Schematics for Apple's presumed 2021 MacBook designs, along with those of other tech companies that Quanta manufactures devices for, have been stolen in a ransomware attack by the REvil group, and a senior security researcher at Kaspersky explains what is going on.



Technology services and solutions provider Data#3 has scored a win with a contract to deliver a modern networking solution for the new Sydney Football Stadium.

Design, engineering and advisory firm Aurecon and property design platform Archistar have joined forces to combine Aurecon's proprietary engineering data with Archistar's Workspace software, creating what the companies describe as a world-first digital tool for data centre site selection.

Global end-use of public cloud services is expected to boom this year, with technology analyst firm Gartner predicting a 23.1% rise in spending and reach US$332.3 billion (A$428.7 billion) from US$270 billion in 2020.

Expenditure on security hardware, services and software in the Asia-Pacific region excluding Japan is forecast to reach US$23.1 billion (A$29.8 billion) this year says technology research firm IDC, adding that this would represent a rise of 12.6% year-on-year.

Social media giant Facebook will make a number of technology tweaks to cope with the changes that Apple is introducing in iOS 14.5, with the update of the mobile operating system set to be released in the coming week.

A group from the University of Minnesota has come in for a tongue-lashing from the normally mild-mannered Linux developer Greg Kroah-Hartman, the maintainer of the stable kernel.

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