For the final quarter, Dropbox took in total revenues of $565.5 million, up from the $504.1 million posted for the same quarter in 2020. Net income here was $124.6 million, or $0.33 per share, up massively from the $398.2 million, or $0.84 per share, lost in the year-ago quarter. That loss was the result of an impairment charge during Q4 2020 relating to “the company’s decision to shift to a Virtual First work model, as well as an income tax benefit....

These security features, which include two-factor authentication functionality, has initially been adopted by Till Payments, Fat Zebra, and Eftex. The rollout of these features is part of Eftpos’ five-year, AU$100 million investment it’s making on digital upgrades to its network, designed to enhance the level of protection up-front for consumers and merchants, rather than retrofitting security to legacy systems. “This is a tipping point for Eftpos, online Australian businesses and the digital economy, and it is great to have partners like Till Payments, Fat Zebra, and Eftex onboard,” Eftpos chief Stephen Benton claimed....

GAAP net income for the quarter came to $152 million million or $1.68 per share. Quarterly revenues increased 10% over the same quarter last year to $1.675 billion. Analysts were expecting a revenue of $1.68 billion. Charles Meyers, President and CEO, Equinix, said the pandemic has triggered an accelerated need to digitize business models in virtually every segment of the economy. “Our strong Q3 results are reflective of this increasing demand for digital services....

The BullSequana XH300 combines CPUs, GPUs and accelerators from AMD, Intel and Nvidia, as well as microprocessor tech from French firm The Silicon Pearl (SiPearl), according to a statement from Atos. Atos bills the BullSequana XH300 as ’exascale-class’, by which the French tech firm is referring to the high-performance computer (HPC) industry’s ambition to achieve benchmarking scores in the ’exscale’ tier of the performance measurement ‘floating-point operations per second’, or Flop/s....

The tests, due to start over the course of this week, will include trials of end-to-end encrypted audio and video calling. At present, Secret Conversations only supports messages, pictures, video clips, voice recordings, and stickers being sent with end-to-end encryption, a protocol that is intended to prevent anyone other than participants from reading content, including platform providers. Secret Conversations does not support encrypted group messages, payments, or audio/video calling, however, the social media giant has now begun testing extended encryption options for a potential rollout in the future....

The flagship Facebook app, as well as Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Oculus services, all suffered a global outage beginning at around 11:44 am EDT. The social media giant’s platforms went down because there was no working Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routes into Facebook’s sites. BGP is the standardized exterior gateway protocol used to exchange routing and reachability information between the internet top-level autonomous systems (AS). According to Cloudflare, Facebook was reconnected as of 5:28 pm EDT....

Zhang has come a long way in her life and her career – making it easy to see why she was chosen for the keynote speaker role. She’s of Chinese ethnicity, from inner Mongolia, a mother of two young children and with ambitious goals for her career. I recently spoke with Zhang about her role at the upcoming conference in San Francisco: Here are my notes: I asked Zhang what she will be talking about during her keynote speech....

Graham Mudd, vice president of product marketing at Meta, said the platform would be removing “options that relate to topics people may perceive as sensitive, such as options referencing causes, organizations, or public figures that relate to health, race or ethnicity, political affiliation, religion, or sexual orientation.” Mudd provided examples that included terms like “World Diabetes Day” and “same-sex marriage” as well as topics around political beliefs, social issues, causes, organizations and figures....

The social media platform unveiled Habitat 2.0, an upgrade on the Habitat simulation platform that lets researchers train their robots at speed in virtual environments, which render with utmost precision the smallest details that the machines are likely to be faced with in an ordinary setting like a kitchen or a living room. Letting the robots roll about freely in Habitat’s simulated virtual environments comes with evident cost and time savings compared to training them in a real-world setting, and Facebook is hopeful that the platform will fast-track the development of assistive robots that can help out with household chores....

MFA is vital to protecting against compromised user and admin passwords, but Microsoft has found that 78% of organizations using Azure Active Directory don’t enable MFA. LockBit 2.0 targets Windows PCs and now Linux servers too via bugs in VMWare’s ESXi virtual machines, and has hit tech consulting and services giant Accenture and France’s Ministry of Justice among others. SEE: Cybersecurity: Let’s get tactical (ZDNet special report) LockBit’s operators use any method available to compromise a network, as long as it works....

