As cloud hosting becomes more popular and more prevalent among businesses of all shapes and sizes, so do cloud data breaches grow bigger and more painful.
The 2022 Thales Cloud Security Report found almost half (45%) of businesses experienced a cloud-based data breach, or failed audit in the past 12 months, up 5% from 2021. What’s more, a third (32%) have had to notify the government, customers, partners, and employees, of a data breach.
The number of threats is also growing fast. A quarter (26%) have experienced an increase in malware attacks, and ransomware attacks, against their endpoints, while a fifth (19%) spotted more phishing and whaling than a year ago.
This growth, the report further states, can be partly attributed to the rising popularity of cloud solutions among business users. In 2021, businesses all around the world were using an average of 110 cloud apps, up from just eight, seven years ago. More and more companies are also opting for multiple IaaS providers, as well.
But with more providers, and more apps, also come rising complexities. The majority (51%) of IT professionals surveyed agreed it has become more complex to manage privacy and data protection in the cloud. Migrating to the cloud has also grown more complex. Right now, just 24% expect to be able to deploy “lift and shift” tactics, which are considered as the simplest of migration tactics, down from 55% just a year ago.
But just because cloud is getting more complex, it doesn’t mean businesses are giving up on it. Quite the contrary - its popularity is only growing. To tackle ongoing issues, businesses are turning their attention towards robust cybersecurity measures, encryption, and key management.
Still, there’s a long road ahead, as just 11% of respondents have between 81% and 100% of their cloud data encrypted.
Camtasia 2022 is now live - and developer TechSmith has added a raft of creative features to the popular recording and video editing software.
The tool, which tops our list for the best screen recorder, benefits from a number of new additions. The makers behind Camtasia say these are “focused on helping customers tell a compelling story with their mouse cursor and easily add visual effects and treatments that make videos more engaging”.
Highlights include cursor enhancements, new transitions, transcription tools, templates, video effects, and a streamlined export process when screen recording on Windows.
What’s new in Camtasia 2022?
Improvements to cursors top the list of upgrades rolled out by TechSmith. Users will now be able to change and add cursor paths post-recording, and override the default operating system cursor.
With an eye on helping users “create more professional and visually captivating videos in even less time,” Camtasia’s workflows have also been refined. In addition to streamlined exports, the screen recording software now offers a redesigned library housing more than 1000 customizable templates and elements, including stock music tracks and animated titles.
Audiate integration is worth a special mention, as it makes videos more accessible to a broader audience. Audiate is TechSmith’s audio editor, automatically transcribing videos in editable text. Now, Camtasia users can easily transfer recordings between the two tools and apply edited transcriptions to their timeline.
On the video effects side, TechSmith has introduced 30 new transitions, plus Spotlight and Outline Edge effects to draw an audience’s attention or make videos look like drawings. The new Blend Mode, meanwhile, lets users merge footage from two media types to create high-quality cinematic effects.
“We strive to make Camtasia the best video editor available for subject matter experts that have limited time to learn video editing. The new Camtasia 2022 makes it faster and easier to create training and educational videos while also providing fabulous new effects for software demo videos,” said Wendy Hamilton, TechSmith CEO.
Camtasia 2022 is out now for $299.99 / £289.07, with discounted pricing available to owners of the 2020 and 2021 editions.
Apple has unveiled a new API for creating 3D floor plans of an interior room. .
Since 2020, top-end iPhones and iPads have been equipped with LiDAR scanners - Light Detection And Ranging technology capable of scanning and mapping out a user’s immediate surroundings.
Now, at its recent WWDC 2022 event, the company has revealed RoomPlan, an augmented reality tool powered by Apple’s ARKit, that will let businesses use LiDAR inside their own apps. Aimed firmly at professionals in the real estate, hospitality, architecture, and interior design industries, Apple says RoomPlan will “help your app quickly create simplified parametric 3D scans of a room” to streamline conceptual planning.
Currently, RoomPlan is in beta, but Apple’s developer documentation for adopting this API offers some clues.
Within the app, a user first scans the room with their device. According to Apple, “the framework inspects a device’s camera feed and LiDAR readings and identifies walls, windows, openings, and doors. RoomPlan also recognizes room features, furniture, and appliances, for example, a fireplace, bed, or refrigerator, and provides that information to the app.”
Once the scan is approved, the user can access RoomPlan’s readings. This includes estimated dimensions of a room, the option to add virtual furniture, or even include the room in a 3D game.
Results output in USD and USDZ file formats, allowing additional adjustments when exported to USD-compatible tools like AutoCAD - our top choice for best architecture software.
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3D mapping on mobile devices isn’t new - some of the best interior design software have long-touted AR capabilities. It’s a way of accurately visualizing concepts in situ, allowing users to ‘see’ how completed projects may look in the very space they stand.
