While researchers are still going through the data, the breach provides information about years of online activities of these groups. The incident also undermines Epik’s pledge to customers to safeguard their anonymity. Experts believe the hack will change how the aforementioned groups “organize and try to protect themselves online.” Over 150 GB of Data Stolen and Leaked Anonymous accessed and leaked over 150 GB of data held on Epik’s systems....

As Reuters first reported, the settlement was filed Monday night in federal court in San Jose, California, and it requires a judge’s approval. It specifically covers customers who bought MacBook, MacBook Air, and most MacBook Pro models between 2015 and 2019 in seven US states: California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and Washington. SEE: The 10 best Windows laptops: Top notebooks, 2-in-1s, and ultraportables Apple introduced the “butterfly” keyboard design with less key travel in 2015, as part of its broader strategy to produce thinner keyboards and slim down its laptops....

The company’s reported after-tax profit came in at AU$319.5 million, above the AU$288 million recorded in the previous financial year. Total revenue increased by double digits with AU$11 billion reported following last year’s AU$9.79 billion. This was mostly achieved through the sales of its products, which contributed a whopping AU$9.5 billion to total revenue, leaving services accounting for the remaining AU$1.65 million. “During 2021, aspects of the group’s business continued to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many of the group’s retail stores, as well as channel partner points of sale, temporarily closed at various times, and a significant number of the group’s employees working remotely,” Apple stated....

Epic’s iOS developer account was suspended in August last year as a result of the company introducing a new payment system aimed at sidestepping Apple’s payment systems and 30% commission fees. The ban sparked the lawsuits Epic has raised against Apple, with the US lawsuit culminating in a mixed court ruling a fortnight ago. The mixed court ruling found Apple was justified in terminating Epic’s iOS developer account as it violated App Store guidelines....

Well, I’m going to suggest you lean forward and tense yourself. For this is the tale of a man who thought he had a little problem and then discovered it was far, far larger than he thought. How did I learn of this story? The main protagonist, my very good friend Bruce – I’ve withheld his name, hopefully for obvious reasons – kept texting me about it. And emailing. And screaming a little....

As ZDNET’s David Gewirtz recently noted, the 2019 Mac Pro desktop is now the last Intel-only machine in Apple’s line-up. It’s questionable how many people would buy it, but it’s also the only model that supports up to 1.5TB RAM with expansion slots. The 2022 new M1 Max or M1 Ultra Mac Studio offers up to 128GB of RAM while the 2021 Mac Mini features up to 16GB of RAM – and neither has expansion slots....

If you own an Apple Watch, you know that beyond counting your steps and putting notifications on your wrist, it’s a heck of a lot of fun to customize its look. Apple routinely releases new watch bands, and there’s a large number of third-party options as well. But what those third-party options don’t offer are watchfaces to match. However, Apple’s new bands are part of what the company is calling the International Collection....

If you’re a student, or just working with Apple tablets, the Apple Pencil is a must-have for your needs. The small yet handy device attaches magnetically to your iPad so you can take it with you on the go, and it’s compatible with the following Apple products: Apple iPad Pro 11" (2nd Generation 2020),Apple iPad Pro 12.9" (3rd Generation 2018)Apple iPad Pro 12.9" (4th Generation 2020) Apple iPad mini (6th Generation 2021)...

If you have an iPhone or iPad that’s still running iOS 12 – because that was the end of the line for your device – then Apple has released an emergency update that you need to download and install as soon as possible. Why? Because of the three security fixes contained in this update, two “may have been actively exploited.” In other words, the bad guys might already be using the vulnerabilities to compromise smartphones and tablets....

Cool, Warm, Warmer, Hot… An AirTag is a small round, lightweight, stainless steel Bluetooth tracker. It’s IP67 water- and dust-resistant and has a built-in speaker. This speaker plays a sound to help locate the tag. Users can name the tracker and match it with the item, e.g., “key”, “wallet”, or “bike”. Once an AirTag is set up, users can view all their tags in the Find My app. They can also ask Siri to find their item....