“Yandex and Mail.ru have been removed as optional search providers in the drop-down search menu in Firefox,” Mozilla said. “If you previously installed a customized version of Firefox with Yandex or Mail.ru, offered through partner distribution channels, this release removes those customizations, including add-ons and default bookmarks. Where applicable, your browser will revert back to default settings, as offered by Mozilla. “All other releases of Firefox remain unaffected by the change....

As expected CES 2023 has given us a peak into what the future of smart vehicles looks like, but Aska’s prototype of its A5 electric drive and fly Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVOTL) vehicle may soar above the rest. Also: Best of CES 2023: 6 innovations that will shape the future Powered by electric batteries and a supporting small gas engine, the Aska A5 has the capability to both drive on the road and up to 250 miles by air with just one charge, which could cut time on multi-mile trips in half....

The most important trend I’ve written about, perhaps my biggest obsession, has been the disruption of the media industry business model using the technologies of the Internet. I’ve long recognized that the emergence of the web is a powerful publishing technology; the development of what was called Web 2.0, coupled with the explosive use of blogging technologies, added a powerful additional feature. There is a double use -– the computer screen is both the publication and printing press — in that screen can also publish back....

The ROG Zephyrus brings a 14-inch, 120Hz screen that offers 500 nits of brightness so you can game in both brightly lit settings and dedicated, darkened gaming spaces. It’s only 3.64 pounds and is only .73-inches thin. Under the lightweight chassis, the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS processor will keep you gaming, working, and streaming with ease. Like the AMD Ryzen CPU, the laptop also uses an AMD Radeon RX 6700S graphics card that features SmartShift Max technology....

Using code ZDVD20 you can score the Inspire 3 and the Charge 5 smartwatches. The Inspire 3 comes in three colors and thanks to this code you can save $20 on the smartwatch and get it for only $80. With a 10-day battery life, it offers Sleep Tracking, All-Day Activity Tracking, and Guided Breathing Sessions. The Charge 5 will be discounted by $20 as well, so you can pick it up for $130....

Refurbished products make for great bargains, and this refurbished Vivitar VTI Phoenix drone has a grade “A” rating. So it will arrive in near-mint condition, and the case will have zero to very minimal scuffing. The Phoenix’s camera provides a 180 degrees articulated view with 2048x1152p video resolution. And the drone comes with two batteries so that you can have a combined flight time of more than 32 minutes. It has three distinct speeds, a 2,000-foot flight range, and real-time Wi-Fi transmission capability....

Whether you are working remotely, doing online schooling, multitasking through your to-do list, or planning your next vacation, adding an extra display to your laptop setup can help you work much more efficiently. So having a third will send your productivity skyrocketing, and that’s precisely what you can do with a Mobile Pixels TRIO MAX. Use coupon code JULY20 during our 4th of July Sale to get the Mobile Pixels TRIO MAX for just $247....

Audio is naturally the primary consideration, and the MX-T70 provides wall-to-wall sound with bi-directional speakers that are uniquely designed to fill a room. It also has a 10-inch woofer built-in, delivering dynamic bass that you can adjust with the press of a button. So when the bass drops, you’ll feel it as much as hear it. The Samsung Sound Tower was made with connectivity in mind. A Bluetooth multi-connection allows two friends to simultaneously pair their mobile devices, alternating between the two playlists without disconnecting....

Summer is here, with all the outdoor joys it brings. However, it can also bring some very uncomfortable temperatures indoors. Unfortunately, installing central air isn’t always an option, but portable AC units can be an excellent solution. There are essential factors to consider before choosing one. It has to be capable of cooling the entire area where you’ll place it. Being easy to move around and dehumidifying your living space would be valuable as well....

In a blog post, Google said an increasing number of cyberattacks targeted high profile individuals and groups, forcing them to take extra measures and create a team “dedicated to detecting and stopping the world’s most sophisticated cybercriminals.” “We’re excited to be working with these leading organizations to protect high-risk user groups and earn more about the needs of at-risk users and organizations. These collaborations help us make the world’s most advanced security even stronger, more inclusive and easier to use – helping everyone stay safer with Google,” the company explained....