Japan’s plan to dump nuclear meltdown water into the ocean might change human DNA
Japan has millions of tons of water that is has been using to cool the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant and it’s unclear where the …
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Intel says newer chips also experience sudden reboots after Meltdown-Spectre fixes
Remember the Meltdown and Spectre flaws that affect all computers and mobile phones out there? Yeah, we’re not done with that, as the software patches …
Beware of hackers and scams when you’re installing Meltdown and Spectre patches
Last week, the world learned that most computers and smartphones out there contain chips that come with severe hardware flaws that would allow hackers to …
Apple included in far-reaching class-action lawsuit against Intel and ARM over security problems
I get that class action suits targeting Apple are pretty hot right now, given the whole iPhone slowdown debacle. But that probably doesn’t mean that …
Here’s all the Chromebooks that are vulnerable to Meltdown
Tech companies are scrambling to sort out the mess created by the recently-revealed Spectre and Meltdown security vulnerabilities. Thanks to how the flaws work, the …
Nvidia confirms its GPUs are ‘immune’ to Meltdown bug
On Tuesday, Nvidia issued a security bulletin regarding updates it made to its driver software to address the Meltdown CPU vulnerability that’s had tech companies …
Microsoft cancels AMD Meltdown and Spectre patches after they start bricking PCs
As if the Meltdown and Spectre processor security bugs that have been dominating headlines across the internet for the past week weren’t scary enough on …
Apple releases iOS 11.2.2 update to address Spectre security flaw
Apple has released iOS 11.2.2 for all iPhone and iPad versions running iOS 11. Apple says that the update contains security fixes, and although they …
How to check if your Windows antivirus will block Microsoft’s Meltdown-Spectre fix
Earlier today we showed you everything you need to do to patch your mobile devices and other computers against the Meltdown-Spectre chip vulnerability that would …
Here’s everything you can do to protect yourself against Meltdown and Spectre
The recently discovered Meltdown and Spectre processor security flaws are two of the worst security threats we’ve ever witnessed. If exploited, they’d let hackers use …
Google has great news about fixing the Meltdown and Spectre chip flaws
Google on Thursday explained that fixing the severe security issues that affect computers of all sizes out there, with special emphasis on Intel-powered devices, won’t …
What you can do right now about the severe Intel chip security flaw
Tech scandals appear to be in fashion in the first days of 2018. For days, Apple’s iPhone slowdown issue was the most talked about blunder …
