This year’s figure was up 2.6% from last year’s $4.24 million per breach, according to IBM’s 2022 Cost of Data Breach report, which further revealed that 83% of companies surveyed had experienced more than one data breach. Conducted by Ponemon Institute, the report analysed 550 organisations across 17 global markets that were impacted by data breaches between March 2021 and March 2022. Just 17% said this was their first breach....

Interested in more tech deals and reviews? Subscribe to the ZDNet Recommends newsletter and let our expert reviewers scour the internet for only the top products, services, and deals for you. Deal aside, the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE is an excellent pick-up, especially if you’re not enamored by the $1,000 smartphones on the market. It’s powered by the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chip that lives in the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and a 4,500mAh battery....

The two of us are in a much better working relationship now. I appreciate that we’ve found common ground, so I’d like to discuss something that has been weighing on my mind: iCloud iOS restores from backups. I just spent my entire evening helping my 76-year old father, over the phone, to restore his last iCloud backup to his new iPhone 13 Pro. It was immensely frustrating. I wish it didn’t have to be....

The data, which was compiled for the UK government’s digital economy council, suggests that the industry is recovering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic at pace. In comparison, last June saw tech vacancies fall to less than 44,000 offers. But according to the council, the new figures aren’t only reflective of a strong comeback from a year of crisis. Tech hiring hasn’t been this high since 2016. SEE: Developers?...

Weird! Apple rolled out Emergency SOS via satellite to a number of countries late last year to the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max. If you have one of these handsets and live in the US, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, or the UK, you can test this out by tapping on Settings > Emergency SOS, scrolling to the bottom of the page to Emergency SOS via Satellite and tapping on Try Demo....

Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said the state’s “secret weapon” to economic recovery from COVID-19 has been its digital government platform, which he claimed was “light-years ahead of the competition”. Off the back of this praise, the state government noted in its Budget papers [PDF] that it would pour an additional half a billion dollars over three years into its Digital Restart Fund, which is aimed at lifting whole-of-government digital capabilities. “That takes our investment to transform digital services for our citizens to AU$2....

There’s only one price plan available at Boost Infinite. It’s $25 per month for unlimited calls, text messages, and data. Even though the $25 cost doesn’t include local taxes or fees, it’s still cheaper than comparable plans from T-Mobile, AT&T, or Verizon. Each customer will have access to 30GB of high-speed data, after which the connection’s speed may be throttled. Also: The best home broadband deals During the beta, customers will be using AT&T’s network for service....

Docker Desktop is an integrated development environment for Macs and Windows. It enables developers to build and share containerized applications and microservices on Kubernetes and Linux. Under this new approach, Docker’s Free plan is now called “Personal.” If your business has 250 or more employees or higher than $10 million in revenue, you must use a paid subscription for Docker Desktop. Before screaming and running away, keep in mind that Docker Engine, the upstream, open-source Docker nor the Moby project haven’t been touched....

The 50 basis-point interest rate increase – more aggressive than the traditional 25 basis-point increase – comes as many Americans are struggling with the rising cost of necessities like food and gas. To illustrate, such an increase is equivalent to an extra $50 of interest for every $10,000 in debt. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said further increases could come should economic outcomes remain in line with expectations. During the news conference, Powell said the committee isn’t actively considering an increase of 75 basis points or more at this time, but he did say additional 50 basis-point increases will be on the table for the next few meetings....

Microsoft started talking about its Pluton dedicated security chip in November 2020 and predicted it would take a few years to arrive in PCs. In January 2022, the company announced Pluton would come with Lenovo’s AMD Ryzen-6000 ThinkPad Z series laptops; now Pluton is coming to Lenovo’s newest laptop with an Arm-based mobile chipset from Qualcomm. Lenovo’s AMD laptops with Pluton will ship in May, while the ThinkPad X13s with the Pluton processor was just announced at Mobile World Congress (MWC) and will be available in April from $1,099 in the US through AT&T and Verizon, according to ZDNet’s sister site CNET....

Wearables collect an amazing amount of data and while the trends and results are interesting to view, it’s not always clear what to do with the data or how to modify our behaviors to improve our overall health and wellness. Soon Fitbit Premium members with a Fitbit Sense, Versa 3, Versa 2, Charge 5, Luxe, or Inspire 2 will have access to Daily Readiness. This score will help guide you on whether or not your body is ready for a workout and how much activity is recommended....

Unless you want to spend your days connected to a power outlet, the best solution is a portable solution, and nowadays you can even go wireless, so you don’t even need to remember your charging cable. But aren’t wireless battery packs all small and only good for a little boost? Not any more they’re not. The Baseus 10,000mAh magnetic power bank is good enough for up to two recharges, depending on the iPhone you have....

The expanded features for Freshservice, the IT operations management suite. rolled out at the company’s Refresh conference. Freshservice will now offer AI-enhanced alerting to anticipate service issues before they escalate. At its core, Freshworks has spun an initial public offering out of taking on giants. Freshworks operates in customer experience vs. Zendesk, CRM vs. Salesforce and IT service management vs ServiceNow. Now IT operations management will put it against BMC, IBM and Microfocus....

At the recent Open de España in Madrid, Michael Cole, CTO of the European Tour and Ryder Cup, and his team worked alongside telecommunications giant Telefónica to test how drones might be used to provide better footage and improve the quality of TV broadcasting. They tested a tethered and a roaming drone, and both were connected through 5G. “Embedding that into our backend processes was part of the use case that we were testing,” says Cole....

Coinciding with Global Running Day, Garmin announced the Garmin Forerunner 255 Music, the successor to the 245 Music. For the past few weeks, I’ve been running, hiking, walking, sleeping, working, and living with the Garmin Forerunner 255 Music. If I didn’t participate in some other sports, notably golf, pickleball, and fishing, then the 255 Music is certainly a capable option to consider. The Garmin Forerunner 255 Music is also available without offline music support as the 255....

Also: Trying to get into running? This gadget can help your recovery time While most smartwatches, for fitness or not, come with dedicated chargers, the problem lies with how they’re designed – usually in the form of a charging puck, or a magnetic pin, or a jumble of both. And even if they do support wireless charging, it’s often a proprietary format that prevents the watch from working with third-party accessories....

So many things can get in the way of enjoying a great day of golf; the weather, a busy schedule, and more. But if a full round of golf is out of the question, few things will beat a full 4K home golf simulator that can be used in a variety of practice modes indoors and out. The SwingLogic SLX MicroSim - Home Golf MicroSimulator is great for all ages and skill levels....

Well, now that you’ve heard all about how much more successful remote work is, you may have started planning to make the switch yourself, either by training for higher-paid tech careers you can do from anywhere or optimizing your own business for a more effective online presence. But before you start nailing down all those cheap flights, you need to give some thought to your equipment, mainly your primary work machine....

I can whip out my laptop and start getting work done. But what’s in my laptop bag? Here, let me take out on a tour. Do note that my laptop of choice is a 16-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro. The side and the operating system dictate some of my choices, but to be honest, most of the items I’ve listed here will work with most laptops. Also, on top of the things listed here, I carry the stick Apple MacBook USB-C charger and a bunch of different cables....

Supply chain issues have affected businesses in all sectors, from car rental businesses hamstrung by the auto-industry’s year-long semiconductor shortfall, to the humble bike shop because some components aren’t being produced in volumes that they were before. British satellite telco Inmarsat outlines multifaceted challenges that businesses face today, from population growth to spikes in consumer demand, a shortage of resources at the right time, efforts to reduce carbon output, and a new focus on safety after the pandemic....