By opening up real-time scanning with LiDAR to third-party apps, though, Apple is making access even simpler for businesses keen to bring augmented reality visions to life for customers and clients. And it’s a way to create better experiences for app users. RoomPlan lets app developers “highlight physical structures and display text that guides a user to scan the shape of their physical environment.”
In addition to improved guidance comes better visual feedback during a scan, while the dollhouse view will display everything that’s been scanned in a room. Effectively, with this announcement, it’s possible for development teams to make their 3D home design software even more powerful.
An extremely potent malware, delivered in a way that’s immune to most cybersecurity measures, was discovered infecting high-profile Chinese individuals.
Cybersecurity researchers from Kaspersky have discovered malware they call WinDealer, distributed and used by a Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor called LuoYu. WinDealer, the researchers say, is capable of collecting “an impressive amount” of information. It can view and download any files stored on the device, as well as run a keyword search on all the documents.
To deliver the malware to the target endpoint, the attackers perform a man-on-the-side attack, essentially hijacking in-transit network traffic.
When the victim tries to access a certain resource on the internet (for example, open their LinkedIn account), they need to send a request to the server, to open the page. This request is the type of traffic that the attackers can intercept and read, and then try to deliver malicious content before the server responds with the legitimate site.
Kaspersky describes the method as a “race” with the legitimate server, the only difference being - the attacker has as many attempts to deliver malicious content as they want. In order to successfully infect a target endpoint, the attacker needs no interaction with the victim, whatsoever.
Targets are mostly high-profile organizations and individuals in China, the researchers further claim. Foreign diplomatic organizations established in China, members of the academic community, defense, logistics, and telecommunications companies, are all listed as potential targets. Besides China, Kaspersky researchers have also mentioned targets in Germany, Austria, the US, the Czech Republic, Russia, and India.
All of the targets are using Windows as their operating system of choice.
Besides being difficult to spot, the malware is also difficult to block. Usually, this type of malware contacts a command & control (C2) server for instructions, and simply blocking the IP address of the server would be enough to neutralize the threat. WinDealer, on the other hand, relies on a complex algorithm that generates IP addresses (48,000, Kaspersky says), making blocking impossible.
The only way to defend against such an attack is to route the traffic through another network, for example with a VPN. However, having a VPN in China is easier said than done.
Apple MacBook Air (2022) was announced at the company’s WWDC 2022 keynote event on Monday. The company’s new MacBook Air model features a refreshed design that is similar to the MacBook Pro lineup. It is powered by an updated M2 processor, the second generation of Apple Silicon processors. The MacBook Air (2022) features up to 512GB of storage and sports a 13-inch...
WWDC 2022 announces that MacBooks can finally handle video games, starting with Resident Evil Village.
Among the slew of news coming out of Apple's WWDC 2022 keynote is the new Metal 3 graphics API. In a nutshell, that means gaming is more of a thing on MacBooks. The platform has never been one that prioritizes video game performance, although the Pro models can be commandeered for the job.
But now, MetalFX Upscaling will use the power of Apple silicon to render low res graphics and upscale them in a similar way to Nvidia DLSS. So games will run more efficiently while looking more high-res.
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Resident Evil Village will be taking advantage of the new API, so you can take on the statuesque Lady Dimitrescu on your MacBook. Expect high quality textures at 1080p resolution, with a 4K final result.
No Man's Sky will also be coming to Macs and thanks to Metal 3's fast resource loading, players can look forward to quick load times and faster performance.
We don't have a date for the two titles MacBook launch just yet; all we know for now is that they're slated to arrive later this year.
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Apple just debuted watchOS 9 during the company's WWDC 2022 keynote speech, and lots of fitness features were announced as part of the reveal -- including a new triathlon-focused multisport mode.
This new mode allows your Apple Watch to seamlessly switch between swimming, cycling, and running during your race or training. Apple also said in a press release: "swimmers can now track their efficiency with a SWOLF score — a stroke count combined with the time, in seconds, it takes to swim one length of the pool. Users can view their SWOLF average for each set in the workout summary." Your watch can also classify the stroke type in the workout summary, along with the distance swam.
This new feature is in addition to a series of other advanced fitness features, including a new Power metric that detects the amount of effort you're generating. This can be measured across lots of different sports, and you can set yourself a target of beating your previous efforts, with each workout's Power level automatically saved.
Other new stats include three new running metrics made possible via machine learning, which isolates your torso's movements from your arm swing. These metrics are vertical oscillation, stride length, and ground contact time, which work together to provide a complete picture of your run, Apple says.
In the future, you might be able to use this information to purchase the right pair of running shoes for you.
