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Intel chips found to have a vulnerability called ZombieLoad
Intel chips found to have a vulnerability called ZombieLoad
Intel has barely gotten past the horrendous Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, and we've got some bad news for owners of Intel chips. ...... 15 May 2019
Intel advises users to stop installing CPU patches
Intel advises users to stop installing CPU patches
Intel is now advising customers not to install previously released patches to address serious CPU flaws that were disclosed publicly this month. 23 Jan 2018 - 1 comment
This how much Meltdown and Spectre fixes slow down your computer
This how much Meltdown and Spectre fixes slow down your computer
As companies are trying to recover from what were, and still are, perhaps the most severe CPU bugs in the history of the computer, people are ...... 12 Jan 2018 - 3 comments
Apple: All Mac and iOS devices affected by CPU flaws
Apple: All Mac and iOS devices affected by CPU flaws
Apple has confirmed that its Mac and iOS devices are affected by CPU flaws disclosed this week, and that it is patching to mitigate the threat. 05 Jan 2018 - 2 comments
Intel: Patches available for 90 percent of recent chips by next week
Intel: Patches available for 90 percent of recent chips by next week
Intel says it will have released patches to address major CPU security flaws for 90 percent of recently-released chips by next week. 05 Jan 2018
Meltdown & Spectre: Serious CPU bugs affect Desktops, Servers and Smartphones
Meltdown & Spectre: Serious CPU bugs affect Desktops, Servers and Smartphones
Operating system vendors, cloud storage providers and other tech firms are scrambling to mitigate the affects of serious CPU vulnerabilities affecting servers, desktops and even mobile devices. 04 Jan 2018
Tencent signs deals to distribute James Bond and Star Trek in China
Tencent signs deals to distribute James Bond and Star Trek in China
Tencent, China's largest social network and online gaming company, has announced new deals with Hollywood that will give the company distribution rights for James Bond and Star Trek in the nation. 08 Nov 2015
Early script for latest James Bond film, 'SPECTRE,' was stolen in Sony Pictures hack
Early script for latest James Bond film, 'SPECTRE,' was stolen in Sony Pictures hack
Eon Productions, the producers behind the newly announced James Bond 'SPECTRE' film have confirmed that an early version of the script was stolen this month. 15 Dec 2014 - 1 comment
     

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