### Issue 1915 - Tuesday 22nd August, 2023

## In Today's Issue

- auDA likely not hacked but not saying leaked data isn't genuine
- Dr. John Warnock, co-founder of Adobe, passes away
- Arm to list on Nasdaq for IPO
- A few macOS screenshot tips you might not be aware of
- Cheap AirPods, loads of gift cards, Minisforum Ryzen 9 mini PC, Edifier headphones, Topping DAC, Aliexpress Android tablet

## The News

### auDA likely not hacked but not saying leaked data isn't genuine

Yesterday I wrote about a leak of internal data from Australia's domain admin, auDA. A few hours after I pushed send on that issue, they released a new statement saying that their "comprehensive investigation indicates that there is no evidence that cyber criminals have accessed auDA systems or have auDA data". They believe the breach came from an "Australian sole trader, with an Australian domain name" who refused to pay a ransom to the hacker. That hacker then tried to frame it as auDA's data and get auDA to pay a ransom instead. Doesn't change the fact that data on auDA employees is floating around the dark web, it just didn't come from auDA (or so they say).

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### Dr. John Warnock, co-founder of Adobe, passes away

Dr. John Warnock, the co-founder of Adobe along with Dr. Chuck Geschke (who died in 2021) and computer graphics genius, died on Saturday. Not only did this guy start the undisputed king company of software for computer graphics and publishing, he was also responsible for PostScript (practically enabling printers to print more than characters), Adobe Illustrator (the industry standard for vector graphics to this day) and a little thing called Camelot that was developed into the Portable Document Format (do I need to explain PDFs???). That's not to mention the cavalcade of awards - United States National Medal of Technology and Innovation, IEEE's Computer Entrepreneur Award, Lovelace Medal from the British Computer Society. What an incredible legacy to leave behind.

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### Arm to list on Nasdaq for IPO

Arm used to be public (listed in the UK!) but then Softbank purchased it for US$32b in 2016. Nvidia tried to buy it in 2020 for US$40b but pretty much every regulator in the world saw through Nvidia's promises to give everyone equal access to the Arm instruction set and denied the purchase. Now Softbank is putting it back on the public market after lodging paperwork for an IPO on the Nasdaq yesterday. Don't know when they'll launch on the Nasdaq or what the initial share price will be, but you can bet it'll be popular IPO considering how much stuff uses Arm-based CPUs/SoCs these days. Of course, Apple, Nvidia and Samsung will be taking decent chunks of equity as the main users of Arm products.

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## Something I Saw On The Internet

### A few macOS screenshot tips you might not be aware of

Salvatore Testa has a nice little post with 4 tips for using the built-in screenshot tool in macOS. My favourite is saving screenshots as a JPEG and removing the stupid shadow macOS adds to screenshots of a window. Thank you Salvatore. I love concise and practical computer tips like this. They used to be all over computer magazines back in the 90s and how I learned to use computers. Should bring that kinda info back into a handy publication, but online.

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## Bargains

- AirPods (3rd-gen) with MagSafe charging case - $239 from Amazon
- 20x EDR points on Apple, Playstation, Steam & TCN Him (JB Hi-Fi, Good Guys, Xbox) gift cards at Big W
- 20x EDR points on TCN Him, Netflix & Stan gift cards at Woolworths
- Minisforum Venus UM970 Pro (Ryzen 9 7940HS) barebones mini PC - $799.20 from Amazon
- Edifier W820NB noise cancelling headphones - $75 from Ventchoice's eBay store
- Topping DX3 Pro+ DAC - $263.12 from Amazon
- Alldocube iPlay 50 Mini Pro Android tablet (8.4", 8GB RAM, 256GB storage, Mediatek G99 SoC) - $188 from Aliexpress

## Image Of The Day

Dr. John Warnock and his Adobe co-founders with the original Adobe logo (Adobe Newsroom)

## The End

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