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Analysis: The Apple Watch 8 could move into Garmin's territory
The Apple Watch, in all its iterations, has set the gold standard for everyday-use smartwatches. If you're out and about, checking emails and messages as well as fitting lots of workouts into your week, it's hard to beat (providing you're already invested in the Apple economy).
Serious triathletes and trail-runners have always opted for specialist GPS sports watches, however, and Garmin is by far the biggest name here.
The option of a dedicated triathlon multi-sport mode, and more advanced metrics tailor-made for those deadly serious about their workouts, is intriguing. Your average park-runner isn't going to care about their vertical oscillation ... but someone gunning for their best-ever sprint tri race time certainly might.
The recent launch of the Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar and 255 has set the standard for multi-sport watches. If Apple Watch 8 is coming down the pipeline in September, it might be geared as much towards dedicated athletes as it is desk-bound weekend warriors. And if that's the case, Garmin better be ready for a fight.
The cast and crew of The Umbrella Academy have teased more about what fans can expect from the third instalment of the hit Netflix show.
Heading to the streamer on June 22, The Umbrella Academy season 3 will find the superpowered Hargreeves family going toe-to-toe with the equally fantastical Sparrow Academy, before facing up to yet another potentially apocalyptic event.
We got our first proper look at the show’s latest season through an official trailer released in May, though Netflix’s annual Geeked Week event has shed yet more light on the new characters and locations set to feature in upcoming episodes.
We knew, for instance, that The Hotel Obsidian – a metaphysical, hotel-style space prison where the galaxy's worst supervillains have been incarcerated by The Umbrella Academy – will be making its debut in season 3, and Netflix has now shared some official footage (from the season 3 premiere) detailing what this mysterious hotel will look like on screen.
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Known as The Hotel Oblivion in the original The Umbrella Academy comic book series, the location is essentially the Netflix show’s equivalent of Arkham Asylum – so we’re expecting a fair deal of action to go down in this seemingly sophisticated urban residence.
As for what other surprises The Umbrella Academy season 3 will spring upon viewers, the official synopsis for the show’s new episodes reads as follows: "The last time we saw the Umbrella Academy, they had just stopped 1963’s doomsday. Convinced they prevented the initial apocalypse and fixed this timeline for good, they return home to the present day. However, the celebration is short-lived when the crew realizes things aren’t exactly (okay, not at all) how they left them.
"Enter the Sparrow Academy. About as warm as a sea of icebergs, the Sparrows immediately clash with the Umbrellas in a violent face-off that turns out to be the least of everyone’s concerns. Navigating challenges, losses and surprises of their own – and dealing with an unidentified destructive entity wreaking havoc in the universe – the Umbrellas need to convince Dad’s new family to help them put right what their arrival made wrong.”
It’s safe to assume, then, that more multiversal hijinks will be the order of the day in The Umbrella Academy season 3. For everything else we know about the show’s highly-anticipated third season, check out our dedicated hub, which has the low-down on its cast, trailers and potential story beats.
Elsewhere during Netflix's Geeked Week 2022, fans were given updates on shows including The Sandman, Locke and Key, and Guillermo del Toro's latest horror project, Cabinet of Curiosities.
The week-long event will be throwing up plenty more details about upcoming Netflix projects, too, so stay tuned to TechRadar for all the latest news.
If you own a recent iPad, then iPadOS 16 is something you might want to know about: it's the next version of Apple's software that it makes for its tablets, and it's coming to most iPads later in the year.
This new version of iPadOS was launched at Apple's annual WWDC 2022 conference, which is where the company shows off all its new operating systems, and iOS 16 was the biggest such upgrade shown off.
This is the fourth generation of iPadOS, since Apple spun it off from its iOS smartphone operating system - saying that, iPadOS 16 does share many features in common with iOS 16. Upgrades include changes to the way you collaborate with people, an experience that's closer to a computer, and a new joint mark-up app.
We've collected all the features that Apple announced on-stage, with details about what they do, and you can find them below as well as information on when iPadOS 16 will roll out, and who can get it.
iPadOS 16 release date
The iPadOS 16 developer beta is already available, with the public beta opening in July, but the true rollout is later.
According to Apple, iPadOS 16 will come to compatible iPads in the "Fall "of the year - for those of you in the rest of the world, we actually expect to see it around September.
iPadOS 16 compatibility
So which iPads will get iPadOS 16? Here's the official list that Apple has provided.
By the way, if you need to check what iPad you have, go into the Settings app, select the About option then find Model Name.
iPad (fifth generation) and newer
iPad Mini (fifth generation) and newer
iPad Air (third generation) and newer
Every iPad Pro model
iPadOS 16 features
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iPadOS 16 features borrowed from other updates
Lots of iPadOS 16 features are ones that are primarily iOS 16 features. These include lock screen changes, letting you see more notifications and customize to a better extent, what you see on your iPad before it's unlocked.
