Australian hacking company Azimuth Security has been revealed as the company that gave the FBI the tool it needed to hack the iPhone of the San Bernadino shooter in 2016. The battle between the FBI and Apple went to court as Apple refused to build a backdoor into iPhone security systems, and the case was suddenly dropped in March 2016. At the time another company was believed to have assisted law enforcement, but The Washington Post and Vice have both reported the Sydney-based company used a series of exploits to perform the task.

Samsung has unveiled it is set to run a new 5G network in Australia, based on 5G mmWave technology. Samsung Network Business will commence as a network vendor this year, and the company already operates 5G networks in a number of other countries, including Japan, Korea, Canada, the US, and New Zealand.

HP has announced its Instant Ink program is now available in Australia. The subscription service lets owners of recent and future model printers sign up to a monthly plan that sends ink anytime replacements are needed, with pricing based on the number of pages you want to print each month. Prices start from $1.99/month for 15 pages with a rollover of up to 45 pages, Or $9.99/month for 100 pages with 300 pages of rollover, or for small businesses $39.99/month for 700 pages. HP says it aims to remove the fuss of buying inks at a store, with new inks arriving at your door before you run out and old cartridges are sent back for return and recycling.

Cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase has listed to the NASDAQ stock exchange in the US, achieving a stock price of US$328 at the close of trading. The company's market cap reached over $100B before slowing to $88B by the end of the day. A good reminder that the gold is almost always in the picks and shovels.

Researchers at the University of Washington are conducting a study to see if Apple Watch is capable of detecting respiratory illnesses like the flu and the coronavirus. The study is focused on the Seattle area and if participants get sick during the six month program they will be sent a home testing kit to see what illness they have caught to help assess what data points may help predict future cases.

Parallels Desktop software has received an update to support Apple Silicon and allow users to run Windows 10 ARM Insider Preview and to run Intel-based apps as well. The update also claims a 30% increase in performance compared to Windows 10 virtual machines on an Intel Core i9 processor, and uses 2.5x less power than on an Intel-based MacBook Air.

YouTube is running a pilot program to allow content creators to upload alternate audio tracks to offer dubbed language options on their videos. A recent video by YouTube superstar MrBeast was uploaded with a Spanish language dub. Similar to captions, users can toggle language from within an Audio Track menu.

Nvidia has announced it has had a very big quarter for GPU sales, with pandemic-related demand, gaming system upgrades and cryptocurrency mining leading to a 70% increase in its earnings over the same period last year. However, for anyone in the market for a new graphics card at the moment, the company expects it will be supply constrained throughout 2021 so expect them to be hard to find and for prices to stay high.

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