- Microsoft
- By Bogdan Popa
- February 23rd, 2018
Microsoft and Friends Promise 5G Windows Laptops by End-2019
Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Intel also involved in the partnership
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- February 21st, 2018
Intel Releases Spectre Patches for Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake Processors
As well as additionally fixes for Skylake chips
- General Business
- By Bogdan Popa
- February 19th, 2018
The Meltdown and Spectre Effect: Intel Facing 32 Lawsuits Over CPU Flaws
Intel still testing Spectre Variant 2 patches for some chips
- Security
- By Marius Nestor
- February 15th, 2018
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
- Hardware & Drivers Blog
- By Iulian Pascal
- February 14th, 2018
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
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- February 8th, 2018
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
Apple won’t use Qualcomm baseband chips on the new-generation iPhone models given the current legal battle
- Microsoft
- By Bogdan Popa
- January 29th, 2018
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
All new chips will come with built-in mitigations for the Spectre and Meltdown security vulnerabilities
- Microsoft
- By Bogdan Popa
- January 25th, 2018
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
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- January 24th, 2018
HP Pulls Spectre Security Update Due to Intel Bug
BIOS updates suspended due to patch issues
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- January 24th, 2018
Do No install Spectre BIOS Updates, Dell Says
Company says PC stability could be hit due to updates
- Technology & Gadgets
- By Marius Nestor
- January 22nd, 2018
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"
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
Ubuntu 17.10, 16.04 LTS, and 14.04 LTS are affected
- Security
- By Bogdan Popa
- January 19th, 2018
75% of PCs Not Patched Against Meltdown and Spectre, Companies Say
Survey shows organizations not in a rush to patch
- Open Source Software
- By Marius Nestor
- January 18th, 2018
Android Support Removed from Intel Graphics Driver Debugging Tool for Linux
intel-gpu-tools 1.21 is now available for download