Speaking to ZDNet, Trend Micro ANZ VP Ashley Watkins explained the move would better serve local customers, especially government and ASX100 companies that are bound by strict compliance and data sovereignty policies. “What has become clear is that our customers love our Cloud One product, but what was really clear about that feedback was, we want it to also be able to have it locally please because we are governed by requirements, be they regulatory, be they be policy-based requirements … so we’re really answering the call of our customers,” he said....

Small in size but fairly heavy at 1020g, this speaker belts out 30W of sound from a speaker that is only 250 x 87 x 80 mm in size. The XSound Mega is IPX7 waterproof which means that it has been tested to cope with being immersed in water up to 1 metre in depth for up to 30 minutes. In the box, there is the speaker, a sturdy carrying strap that clips onto hooks on each side of the speaker, an audio cable, a USB-type C charging cable and there is also a user manual....

“The MOU website was probably attacked by DDoS. An excessive number of requests per second were recorded. Technical works on restoration of regular functioning are being carried out,” the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday afternoon. The confirmation came as residents of Ukraine reported issues with some ATMs and banking services at State Savings Bank, PrivatBank, and Oschadbank. NetBlocks, an organization tracking internet outages around the world, confirmed the loss of service to multiple banking and online platforms in Ukraine “in a manner consistent with a denial of service attack....

Weta Digital is best known as the creative studio that pushes the boundaries when it comes to visual effects and animation. Some of its most popular works are seen in award-winning films such as Lord of the Rings, Planet of the Apes, Avatar, Game of Thrones, and more. Under the acquisition, Unity will acquire Weta Digital’s proprietary graphics and VFX tools, such as Manuka, Lumberjack, Loki, Squid, Barbershop, HighDef, and CityBuilder, which the company plans to make available to creators through a cloud-based workflow in the future....

The USB4 specification offers twice the bandwidth of USB 3.2 and quadruple the bandwidth of USB 2.0. When it’s available, it will mean faster data transfers between laptops and connected displays, storage devices and USB-based hubs and docks. USB-IF has also updated Type-C and USB Power Delivery specifications to support USB4 speeds. As noted by CNET, the 80Gbps speed of USB 4v2 is bidirectional, so it travels to or from connected peripherals....

The expansion is a big move for the Firefox browser-maker, which launched its VPN in summer 2020 in the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, and Malaysia. The service is available for Windows 10, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS and uses the WireGuard protocol. Mozilla lets users connect up to five devices and currently has over 400 servers in over 30 countries. The VPN market has grown considerably over the past few years as consumers realize the value of additional privacy, partly driven by Edward Snowden’s leaks about US mass surveillance....

It’s a matter of building a base of expertise in one’s industry, and understanding its nuances. “Overall, those individuals with specialized, industry-based skills will remain in demand,” says Colm Sparks-Austin, president and managing director of Capgemini Canada. “These are the skills which allow enterprises to leverage the industry functional expertise to translate the benefit of technology investment into business terms.” Also: New job? Here are 5 ways to make a great first impression Every industry has its pain points that require technology professionals to step forward....

A 178-billion-parameter program, of course. Such is just one of the attributes of Jurassic, a computer program introduced Wednesday by Tel Aviv-based artificial intelligence startup AI21 Labs. GPT-3, of course, is the language program from the San Francisco-based startup OpenAI that rocked the world in 2020 by generating sentences and whole articles that seemed quite human-like. GPT-3 also shocked the world by being kept inside a fairly restrictive beta testing arrangement by OpenAI....

A developer – also known as a programmer, coder or software engineer – is an IT professional who uses programming languages to create computer software. What do software developers do? Developers write, test, debug and maintain applications. Developer roles can vary widely depending on the type of organisation. They are usually employed by either the technology companies that create off-the-shelf software or by end-user organisations – both in the public and private sectors – who develop bespoke applications....

