Wall Street was expecting Accenture to report earnings of $2.23 a share on revenue of $12.8 billion. Shares of Accenture were up over 4% in pre-market trading. The company said consulting revenues for the quarter were up 21% to $7.26 billion. Outsourcing revenues came to $6 billion. Accentures said new bookings were up 39% to $15.4 billion. “We are particularly pleased with our ability to continue to invest significantly in our business and our people,” said Accenture CEO Julie Sweet....

The portfolio updates, which also included new Predator gaming devices, were outlined at a global press conference Wednesday. In many respects, Acer is leveraging its consumer customer base to expand into more business use cases. When it comes to businesses, Acer is looking to break into an enterprise market dominated by Dell, HP and Lenovo. Acer is also upping its product cadence as the PC maker recently launched a handful of new Windows 11 laptops including the ultraportable Swift 5....

One issue to be handled off the bat is how do telcos identify vulnerable customers, as the Telecommunications Consumer Protections (TCP) Code does not contain a definition for vulnerable, and that’s how ACMA likes it. “This is appropriate given the varied circumstances in which a person may find themselves subject to disadvantage or vulnerability when participating in telco markets,” the regulator said. “The terms should be understood and applied broadly and without confining definitions or preconceptions....

While Agile won’t be applied in ever organisation, the basic principles of the approach that originated in software development – decentralised decision making, cross-organisation teams and cross-team empowerment – are likely to resonate with most tech leaders. What’s more, evidence suggests the rest of the business is also keen to make the most of agile management. So how should business leaders stay open to feedback from their staff on how decisions are made?...

Analysts were expecting earnings of $12.22 on revenue of $115.07 billion. “If you look back the last few quarters, we’ve not done a great job of nailing the impact of Covid. We’ve generally over-performed our guidance range,” he said. As the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic slowed in the US over Q2, people were “getting vaccinated and getting out in the world,” he continued, “and not only shopping offline but also living life… it takes away from shopping time....

See also: Bringing Alexa to seniors: What can it teach us about tech? For seniors on COVID-19 lockdown, Alexa proves to be a valuable friend. With the help of solution providers, administrators can build and publish skills that are specific to their properties and which can be integrated with other property management systems. For instance, a resident in a senior living facility could ask, “Alexa, could you ask for my mail to be delivered?...

“One thing that surprised me the most about Alexa is the companionship relationship we have with it,” said Prasad, Alexa AI SVP and head scientist. “Human attributes of empathy and affect are key for building trust. They have become even more important in these times of the ongoing pandemic, when so many of us have lost someone we love. While AI can’t eliminate that pain of loss, it can definitely make their memories last....

It seems like the company can do little wrong, other than not being able to release more new products and get them into customers’ hands the day after they’re released. Recently, however, I told the story of my friend Kevin. He has a strong self-image. He wears fancy clothes. Yes, he’s the absolute epitome of an Apple customer. Hell Hath No Fury Like A Disappointed Apple Fan Every one of Kevin’s gadgets is Apple....

A few years ago, Android started suggesting which infrequently used apps should be uninstalled to free up space on a device. That was good for users but also meant making a choice to remove an app they might have rather stayed where it was. And it also meant developers faced higher uninstalls, possibly only because the user’s hardware lacked enough storage space. This is particularly a problem on lower to mid-range Android phones....

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....