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Knox Matrix wants to lock down all of the devices in your home, from your smartphone to your laptop to your air purifier to your vacuum cleaner to refrigerator to your other smart appliances. It’s going to start with Samsung devices – since Samsung makes all the devices just mentioned – but the vision is to connect other partner devices in a cross-platform network as well. And, Samsung will do it by creating a private blockchain in your house, using technology similar to what secures Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies....

Moreover, the app isn’t only limited to Samsung devices, you could try it out across any Android and iPhone smartphone. However, as of now, its iOS app seems to be getting bugged with a plethora of issues. These include the network issues, repeated notifications asking you to agree to the “updated” privacy notices, and scenes and routines not working along the expected lines. To add to it, users are now reporting that they are getting constantly logged out from the app....

The Dyson Animal 2 is a corded version of their signature vacuum line, but it also comes with the signature ball design, so you can turn the vacuum on the fly to get those nooks in your home. Plus, you’ll get self-adjusting cleaner heads so you can keep vacuuming without pausing to adjust for carpeted surfaces or wood floors. The vacuum cleaner uses HEPA filtration to clean your home of bacteria and pet allergens....

Under the hood of this laptop, there are a lot of specs that make this worthy of adding it to your cart right now. The processor features an Intel i7-12700H chip that can go up to 4.7GHz for boosted gameplay. 16GB of RAM also allows for powerful use, be it for creating spec-heavy content, streaming, or just gaming. The 15.6-inch screen was built with a thin bezel so you can get more out of your Full HD anti-glare display....

This award-winning smart scale not only measures your body fat percentage, but it also tracks fat loss and calculates BMI. To accurately measure your body composition, the scale features a handle bar as another point of contact for the sensors. The handlebar and footplate both use electrodes to calculate an accurate reading. Also: The 5 best Peloton alternatives The smart scale works incredibly fast, too. In as a little as ten seconds, you can get your scale results, and the data will sync to the accompanying smart app on your smartphone....

Security assessments like these can serve as a useful tool for understanding the relative security of the many different VPN services on the market. The Google One VPN apps for Android and iOS and its new Windows and macOS VPN apps stood up well to a security source code review by NCC Group, but the firm did find 24 issues of varying degrees of importance, some of which have now been fixed....

The Berlin-based Swarm64 will give ServiceNow a database model that combines analytics and transactional database functionality. ServiceNow said that it will be able to futureproof its Now Platform with the help of Swarm64 because customers will be able to query data sources faster. Swarm64 has three core products including the Swarm64 Database Accelerator, PG Nitrous, a PostgreSQL cloud database, and PostgreSQL performance engineering support. Pricing varies from free to monthly fees and by core per month....

DotWalk uses AI regression testing for business processes and creating automated tests. With DotWalk’s tools, customers can validate application changes without developers writing tests. ServiceNow said DotWalk runs natively on ServiceNow’s automated test framework already. DotWalk’s specialty is speeding up ServiceNow upgrades. The companies are trying to address the reality that most organizations will continuously deliver applications and automate deployment. In addition, there’s a looming developer shortage. ServiceNow said it has already completed the acquisition of DotWalk....

The messaging service said users would retain their messages, profile information, and groups. To initiate a move, users will need to head into account settings, hit the change phone number option, and complete a form with the old and new phone numbers. Signal warns in a support note that users will not be able undo the shift. Contacts of the shifting user will see an alert that states the user’s phone number has changed....

For now, the esports industry in markets such as Singapore remained in the infancy stage, said Zheng Le, CEO of Impunity Esports. Founded in 2019, the Singapore startup is an esports entertainment company that currently manages more than 100 esports players and talent. It also has presence in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam, and hires some 20 employees across the four Southeast Asian markets. Most of Impunity’s revenue are from sponsorships, advertising, and promotional activities, Zheng said in an interview with ZDNet....

