For the remote areas, the argument is based purely on economics, but for built-up areas where it makes absolute economic sense, other issues come to the fore. In the case of Australia, the national broadband wholesaler is busy ensuring that 75% of its fixed-line footprint is capable of hitting 1Gbps by 2023. The gaping hole in this plan are those living in apartments, who are unlucky enough to not have a fibre or cable connection and instead have to make do on twisted pair....

The company is quick to point out “the environment” on each new product release and it markets every product on its website in terms of environmental impact. Customers are also told how Apple products are “good for the planet.” Apple has a whole section on its website dedicated to the environment. This page has a lot of green on it, along with cartoonish depictions of trees and planet Earth, just to show us how serious the company is about all things green....

Apple’s iTunes for macOS went away a few years ago, but not for Windows. In October last year, Microsoft announced that iCloud Photos, Apple TV, and Apple Music were coming to Windows 11 in 2023. That’s happening now with the new previews of the Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Devices app. They’re available in the Microsoft Store for Windows 11, but are limited to the US. iCloud Photos is already available and has an integration with the Windows 11 Photos app that makes it easier to get photos from an iPhone directly into the Photos app....

The notification is part of the Tips app – an app that you can delete from iOS, so if you don’t see it, you’ll need to redownload the app from the Apple App Store – and if you take it up on its invitation, you’ll get a quick tour of some of the highlights that iOS 15 has in store. If you’ve not seen a notification, or have accidentally dismissed it, fire up the Tips app to get the same tour....

Also: How to choose the right monitor layout for working from home The first issue is with the starting price itself. That will only get you a standard version of the display on either a tilt-adjustable stand or with a VESA-compatible adapter that will require you to provide your own stand or arm. You can’t have both without paying extra. The extremely basic stand can also be replaced by a “tilt- and height-adjustable stand,” which adds an extra $400 to the price....

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports the secret project hit “major milestones” recently that make the company confident it could market the feature within the Apple Watch. Also: How to set up an Apple Watch Diabetes was the eighth leading cause of death in the US in 2020, and about one in 10 US adults have diabetes, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The incidence of diagnosed type 1 (where the body can’t make insulin) and type 2 diabetes (where the body doesn’t use insulin well) declined between 2000 and 2019 across all age groups....

The new AirPods look more like AirPods Pro and work with Apple’s Spatial Audio, and Dolby Atmos features to add a 3D-like effect to supported Apple Music albums and supported videos in services like Netflix and Disney Plus. Even though the new AirPods borrowed some of their design from the AirPods Pro, they lack removable tips and take a one-size-fits-all approach like the previous generation AirPods have. The stems have a button for interacting with Siri or whatever you’re listening to, and Apple has added sweat and water resistance to the new AirPods for fitness enthusiasts....

On Mar. 28, Apple will release its brand new app, Apple Music Classical, which will include the world’s largest classical musical catalog with over 5 million tracks, according to Apple. The catalog will be available in Apple’s highest sound quality including Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos and Lossless Audio. Also: Spotify unveils new features, including your own AI DJ. Here’s how to access it The app will be suited for both seasoned classical music listeners and newcomers to the genre with tailored recommendations and curated playlists that will help users navigate the expansive selection....

Swimming, running, walking, or biking, it doesn’t matter where you wear your watch because it has advanced durability and it is waterproof. If you want to check your heart rate after your workout, just go to the health app, where you will see blood oxygen levels, irregular heartbeat notifications, and sleep tracking capabilities. Apple also offers an array of watch colors, band colors, and a fully customizable experience within the Watch, but the $120 discount offer is only applicable to the Product(Red) and Green variants....

CrowdStrike called the group “Aquatic Panda” and said it is an “intrusion adversary with a dual mission of intelligence collection and industrial espionage” that has operated since at least May 2020. The group’s exact intent is unknown because the attack was disrupted. CrowdStrike told ZDNet, however, that Aquatic Panda is known to maintain persistence in environments to gain access to intellectual property and other industrial trade secrets. “Aquatic Panda operations have primarily focused on entities in the telecommunications, technology, and government sectors,” CrowdStrike explained in a report....