Many of you have seen my workshop and fab lab spaces in previous videos. Those are where I do most of the DIY IT projects for ZDNet. At some point, I’ll show you a more in-depth tour of each. I also work by our living room TV. I have a monitor and a computer mounted to a side table. I put this in when our puppy was a baby and wanted company all the time....

According to the Zebra Reflexis Third Annual International Branch Banking Survey conducted by Zebra Technologies, scheduling challenges are a rising source of job dissatisfaction among bank employees. Administrative tasks are often handled manually, causing inaccuracies, disruptions, and longer customer wait times. The problem is so acute that 20% of survey respondents have considered quitting, the survey concluded. It’s no surprise that well into the 21st Century, 95% of banking employees prefer to manage vital, yet non-customer-facing job functions through the ease and efficiency of a mobile device....

Twitter by the numbers After spending a little while digging through the company’s annual reports for the previous decade, I found only two years where a positive net income was reported. Net income was positive in 2018 and 2019, but negative in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2021. Based on those financial disclosure documents, it looks like the only way the company kept its lights on was ongoing infusions of capital from investors....

Before going to sleep, I used to do what millions of other people do: I put my iPhone on to charge overnight. But why do we do this? Also: Using the wrong USB-C cable can damage your tech. Here’s how to avoid that An iPhone can go from zero to 50% charge in about 30 minutes using a 20W charger, and then go to being fully charged in under two hours....

Wireshark is an open source GUI network package capturing tool for those who don’t know Wireshark yet. With it, you can monitor network traffic, learn protocols and packet basics, and troubleshoot network problems. For network admins, Wireshark is the de facto standard for checking the health and security of networks at a microscopic level. If you want to know more about how to use Wireshark, I highly recommend Chris Sander’s Practical Packet Analysis: Using Wireshark to Solve Real-World Network Problems....

Industrial drones are being used in major industries like insurance, mining and aggregates, using cutting-edge technologies (AI, machine learning, and deep data analytics, to name a few) to drastically reduce the time workers spend gathering and analyzing data while increasing accuracy and positively impacting the bottom line. All of these working together result in a growing field impacting industrial work and forever changing how these industries operate on a daily basis globally: smart inspections....

Yes, ZDNet’s more experienced hands can help you acclimatize to the new working style, now that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted modern working life. Yet some professionals may not be so able to deal with life sans their office perks. Lawyers, for example. Many are used to sitting in their enclosed chambers, closing their doors and holding vital conversations about lawyerly matters. There, they feel secure. Working in their homes, they worry who may be spying on them....

The UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on the Future of Work warned that the growing reliance on algorithmic surveillance and management tools is associated with “significant negative impacts on the conditions and quality of work across the country”. In particular, it found that pervasive monitoring and automated decision making were associated with “pronounced negative impacts on mental and physical wellbeing, as workers experience the extreme pressure of constant, real-time micro-management and automated assessment”....

Apple says the changes to app pricing are aimed to give developers more flexibility in how they price apps across the world. It’s adding 700 new price points, as well as pricing tools in its payments system to set prices per App Store country or region, and manage foreign exchange rates. The move follows Apple last year settling a class action brought by iOS developers over Apple banning apps that bypass Apple’s payment system for in-app purchases....

However, I’ve recently happened upon a new release of XeroLinux that makes a very strong case to claim that coveted spot. XeroLinux is an Arch-based distribution that uses the KDE Plasma desktop to create an environment that is not only gorgeous, but also just as user-friendly as you’ve come to expect from the modern Linux desktop. And the latest release of XeroLinux makes its case with a default color scheme that would have made Prince break into an unearthly guitar solo while dancing in the rain....

Broken down by segment, smartphone revenue was bumped up 0.5% to 47.8 billion yuan but thanks to cost controls, it improved profitability by over four percentage points and posted RMB6.1 billion in gross profit. Xiaomi said it shipped 43.9 million devices, which was a 5.8% year-on-year decrease thanks to supply constraints. The company touted that Canalys ranked it as having the highest market share in Spain, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia, Croatia, Lithuania, Myanmar, Algeria, Peru, and India....