Among 39% of SMBs in Singapore that are not considering or remain undecided about getting protection against cyber risks, half say it is because they are unlikely to experience cybersecurity or cybercrime issues. Another 54% say they do not store sensitive or personal data online and, hence, do not see a need for cyber insurance. Also: The best VPN services These findings were from a study commissioned by insurer QBE Insurance Group in Singapore and conducted by Creative Way Consultants, which polled 416 decision-makers from local SMBs....

Likewise, its three different snip modes in the form of Rectangular, Freeform, and Windows snips make it really easy to take a screenshot of the desired content. However, not everyone is able to make full use of these tools. Right after installing the latest Windows security update, the Snipping Tool is no longer working on Windows 11. Whenever they are trying to launch the tool, they are instead being greeted with the ‘This app can’t open....

On October 24, Tom Burt, Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Customer Security & Trust said in an advisory that the advanced persistent threat (APT) group, of Russian origin, has now pivoted to software and cloud service resellers in order to “piggyback on any direct access that resellers may have to their customers’ IT systems.” The Redmond giant says that Nobelium’s latest campaign was spotted in May this year and no less than 140 companies have been targeted, with 14 confirmed cases of compromise....

In a series of Tweets disclosing very little information about the new project, Dorsey shared that the new business will join Seller, Cash App and Tidal as one of the sub-units of Square, and will be somewhat mysteriously named “TBD”. Exactly what the company’s founder, who also doubles as the CEO of Twitter, has in mind remains equally as unclear, but Dorsey described TBD as a platform for developers to create open-source financial applications that are decentralized, permissionless and non-custodial, with a focus on bitcoin....

While you could do so manually, but that would end up taking ages. To make the matter worse, even the Task Manager didn’t provide any native method to select and close all the app processes at once. Well, this is where the Taskkill.exe command will come in handy. Using it, we will create a shortcut which upon execution, will stop all the not responding apps and processes at once on your Windows PC....

The bundle consists of three courses, all of which can be helpful at any skill level, so you need no prior experience or knowledge. “Enterprise Blockchain Bootcamp” teaches you how to generate more revenue using blockchain technology. This course is particularly useful for anyone who has to speak with the public as a blockchain expert, such as technical account managers and sales executives. It covers a comparison of the different enterprise blockchains, where you’ll find the most demand, Blockchains as a Service (BaaS) for AWS, IBM, Azure, and more....

“Right to repair, from our point of view, is one of the most critical enablers of a circular economy … meaning we need to keep the IT we already have in use for as along as possible, at its highest possible value,” TCO Development global director of purchaser engagement Clare Hobby said, speaking during the Productivity Commission’s virtual right to repair public hearing on Tuesday. She clarified “longer use” by defining it as not only using a product for its initial intended purpose, but also for “facilitating greater access to replaceable components, repairable products for things like battery, memory, key components that can be replaced, and driving that functional secondary market for repaired and refurbished devices”....

Data published today by the ONS shows that there was just shy of 1.6m people employed in the UK’s information and communications sector between July and September this year. This is an increase of 69,000 compared to the same period in 2020, and 186,000 more than the pre-pandemic July to September 2019 level of 1.4 million. The data also revealed that technology was the third-fastest sector for growth in jobs in the UK overall, and also third fastest for the creation of jobs for women: 41,000 women were employed by the information and communications sector between July and September, compared to 17,000 men....

Tech jobs in Austin encompass work at companies and startups related to cybersecurity, space technology, and digital media technology. These well-compensated, dynamic jobs can help you build and afford a life in a city with a vibrant nightlife, great food, and unique community! Read on for our guide on what to expect from tech jobs in Austin, including what industries they can be found in, how the pay and benefits measure up, and what other advantages these jobs can offer you....

For TPG, the telco will gain access to 3,700 Telstra “mobile network assets” that will see it increase its 4G population coverage from 96% to 98.8% within a defined zone across regional Australia and urban fringes. The deal also includes 5G coverage, and at the same time, TPG will decommission 725 mobile sites within the zone. “Compared with TPG Telecom’s current arrangements, there will be no material increase in total network costs, while the 98....