Each Apple Watch model was designed with specific users in mind. The Apple Watch SE, for example, is perfect for someone who doesn’t want to spend a lot on a smartwatch, or for a parent who wants to be able to get in touch with a child using Apple’s Family Setup feature. Review: Apple Watch Series 8 And then there’s the Apple Watch Series 8 and the Apple Watch Ultra....

Almost everything went to plan on Monday as mission control in Houston set the stage for Orion’s return, powered by a lunar flyby burn, where it flew close enough to the Moon to use its gravity to “slingshot” back to Earth. Splashdown is scheduled to occur on Sunday 11 December. The powered flyby burn is Orion’s last major engine maneuver on this mission and used ESA’s service module for a burn that lasted 3 minutes and 27 seconds to change its velocity by about 655mph (961 feet per second)....

These are some takeaways from a recent survey of large organizations by Denodo, which finds changes in the roles of IT teams in their cloud modernization journeys. “Getting trained to support cloud needs” is now the top role for IT, now exceeding last year’s top role of “choosing the cloud provider.” This suggests that “IT is no longer the ‘hired hand’ of business,” the survey’s authors state. “IT is a friend of the business, building bridges between IT, the lines of business, and executive management....

Asustor Marketing Manager Jack Lu told ZDNet that the company is “going to release a recovery firmware for support engineers today for users whose NAS is hacked so they can use their NAS again.” “However, encrypted files can not be recovered unless users have backups,” Lu added. Asustor released a warning on Wednesday that the Deadbolt ransomware was being used in attacks affecting Asustor devices. It announced that the myasustor....

The big question: Is asynchronous communication the answer? Technology vendors seem to think there’s something to asynchronous video and messaging. Consider: Cisco’s Webex has tools to send asynchronous video and analytics that give you insights on whether you speak on meetings or not. Rule of thumb: If you don’t speak during meetings, chances are you don’t have to attend. Cisco’s Hybrid Work Index for October found that 48% of meeting participants didn’t speak....

Kicked off in 2016, The Flux Party set off with a claim to transform democracy in Australia, and would do so by having no policies. In the place of what politics is all about, other than power, Flux intended to use a blockchain-based smartphone app so that its membership would be able to vote on how its potential parliamentarians would vote. “Our only policy is parliamentary reform essentially,” founder Max Kaye told ZDNet in 2016....

Open finance aims to allow consumers to compare a broader range of financial products that extend beyond the banking sector. These sectors include insurance, superannuation, merchant acquiring, and non-bank lending service providers. Treasury believes implementing open finance will allow consumers to be informed when making decisions about which services to use from these sectors. It said many consumers currently base their decisions on “rules of thumb” or shortcuts, such as choosing a well-known institution or an institution with which they have an existing banking arrangement....

The Southern Launch facility is based in Whalers Way, at the tip of the Eyre Peninsula around 680 kilometres west of Adelaide, South Australia. Being granted a licence will now enable the company to establish its suborbital rocket testing facility. Initially, the Whalers Way site will support a test launch campaign for up to three suborbital rockets. Data from those launches will be collected to measure environmental impacts that will determine the site’s viability as a possible launch location for future suborbital and orbital launches....

I’ve been tweaking settings, streamlining the installation, installing extensions, deleting extensions, and I even paid for a service to try to make it more usable. The results were mixed, to say the least. What I needed was something that basically allowed me to use Google Chrome the way I was already using it – basically piling a bunch of tabs into it and adding more and more on top until I decided to declare tab bankruptcy – without eating up system resources....

Whether you’re looking to break into the lucrative tech industry or want to advance in the IT career you already have more quickly, you should know that experience will not always be enough to achieve your goals. There are a couple of other important factors that job seekers don’t always consider. One is that you have to know how to make a good impression in a tech job interview, and the other is that impressive certifications on your resume carry a lot of weight....