Monthly Archives: October 2022

Samsung Knox Matrix plans ‘private blockchain’ security for appliances, phones, and TVs

Samsung’s Knox Matrix is supposed to secure your devices through “multi-layered monitoring.” | Image: Samsung Samsung’s rolling out a new way to keep smart devices secure, and it apparently involves putting them on the blockchain. At the Samsung Developer Conference today, the company announced the Samsung Knox Matrix, a not-yet-released security solution that will include…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren demands details on Texas crypto mining energy consumption

Getty Democrats are pressing Texas energy regulators to disclose how much energy crypto mining companies consume from the state’s vulnerable power grid nearly a year after it failed during an extreme winter storm. In the Wednesday letter, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and six other Democrats pressed Texas grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas,…

The Polestar 3 SUV will cost $83,900 “loaded,” goes on sale Q4 2023

Enlarge / The Polestar 3’s bodywork has been optimized in the wind tunnel. (credit: Polestar) After a sublime-but-limited-production GT and a stylish fastback sedan, Polestar is launching its third vehicle, the aptly named Polestar 3. It’s a performance-oriented SUV on the larger side of the spectrum, built on a new EV-only platform developed together with…

New Microsoft services could help to eliminate cybersecurity problems at the source

Microsoft Defender for Cloud now has two new features designed to improve DevOps platform management and insights into cloud security posture. The first, Microsoft Defender for DevOps, is a centralized platform designed to manage the security of several DevOps environments at once, in a bid to help businesses prioritize critical code issues and secure applications as…