Another comes from Apple Maps: you'll be able to create a route in the app, including with different stops and routes, and send it to your iPhone. That lets you plan the journey on a big screen before you view it on the small one.
There are certain macOS features coming, and like a change to the Mail app. Now you'll be able to schedule emails to be sent at a certain time, retract emails you've just sent and set reminders for emails you don't want to deal with straight away.
Apple's new Weather app is also coming to iPad, if that's something you care about.
A creative app that's coming is Reference Mode, which is meant to keep your iPad screen more color-accurate to other devices which would be useful for color graders - though Apple didn't go into much detail on what this actually does.
iPadOS 16 collaboration
Improved collaboration is seemingly a big focus for the next iPad update.
Now, when you share a document (from certain apps) with your friends or co-workers, you'll now send the actual document, not a copy of it - this makes it easier to make edits together.
You can also use FaceTime to work on these documents with other people, also by sharing links and files across that video calling platform to make it convenient.
This should make it super convenient to use Freeform, another feature which we'll get to later.
iPadOS 16 desktop focus
Apple is finally making a point of differentiating iPadOS from iOS, so hopefully iPads won't just feel like oversized iPhones anymore.
A key macOS mode coming to iPadOS is Stage Manager, which gives you desktop-like functionality - you can have overlapping windows, you can shove all your background apps to the side to see them in one list, and you can resize windows too.
Apple has also pledged to upgrade more first-party apps to make them 'Desktop-class' though this seems to involve hundreds of tiny little tweaks, like different ways to list files or view folders, instead of anyone massive change. It makes sense, though, since iPadOS feels basically like a giant version of iOS at the moment.
iPadOS 16 Freeform
An upcoming app called FreeForm was detailed, though this is coming to iPadOS 16 later in the year.
It's basically a joint digital message board, or a shared version of the Notes app, so you can sketch and jot down ideas, and other people can collaborate on the board too.
In its presentation, Apple showed lots of people drawing loads of different mind maps with sticky notes, colored lines and annotations - the Apple Pencil was shown as a useful tool for contributing to this kind of document.
If anyone hased used Google Jamboard, this feels like Apple's equivalent, except since it works on a stylus-toting tablet it should be a little more convenient.
iPadOS 16 gaming
After detailing the Mac's gaming prowess earlier in the presentation, we've heard that the iPad will get loads of these features too.
This includes a feature called Metal 3 which automatically upscapes gaming footage (basically it adds to the framerate and resolution), and it should make iPadOS games feel a little bit more like console alternatives. Now we just need Fortnite back!
Game Center is now getting an activity list so you can see what your friends are doing - it's very similar to the features that exist in many other game networks like Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. So you can see if they get an achievement in a game, or have spent 20 hours playing a certain title.
Finally, it's now easier to instantly share links with your friends so they can join you in a multiplayer game.
Apple has just given motorists an exciting early peak at the next-generation of Apple CarPlay – and it takes the car infotainment experience to a new level.
Like Android Auto, CarPlay already makes it easier to access apps like Maps, Phone and Messages via your car's touchscreen dashboard. But the next version will see CarPlay integrate with your car's whole instrument cluster, including the speedometer, temperate controls and more.
This means Apple would effectively create the entire UI for your car, with CarPlay apparently adapting to any kind of in-car screen shape or layout, as well as providing content for multiple screens.
The most exciting thing for CarPlay fans is the level of customizability in the new software. You'll be able to choose different gauge cluster designs, choose your own widgets and get glanceable info for things like Weather and the Music you're playing.
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Naturally, you'll also be able to choose to have Apple Maps show you where to go in the behind-the-wheel screen, although this looked a tad distracting in Apple's early demos of next-gen CarPlay.
The downside? The new Apple CarPlay isn't ready just yet, with Apple saying that more information will be shared soon ahead of a launch in 2023 -- and that "vehicles will start to be announced late next year".
Analysis: Will car makers be on board?
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Apple says that automakers are "excited" about the new version of CarPlay, but that's unlikely to be a universal reaction given the extent to which it takes over a car's entire UI.
While the next-gen CarPlay looks very polished and pretty, particularly with its customizable colors, it effectively shunts the car manufacturers to one side when it comes to dashboard design.
It also isn't yet clear whether it will work with today's CarPlay-compatible vehicles. Still, we're hopeful that there will be some element of backwards compatibility and that more developers will join the best Apple CarPlay apps.
The number of CarPlay apps currently numbers more in the dozens than hundreds, but hopefully this new version of the software – which first landed over six years ago – might prompt more apps to join the likes of Spotify and WhatsApp in making CarPlay-specific versions.
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