ways to investigate and shut down cybercrime, including on the dark web” at the launch of Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy 2020, in August. This strategy vouched to invest $1.67 billion in the next 10 years. The aim of the strategy is to achieve “a more secure online world for Australians”. Like elsewhere in the world, Australians are being targeted by various malicious cyber actors....

To get you up to speed on the latest handsets and help you make the best buying decision this fall, ZDNET experts sifted through spec sheets, price points, feature lists, and presentations to bring you all the information. Here are key reasons to buy one iPhone 14 model over the other – starting from the top of the line. See also: Here’s everything Apple announced during its ‘Far Out’ event...

The study was carried out on behalf of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) at the Australian National Concurrent Design Facility (ANCDF). It forms part of the CSIRO’s AquaWatch Australia mission, which was established last year to develop and roll out a national water quality monitoring system that could deliver real-time updates, predictive analytics, and forecast warnings to water managers. According to the Preliminary Concept Study for the Satellite Segment of AquaWatch Australia report [PDF], the satellite system could include a constellation of small Earth observation satellites featuring high-resolution imaging cameras, which can capture precise and detailed data that could be used to detect water body content, plus a network of ground-based sensors....

NFL+ is your go-to for all of your football games. Whether you’re watching live games locally or on primetime, you can stream them from your phone or tablet no matter where you are, be it at home on the couch or while you’re vacationing in Cabo. In addition to catching games on prime-time or on local channels, you will also get access to out-of-market preseason games on your favorite devices....

This story got its start in the cryptocurrency news site, BeInCrypto. There a writer argued that “Linux creator Linus Torvalds seems to be claiming that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the father of Bitcoin. Is he joking or is this the real deal?” The reason for this claim? In a GitHub Linux kernel repository, it appeared Torvalds had changed a single line in the Linux Kernel. The change: ‘Name = I am Satoshi....

This is not so with FIN12, a big game hunting ransomware group of which one in five of the group’s victims is within the healthcare sector. The deployment of ransomware is popular and prolific cybercriminal activity, with potential destructive impacts outweighing other forms of crime such as straight data theft, cryptojacking, and insider threats. This year alone, ransomware has been used to wreak havoc in high-profile cases such as the widespread Microsoft Exchange Server hacking spree, the Colonial Pipeline attack that caused fuel shortages in the US, and the disruption of supply chains due to the compromise of systems belonging to global meatpacker JBS USA....

myGovID, handled by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), is the Australian government’s digital identity provider and allows citizens to have their identity verified through a single channel to access government services rather than having to be verified individually by each Commonwealth entity. Of that number of myGovIDs, more than half of them – around 3.3 million – were created in the past six months, the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) said....

Ramaswami joined the company six months ago after years at VMware, Broadcom, and Cisco, taking over for retiring co-founder Dheeraj Pandey as the company transitioned to a subscription business model. “We transformed our company from selling licensed software to a subscription, and 90% of our business today is subscription, so we’ve largely converted our entire business over to a subscription model. Where we’re at in this journey is, while the conversion has happened, now we have started to benefit from the renewals that will come in,” Ramaswami said....

While cloud gaming doesn’t impact business directly, Nvidia’s work highlights how far game streaming has come. GeForce Now’s advances also apply to virtual desktop infrastructure and streaming high performance applications to remote workers. Nvidia also launched a new premium tier for gamers who want the horsepower. Nvidia’s upgrade to GeForce Now is powered by what the company calls a SuperPOD, which has more than 1,000 GPUs delivering more than 39 petaflops of graphics horsepower....

Honestly, if you’re working at home, you really should transform that unused guest bedroom into a dedicated workspace. It may be just the thing you need to help you find your new quarantine normal. We suggest checking out some of the office furniture deals that Branch is currently offering for a limited time. Here are the best discounts we’ve spotted. Note that Branch offers customers an end-to-end service, which means, if you buy from Branch’s website, you get space planning, delivery, white-glove installation, and the ability to trade in used furniture when you move or grow....

There’s no denying that the OnePlus Buds Z2 looks a bit like the original Apple AirPods – especially the glossy white variant. But in many ways, the OnePluds earbuds are superior; from the built-in ANC that helps drown out any ambient noise to its water and sweat resistance to Dash Charge, which gives the earbuds five hours of playback with a five-minute charge. You’ll get bonuses if you pair the Buds Z2 with an Android device, like the convenience of Fast Pair, noise cancellation controls, and low-latency mode for gaming (exclusive to OnePlus phones)....

Pete Lau, CEO of OnePlus, said on the smartphone maker’s community site that it will “further integrate” its business with OPPO, but operate independently. Responding to a question, OnePlus said Oxygen OS will remain. “OxygenOS will remain the operating system for global OnePlus devices outside of the China market,” said the company. Lau said: It’s unclear what exactly that integration will mean, but OnePlus will operate independently and likely remain a mid-tier and budget smartphone brand....

For online business schools, programmatic accreditation comes from one of three professional bodies. Each accreditor certifies the academic quality of business degrees based on its own criteria for quality and excellence. Find out more about online business school accreditation, what it means, and why it matters below. What is accreditation? Accreditation is a voluntary process through which colleges, universities, and programs demonstrate the quality of their offerings. Accreditation status influences financial aid options, transfer opportunities, and overall reputability....

Walk down any street in any downtown and you’ll see them pouring out of office buildings, all with the requisite uniform. No, not just the backpack and the smug grin. There’s also the AirPods, dangling from their ears. Last year, I pleaded with all those AirPod-wearing beasts of modernity to consider whether having a personal soundtrack all day – and night – was really the best way to live. It wasn’t just rude when, say, a store clerk was talking to you while wearing a single AirPod....

In October, during a Linux 6.1 release candidate, Torvalds complained about kernel developers submitting code at the last minute, comparing their submissions to students who “do an all-nighter to get the paper in the day before the deadline”. While he’s happier about the state of Linux 6.1, which arrived a week behind schedule, Torvalds is worried about the Linux 6.2 “merge window from hell, just before the holidays.” Also: What are AppImages and how do you use them on Linux?...

But having recently bought a new mattress, I found myself musing on ‘free as in mattress’, which I find a particularly pungent metaphor for open source. I’ve always thought about it in terms of vetting the projects, libraries and dependencies you use in your code. Like a mattress you find on the side of the road, an open-source project with unknown provenance might be just what you need, or it might have some bugs that you don’t find out about until after you’ve brought it home and made it part of your infrastructure....