For the period to 30 June 2021, CBA achieved nearly a 20% uplift in statutory after-tax net profit of AU$8.84 billion, while operating income remained steady hovering around AU$24 billion. “The continuing strength of our businesses, combined with a focus on customer needs, digital engagement, and consistent operational excellence has contributed to a strong financial result this year,” CBA boss Matt Comyn told shareholders on Wednesday. “We are focused on continuing to make progress on our more ambitious strategy – building tomorrow’s bank today for our customers....

For the first quarter of the 2022 financial year, the TIO reported receiving a total of 21,489 complaints, a significant difference to the 34,396 complaints reporting during the same period last year. When compared to the last quarter, complaints about phone and internet services by residential consumers and small businesses declined by 11% from 24,195. Most noticeably, there was almost a 27% drop off in complaints from small businesses on a quarter-by-quarter basis to 3,000....

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On Jan 18, the White House started distributing 1 billion free rapid tests through a dedicated website. Since then, the administration has made multiple rounds of more free tests available to the public. The latest allotment includes eight free tests. If you need tests sooner than that, be it for peace of mind before visiting a family member or because you suspect you or a family member is sick, here are some tests I’ve personally used and the details you need to know about each one....

Jean-Philippe Aumasson’s Serious Cryptography is a classic (and serious) introduction to the field. Arranged as alphabetical dictionary definitions with occasional supplementary details, his Crypto Dictionary: 500 Tasty Tidbits for the Curious Cryptographer is a rather less serious, but surprisingly comprehensive, collection of nuggets of information about cryptography that will make you smile, and occasionally scratch your head. Sometimes the writing is pithy: Base64 is simply labelled “not encryption”, while the fundamental cryptocurrency concept Proof of work is (accurately) defined as “cryptography’s contribution to environmental problems”....

SAP’s cloud-based CX systems such as Commerce Cloud and C/4HANA were the main strategic focus for the company in the Brazilian market for 2018 and delivered three-digit revenue growth, with significant adoption within retailers nationwide. “The results reflect an increasing maturity of the Brazilian market, which is following global trends from a digital standpoint,” says SAP Brazil president, Cristina Palmaka. “Our clients need to know their final consumers, understand the timing of such relationships, know when and how to contact them and increase the conversion rate,” she adds....

The bit you look at. The display. Upgrading to a monitor with a fast 240Hz refresh rate can massively improve the gaming experience. Smoother gameplay is more immersive and engaging, and oftentimes can make the difference between winning and losing. Best Cyber Monday gaming monitor deals Below are the best deals we could currently find on 240Hz gaming monitors. Also: The best Cyber Monday 2022 gaming deals The best Cyber Monday 2022 deals...

During Black Friday, the minds of parents and students alike are probably thinking about what they need for going back to school. In the modern-day classroom, technology often replaces pen-and-paper, handwritten assignments, and even classes themselves. In the aftermath of the pandemic, students now need a laptop and stable internet connection to complete tasks, attend teaching sessions over Zoom or Microsoft Teams, communicate with their classmates, and conduct research. Also: Best Cyber Monday 2022 laptop deals As a result, more often than not, parents need to provide their children with a PC or laptop – and this back-to-school offer could save them a few hundred dollars on making this necessary purchase....

As reported by Reuters, on Friday, the country’s train services experienced delays and cancellations as ticket offices struggled to cope with the attack. However, not only did the miscreants cause severe operational issues, but those behind the situation also trolled Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has been in office since 1989. IRIB reported that electronic boards used to display arrival and departure information to passengers at train stations were compromised....

The nearly 30-page plan lays out dozens of measures federal agencies need to take in the next two years to secure systems and limit the risk of security incidents. The government is still recovering from the SolarWinds scandal, which saw Russian hackers spend months inside government systems at multiple US agencies. See also: DHS: Americans should be prepared for potential Russian cyberattacks Government agencies have until the end of fiscal year 2024 to put in place many of the measures described in the plan, which include more stringent network segmentation, multi-factor authentication, and widespread encryption....