And so, it wasn’t going to be long before third-party copies started to go on sale at the usual places. I’ve had quite a few questions about these bands that I decided to take a look for myself, so I ordered three different orange Alpine Loop-style bands from three different sellers. The straps were priced between $15 and $24. Review: I put the Apple Watch Ultra through a Tough Mudder....

The ExpertBook B9 OLED provides business executives with an extremely portable, ultralight 14-inch laptop. It’s made out of premium magnesium-lithium alloy, the lightest metal on the planet, which provides its lightweight and durable design, according to ASUS. Despite being lightweight, the laptop still delivers the features necessary for an executive, including 64 Gb of memory, a 13th Generation Intel Core vPro processor, a smart cooling system, Windows 11 Pro, and multiple layers of security....

Both countries also had set up a technical working group to establish statistical measurements of the green economy, according to a joint statement released Tuesday by Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment. The group would discuss the use of environmental-economic data to facilitate policy decisions and reporting. The Singapore-Australia green economy agreement outlines principles and cooperation across seven key areas, including trade and investment, green and transition finance, as well as clean energy, decarbonisation, and technology....

The new disclosures are being published on the websites of individual service providers, including large and smaller banks, such as Australia’s big four banks, and more specialised payments providers like Teachers Mutual Bank. Each disclosure details the quarterly statistics on significant outages and availability of individual services including ATMs, cardholder payments, access to accounts using online baking, branches, card acceptance for businesses, and fast and next business day account transfers....

In a report about expanding CPTPP membership, the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade said the Australian government along with other pact members should facilitate Taiwan’s accession to the pact. The committee explained it supported Taiwan’s accession, in spite of China’s disapproval, as it is one of the “very few major markets” that Australia has not entered a free trade agreement with. In light of the lack of a free trade agreement between Australia and Taiwan, the committee said Australia should also consider concurrently negotiating a bilateral with the Taiwanese government....

“Although we cannot confirm the details of all the data in the time available, to be extra careful we are treating any information held in our database as being compromised,” the company has said. “This data includes documents containing personal information relating to our customers and their clients and carers.” CTARS said it holds personal information of clients, staff carers, and third party suppliers. “Due to the very large volume of information held by CTARS and the very lengthy time it would take to review in detail, we are unable to confirm exactly what personal information of yours was affected by the incident,” it added....

“The goal of the Bill is to enhance privacy protections, particularly in the online sphere, without unduly impeding innovation within the digital economy,” the federal government wrote in the Bill’s explanatory paper [PDF]. Under current legislation, the federal government can only make two kinds of binding privacy codes, which are the Australian Privacy Principle code (APP) and a credit reporting code. The Bill is seeking to expand the Privacy Act to allow government to create a third code specifically for regulating three classes of organisations: Social media platforms, data brokers, and large online platforms....

According to the ACCC’s inaugural Australian Product Safety Pledge annual report [PDF], an average of 92.4% of unsafe product listings were removed by signatories within two business days after consulting a variety of information sources, such as the Product Safety Australia website, as well as regularly reviewing customer feedback and assessing reports from third-party sellers. The report also showed that an average of 96.6% listings were removed within two business days as a result of regulatory take-down requests....

Located in Melbourne, the infrastructure region comprises three availability zones and runs alongside another region in Sydney, which has been operational since November 2012. Plans for the Melbourne region was first announced December 2020. Its addition pushes up AWS’ global footprint to 99 availability zones across 31 regions, including 12 regions in Asia-Pacific. Another 12 zones and four regions are on the pipeline for Thailand, New Zealand, Israel, and Canada....

Organisations were digitalising rapidly and building applications that required huge amounts of data to be processed, and quickly, as these moved across networks. It was driving the need for distributed computing models to improve performance and efficiencies, said Olivier Klein, AWS’ Asia-Pacific Japan chief technologist. The US cloud vendor on Thursday announced plans to launch 32 Local Zones over the next two years, which would include 10 in six Asia-Pacific markets....