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This week Anker Electronics has finally acknowledged that, yes, Eufy Security cameras did produce video streams for the web portal, with no encryption, according to The Verge. Anker is Eufy’s parent company. Also: The best security cameras In the fall of 2022, the smart home devices manufacturer was caught uploading user data to cloud servers without consent. On top of that, customers claimed that someone could use a link from Eufy’s web portal to view the camera’s livestream using a media player, in this case VLC....

After making this finding in August last year, the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) issued an order for Apple to update its app store policies so dating app providers could use payment systems other than Apple’s one. Last week, Apple made updates to its app store policies in response to the order, but the ACM has since found those changes to be unsatisfactory. According to the ACM, Apple has continued to prevent dating app providers from being able to freely use payment systems other than Apple’s own system....

Also: Everything you need to know about the Apple M2 chip Apple’s next generation silicon gives the MacBooks up to 22 hours of battery life, the longest battery life on a Mac, according to Apple. The chips also give the laptops superior performance, making them capable of tackling demanding tasks, such as effects rendering six times faster than the fastest Intel-based MacBook Pro. Also: The 6 best Macs of 2023 The MacBook Pro with M2 Pro allows for up to 20% better performance than the M1 Pro, according to Apple....

Europe is Apple’s second largest market and accounted for $22.7 billion of its $90.1 billion in sales for its fiscal 2022 Q4. However, Bloomberg Intelligence estimates the App Store accounts for 6% of Apple’s total revenues. Also: Follow this one simple rule for better phone security Allowing third-party app stores on to iOS devices would potentially allow customers to side-load apps and bypass Apple’s rules, its payment system and its 15% to 30% commission on payments....

The update fixes a surprising problem that owners of the new iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max reported – the camera on the iPhone would shake when users tried to take a picture using popular third-party apps such as TikTok and Instagram. Also: The 4 iOS 16 settings you need to turn off right now to save your data The update fixes a handful of other iPhone problems as well, such as a bug that makes the display appear all black during device setup; a bug that made VoiceOver unavailable after rebooting; and an issue where touch input was unresponsive on some iPhone X, iPhone XR, and iPhone 11 displays after being serviced....

Instead, they’ll get ‘Private Access Tokens’. It looks like Apple will be the first to roll out the new technology, which is included in the first betas of iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, as enabled by default according to Mac Rumors. Apple detailed the technology at WWDC 2022 earlier this month along with Cloudflare. SEE: Every iOS 16 feature that’s coming to iPhones Private Access Tokens (PATs) are coming to iOS 16 and macOS Ventura with the promise of reducing the need for CAPTCHAs: iOS 16 is currently in beta and will release later this year....

Here’s everything you need to know about the new Studio Display, including its specs and key features. At the top of the Studio Display sits a 12MP Ultra Wide camera, capable of Center Stage. That’s Apple’s smart camera feature that continuously pans, zooms, and focuses on you as you move around. There’s also a three-mic array for greater voice detection and noise cancellation. Flanking the sides of the monitor are six high-fidelity speakers, four of which are force-cancelling woofers....

Such is the challenge identified in a study released by RELX, which finds the use of AI technologies, at least in the United States, has reached 81% of enterprises, up 33 percentage points from 48% since a previous RELX survey in 2018. They’re also bullish on AI delivering the goods – 93% report that AI makes their business more competitive. This ubiquity may be the reason 95% are also reporting that finding the skills to build out their AI systems is a challenge....

“We are currently experiencing a Victorian wide outage. Our website and our phone line is also affected. We will have more details soon. Thanks so much for your patience,” the company tweeted at 1:35pm AEST. Half an hour later, the company said it saw systems coming back online, and its site was reachable again. It suggested customers restart their routers if not yet reconnected. By 3:21pm AEST, the company said its system were fully back online....

Broken down, its residential base accounted for AU$138 million in revenue, an increase of AU$65 million compared to the same period last fiscal year, and contributed AU$5.75 million in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA), which is more than double the AU$2 million reported last year. From its business customers, Aussie Broadband received an AU$8.7 million jump in revenue to AU$19.7 million and EBTIDA increased from AU$1.9 million to AU$2....

