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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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Tweets: @attritionorg, @nicoleperlroth, @albertwenger, @agl__, @dnvolz, @migueldeicaza, @malwarejake, @micahflee, @stephennellis, @briankrebs, and @ow
| 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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| 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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Windows Blog, Mozilla Security Blog, lkml.org, Android Authority, Project Zero, LWN.net, Forbes, Help Net Security, BleepingComputer.com, Softpedia News, Silicon Republic, Neowin, MSPoweruser, AskWoody, and CNET
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, Quartz, ZDNet, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Neowin, and Forbes
Tweets: @micahflee and @tomwarren
| 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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Bloomberg, Errata Security, BetaNews, Tom's Hardware, Phoronix, PostgreSQL news, CNET, ZDNet, BBC, NBC Bay Area, iMore, Mashable, On MSFT, MSPoweruser, Engadget, and The Verge
| 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
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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Neowin, Windows Central, On MSFT, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Business Insider, and SlashGear
Tweets: @swiftonsecurity and @tomwarren
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
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9to5Mac, Intel Newsroom, ARM Developer, AppleInsider, Softpedia News, SemiAccurate, Reuters, SecurityWeek, iPhone Hacks, PYMNTS.com, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @atbwebb and @sharatibken
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
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BBC, CNBC, Barron's Online, Softpedia News, Firstpost, NPR, Patently Apple, Wired, The DigitalOcean Blog, BGR, BleepingComputer.com, Windows Central, The Next Web, TheStreet, MSPoweruser, ExtremeTech, Reuters, Seeking Alpha, Axios, PCWorld, and Reuters
Tweets: @nicoleperlroth, @cloud_opinion, @timgostony, @internetofs**t, @eastdakota, @dguido, @nicoleperlroth, @internetofs**t, @dinabass, @nicoleperlroth, @nicoleperlroth, and @nicoleperlroth. Thanks:@inafried
| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
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Fortune, BleepingComputer.com, Schneier on Security, and eWeek
Tweets: @swiftonsecurity, @iblametom, @aionescu, and @internetofs**t
| 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, The Guardian, Reuters, The Tribune, The Quint, BGR India, Firstpost, and MediaNama
Tweets: @thetribunechd, @thequint, @sitaramyechury, @randomlysid, @nixxin, @nixxin, @rameshsrivats, @troyhunt, @raju, and @pranavdixit
| 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.| 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, 9to5Google, Android Police, BGR, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, CNBC, Android Authority, Cult of Mac, TalkAndroid.com, BGR India, SlashGear, MSPoweruser, Neowin, AnandTech, and MacDailyNews. Tweets: @faryaab
| 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
| 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, 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
| 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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PYMNTS.com, Eater NY, Android Authority, Search Engine Land, Droid Life, The Verge, and 9to5Google. Tweets: @caseynewton
| 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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Fast Company, Bloomberg, Axios, CNBC, CBS News, and Washington Examiner
Tweets: @maggienyt, @thebradfordfile, and @zekejmiller
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Lenovo updates ThinkPad lineup with Intel 8th-gen CPUs and USB-C power adapters, with new T and X models shipping in January and L models in February — Ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today, Lenovo unveiled updates to its laptop lineups: its ThinkPad X, ThinkPad T, and ThinkPad L series.
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The Verge, Gotta Be Mobile, Digital Trends, AnandTech, Laptop Mag, BGR, and CNET
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