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January 4, 2018, 11:10 AM
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| Google Online Security Blog: |
Google's Project Zero says it discovered three variants of CPU attack, affecting AMD, ARM, and Intel; Android devices with latest security update are safe — Last year, Google's Project Zero team discovered serious security flaws caused by “speculative execution,” a technique used by most modern processors …
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| Meltdown and Spectre: |
Official webpage for the Meltdown and Spectre CPU vulnerabilities, which has links to research papers and an FAQ — Bugs in modern computers leak passwords and sensitive data. Meltdown and Spectre exploit critical vulnerabilities in modern processors. These hardware bugs allow programs …
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| Spectreattack.com: |
Researchers wrote a Spectre attack in JavaScript that violates browser sandboxing and reads data from the address space of the browser process running it — Modern processors use branch prediction and speculative execution to maximize performance. For example, if the destination …
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Tweets: @_jonasschnelli_, @aras_p, and @jschauma
| New York Times: |
Researchers say there is no known fix for Spectre CPU flaw; Meltdown flaw affects almost all Intel CPUs, requires software patch that could cause slowness — SAN FRANCISCO — Computer security experts have discovered two major security flaws in the microprocessors inside nearly all of the world's computers.
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The Verge, Recode, AVC, ZDNet, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, and Neowin
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| Troy Wolverton / Business Insider: |
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich sold ~$24M of stock in Nov. and now owns 250K shares, the minimum he's required to hold; Intel was informed about chip flaws in June — - Intel CEO Brian Krzanich sold off $24 million worth of stock and options in the company in late November.
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CNBC, MarketWatch, Mashable, Gizmodo, Softpedia News, Seeking Alpha, and Business Insider. Tweets: @alexeheath. Thanks:@lexnfx
| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Researchers discover vulnerabilities, dubbed Meltdown and Spectre, that let hackers steal data from running apps on most Intel chips, some ARM and AMD chips — Most Intel processors and some ARM chips are confirmed to be vulnerable, putting billions of devices at risk of attacks.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
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Tweets: @nicoleperlroth, @cloud_opinion, @timgostony, @internetofs**t, and @nicoleperlroth. Thanks:@inafried
| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
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CSO, BBC, Fortune, Help Net Security, Errata Security, The Register, BleepingComputer.com, Schneier on Security, and eWeek
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
| Rebecca Savransky / The Hill: |
White House says it has banned guests and employees from using personal cell phones at work, will only allow use of government-issued devices — The White House is going to start barring employees from using their personal cellphones at work, press secretary Sarah Sanders said early Thursday.
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Samsung unveils Exynos 9 Series 9810 processor, likely to be used in upcoming Galaxy S9, and teases iPhone X-like features including face detection using AI — Starting off the new year by introducing its latest custom smartphone processor, Samsung has revealed some of what we might expect from its next Galaxy S flagship.
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Samsung Global Newsroom, Business Insider, 9to5Google, Android Police, 9to5Mac, BGR, MacRumors, CNBC, ValueWalk, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac, AnandTech, TalkAndroid.com, Android Authority, BGR India, SlashGear, MSPoweruser, Neowin, and MacDailyNews. Tweets: @faryaab
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
AT&T announces plans to start rolling out a true 5G network in 12 cities by the end of 2018 — AT&T has announced plans to roll out a true 5G network in a dozen markets in accordance with the 3GPP's recently released 5G NR (new radio) guidelines by the end of 2018.| Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed: |
Reports suggest India's Aadhaar national ID database was breached, exposing information of ~1.2B Indians and allowing creation of admin accounts by other admins — A local Indian newspaper was able to access the private data of more than a billion Indians for just $8.
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The Tribune, Reuters, The Quint, The Guardian, The Tribune, BGR India, Firstpost, and MediaNama
Tweets: @thetribunechd, @thequint, @sitaramyechury, @randomlysid, @nixxin, @nixxin, @rameshsrivats, @troyhunt, @raju, and @pranavdixit
| Lori Grunin / CNET: |
French startup Shadow to launch cloud game streaming service for PCs, Macs, and Android, on Feb. 15 in California, for $34.95/month with one-year subscription — Are you ready to ditch the bought-and-paid-for PC on your desk in favor of a subscription to a remote computer?
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Gizmodo, The Verge, PCWorld, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, Polygon, and Blue's News
| New York Times: |
How Nvidia researchers generated pictures of faces that appear to be real but aren't by analyzing photos of celebrities and detecting patterns — To create the final image in this set, the system generated 10 million revisions over 18 days. — The woman in the photo seems familiar.
Tweets: @alexsteffen, @pnhoward, @rafael_parente, @cademetz, @nvidiaai, and @nvidiaaidev
| Reuters: |
Sources: Google exploring sale of US restaurant review guide Zagat which it bought for $151M in 2011 — (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google is exploring a potential sale of Zagat, the U.S. restaurant review guide which the search giant bought for $151 million in 2011, people familiar with the matter said.
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Silicon Valley Business …, grubstreet, Tech Times, PYMNTS.com, Eater NY, Android Authority, Droid Life, Search Engine Land, The Verge, and 9to5Google. Tweets: @caseynewton
| Joe Shields / AnandTech: |
Dell updates XPS 13 laptop with 13.3" 4K InfinityEdge touch display, 8th Generation Intel Quad Core i5/i7, 2 Thunderbolt 3 ports, available January 4 from $999 — Dell is releasing a few new items at CES 2018 starting with its brand new XPS 13 laptop today.
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The Verge, Engadget, PCWorld, ZDNet, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, and Windows Central. Tweets: @paulobrien
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces that its $99 developer program membership is now available at no cost to nonprofits, accredited educational institutions, government entities — Apple announced today it will begin allowing select publishers to waive the membership fees associated with its App Developer Program.
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Apple Developer, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, iMore, Softpedia News, iDownloadBlog.com, The Mac Observer, and AppleInsider
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