When customers give their personal data to companies, they expect the information to be kept safe, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in parliament Wednesday. Calling the Optus data breach “a great concern”, he said the incident should serve as a wakeup call to businesses in Australia. The mobile operator last week reported a security breach that it said compromised various customer data, including dates of birth, email addresses, and passport numbers....

In his testimony, Comyn said while Apple may hold around 54% of the mobile phone market share in Australia, the Cupertino giant boasts around 80% market share when it comes to digital wallets in use. “The fact that a single provider could have 80% market share in an individual market is usually cause for concern, and this is a company – I’d be the first to say they make fantastic products – but this is a company [whose] market cap is double Australia’s gross domestic product, and certainly in the context of tax receipts, makes very little contribution to Australian government receipts,” Comyn told the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services....

Users were unable to use their broadband, and the company’s status page and app were also knocked down the count. Even though a fix was put in place quickly, users were still complaining for some time, as the telco told users to restart modems to reconnect. “The downside of automation is it provides the ability to break things at scale,” Aussie Broadband managing director Phil Britt said. “A change was made to our DHCP configuration this morning, which automatically propagated throughout the network and took services offline for around 10 minutes before a fix was rolled through....

The funding follows a $335 million Series D round last May and will be used to hire more people and expand the already growing customer base that spans 16 markets and five regions. Back Market co-founder and CEO Thibaud Hug de Larauze told ZDNet that a major focal point for the company this year would be expanding brand awareness and the benefits of refurbished devices. “Our goal is to make refurbished electronics the first choice for tech purchases,” Hug de Larauze said....

Because there are so many deals, we’ve rounded up the best ones available right now. You’ll want to add it to your cart and check out ASAP. Not only is stock low, but you’ll want to get these in time for your gift exchange, and time is running out. More deals: Also: Apple and Samsung are in a battle for your wrist: Our fave smartwatches Also: The 17 best gaming laptop deals right now

Smart healthcare gadgets and services can improve our heart health by monitoring vital signs and alerting us to any unusual rhythms and behaviors for further investigation. Some can help us learn about – and potentially improve – our sleeping patterns; while some of the best fitness trackers will help monitor our running metrics, training sessions, and activity, and portable, smart electronics provide testing kits for everything from gluten to blood pressure readings....

IAM software platforms make it faster and easier for employees to securely access the data and applications they require to execute their duties. These packages ensure an enterprise that only authorized employees are accessing the correct information. For example, while a human resources staffer needs access to an employee’s personal information, the marketing team doesn’t need the same files. IAM tools provide effective role-based access to keep an organization’s resources safe and out of the hands of intruders....

Marketing is the study of how businesses create, sell, and distribute value, making it a dynamic and creative career path. Marketing associate holders can pursue work as marketing associates and fast-growing careers such as social media managers and content creators. As digital marketing expands, more qualified marketing associate holders are in demand. Read on for our rankings of the best online marketing associate degrees. Top 5 online schools for marketing associate degrees The best online marketing associate degrees Take a moment to check out ZDNet’s ranking methodology before looking at our rankings....

The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the addition of more than 650,000 computer and information technology occupations between 2020 and 2030. With a computer engineering master’s, you can qualify for research, hardware or software development, networking, data, and security positions. On this page, we look at the best schools offering a master’s in computer engineering. We also examine what a program might look like and what other degree options are available to you....

BJ’s Wholesale Club is best known as an East Coast chain of warehouse locations, and like rivals Costco and Sam’s Club, it sells a wide variety of products, not just massive boxes of cereal and giant packs of paper towels. So when it participates in Black Friday sales, it’s offering discounts on HDTVs and laptops like other retailers are, If you’re a member and you’re shopping for deals at a BJ’s Wholesale Club location this Black Friday, here are a number of discounts that may get to you to steer away from the dry goods aisles....