Microsoft and Friends Promise 5G Windows Laptops by End-2019

Microsoft and Friends Promise 5G Windows Laptops by End-2019

Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Intel also involved in the partnership

Intel Releases Spectre Patches for Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake Processors

Intel Releases Spectre Patches for Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake Processors

As well as additionally fixes for Skylake chips

The Meltdown and Spectre Effect: Intel Facing 32 Lawsuits Over CPU Flaws

The Meltdown and Spectre Effect: Intel Facing 32 Lawsuits Over CPU Flaws

Intel still testing Spectre Variant 2 patches for some chips

Intel Expands Its Bug Bounty Program for Spectre Security Flaws with New Awards

Intel Expands Its Bug Bounty Program for Spectre Security Flaws with New Awards

Hackers could earn up to $250,000 USD if they find any bugs

Intel’s 23.20.16.4944 Iris and HD Graphics Driver Is Up for Grabs - Download Now

Intel’s 23.20.16.4944 Iris and HD Graphics Driver Is Up for Grabs - Download Now

The driver resolves The Evil Within and War Thunder crashes

Intel Releases New Spectre Updates for Skylake Processors

Intel Releases New Spectre Updates for Skylake Processors

Other chips should be getting patches very soon too

  • Apple
  • By Bogdan Popa
  • February 5th, 2018
2018 iPhone Could Launch with Intel Chips Exclusively

2018 iPhone Could Launch with Intel Chips Exclusively

Apple won’t use Qualcomm baseband chips on the new-generation iPhone models given the current legal battle

Intel Hid Meltdown & Spectre from US Government, Shared Info with the Chinese

Intel Hid Meltdown & Spectre from US Government, Shared Info with the Chinese

Report claims Intel briefed Chinese firms on flaws

  • CPU
  • By Marius Nestor
  • January 26th, 2018
Intel Says It Will Release New CPUs This Year Patched Against Meltdown & Spectre

Intel Says It Will Release New CPUs This Year Patched Against Meltdown & Spectre

All new chips will come with built-in mitigations for the Spectre and Meltdown security vulnerabilities

Microsoft and Apple Asked by Congress Why They Kept Meltdown & Spectre Secret

Microsoft and Apple Asked by Congress Why They Kept Meltdown & Spectre Secret

US Congress sends letter to tech companies over the disclosure of hardware vulnerabilities discovered in 2017

HP Pulls Spectre Security Update Due to Intel Bug

HP Pulls Spectre Security Update Due to Intel Bug

BIOS updates suspended due to patch issues

Do No install Spectre BIOS Updates, Dell Says

Do No install Spectre BIOS Updates, Dell Says

Company says PC stability could be hit due to updates

Intel Identifies Cause of Reboot Issue, Asks the Industry to Use Older Microcode

Intel Identifies Cause of Reboot Issue, Asks the Industry to Use Older Microcode

The company says it's currently working on a fix

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • January 22nd, 2018
Linus Torvalds Calls Linux Patch for Intel CPUs "Complete and Utter Garbage"

Linus Torvalds Calls Linux Patch for Intel CPUs "Complete and Utter Garbage"

The patch creates macros to restrict/unrestrict IBRS

  • Linux
  • By Marius Nestor
  • January 22nd, 2018
Canonical Pulls Intel's Spectre Update from Ubuntu Repos Due to Hardware Issues

Canonical Pulls Intel's Spectre Update from Ubuntu Repos Due to Hardware Issues

Ubuntu 17.10, 16.04 LTS, and 14.04 LTS are affected

75% of PCs Not Patched Against Meltdown and Spectre, Companies Say

75% of PCs Not Patched Against Meltdown and Spectre, Companies Say

Survey shows organizations not in a rush to patch

Android Support Removed from Intel Graphics Driver Debugging Tool for Linux

Android Support Removed from Intel Graphics Driver Debugging Tool for Linux

intel-gpu-tools 1.21 is now available for download

 
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