3G offered the first taste of the transformative power of wireless data. Sure, none of us would want to return to its capabilities any more than we’d want to hop back on a dial-up modem connection to access the internet at home; the pandemic would have been even bleaker without Zoom’s flat-faced remote access to friends and family and TikTok’s frivolity, prime examples of 4G cellular applications. But while it could prove frustratingly slow, 3G opened the door to many of today’s most popular mobile applications today: rich messaging, photo sharing, mobile web access, streaming music, and guided navigation....

Also: Best TV deals available right now: February 2022 With the discount, the 75-inch version gives you the best value for the money. You’ll get a big screen TV to catch all the action in the NBA All-Star game or new episodes of The Legend of Vox Machina as well as two-way video calling via Alexa to keep in touch with friends and family. This sale also comes just in time for the new season premier of The Marvelous Mrs....

Even when organizations thought they were rigidly specifying which database or programming framework to use, developer choices became part of the technical debt those businesses would have to deal with for years. Separate, individually sensible, decisions about which technology to use for your customer database, website and e-commerce system could leave you running a major, customer-facing site on an unsupported stack. PHP code is widely used, but also widely disliked (it’s the 9th most dreaded language in the 2021 Stack Overflow developer survey)....

The pandemic and a shortage of developers has propelled the trend towards low-code development, which gives business users the tools to create business-specific mobile or web applications that connect to spreadsheets or databases. Demand for developers is soaring - and employers are struggling to hire It goes beyond low-code though and a continuing shift towards business users rather than IT departments buying software from SaaS providers. Gartner estimates that IT spending from business groups now averages up to 36% of the total formal IT budget....

TSA said rail services are “higher risk” and that the new rules “need to be issued immediately to protect transportation security.” The new rules make it mandatory for rail company owners and operators to have a cybersecurity coordinator, report cybersecurity attacks to CISA in 24 hours or less, and create a cybersecurity incident response plan. The rules also require owners to complete cybersecurity vulnerability assessments. DHS also detailed voluntary measures to improve cybersecurity across the transportation sector following a series of attacks over the last two years....

Google first announced the repair program back in April, and after a minor wait, the official rollout of the program was announced at the end of June. Parts are available for the Pixel 2 through the Pixel 6 and are reasonably priced. For example, a repair kit to replace a Pixel 5a battery is $49.99. Not only does that include the battery, but it includes all of the tools that you’ll need to make the repair....

Given the value of these teams, using the wrong metrics could come at a significant cost, CircleCI suggests. As many as three out of five respondents (60 percent) predicted they could achieve a 50 or more percent increase with improved software delivery. Based on the estimates of all respondents, improvements could be worth a mean revenue increase of as much as 40.8 percent. Given the reported sales of the businesses surveyed, that would equate to $126 million per company per year left on the table....

MediaTek announced that it plans to throw its hat into the WoA fray by working with Microsoft to get Windows 11 on Arm PCs using MediaTek chips. Qualcomm bought Nuvia earlier this year and could have a better Arm-based PC chip offering – but, realistically, not until 2023. The end of the Qualcomm exclusive might mean that Microsoft will support Windows on Apple’s own Arm-based Macs, XDA speculates. I’m still skeptical....

The DOJ said 49-year-old Marc Baier, 34-year-old Ryan Adams and 40-year-old Daniel Gericke “entered into a deferred prosecution agreement” that allows them to avoid prison sentences in exchange for paying $1,685,000 “to resolve a Department of Justice investigation regarding violations of US export control, computer fraud and access device fraud laws.” The three were part of Project Raven, an effort by the UAE to spy on human rights activists, politicians and dissidents opposed to the government....

That’s what makes the Dyson Week sale event so enticing. Right now, you can save up to $200 on important household tools. From fans to vacuum cleaners to air purifiers, you can upgrade your home and keep both your floors and your air dirt-free. Below, we rounded up some of the best deals for the sale. The deals end July 31, but that doesn’t mean that you should wait until the last minute to buy them....