A report from a US State Department official on Thursday provides a clearer picture as to how the August 8 Skyfall accident occurred at a secret Russian military testing range. “The United States has determined that the explosion near Nyonoksa, Russia, was the result of a nuclear reaction that occurred […]
Europe’s July heat wave caused Greenland’s ice to melt at a rate that scientists didn’t expect to see for another 50 years. Greenland’s ice sheet lost 55 billion tons of water over five days in July and August – enough to cover the state of Florida in almost 5 inches […]
Greenland’s ice sheet is melting six times faster than it was in the 1980s – that’s even faster than scientists thought. A new study has revealed that melting Greenland ice has contributed to more than half an inch of global sea-level rise since 1972. Half of that increase happened in […]
Intel shares are up after the company reported a big top and bottom line beat for the fourth quarter. It was the first earnings report since the Spectre and Meltdown flaws were reported. Watch the company trade in real time here. Intel shares are rising after the company’s earnings report, […]
Intel plans to release chips that have built-in protections against the Spectre and Meltdown attacks later this year, company CEO Brian Krzanich said Wednesday. Krzanich made the announcement on a conference call focused on Intel’s latest quarterly earnings report. He didn’t immediately comment on the controversy surrounding his massive stock […]
The next Chrome 64 update will allow users to mute sites to prevent videos from following them up and down the website permanently. Chrome 64 also comes with bug fixes that addresses Meltdown and Spectre. Google announced that the update “will roll out over the coming days/weeks.” Chrome 64, an […]
Intel will report earnings after the bell on Thursday. Analysts will be watching for more clarity from the company about how it is dealing with the Spectre and Meltdown security flaws. Watch Intel’s stock price move in real time here. Intel is set to report its fourth-quarter earnings after the […]
Apple released new updates for older versions of its Mac operating system to protect against the Meltdown and Spectre attacks. The company had previously issued a patch for macOS High Sierra, the most recent version of its Mac operating system, but it put out a new update for High Sierra […]
Intel now says users should avoid installing and partners should stop distributing the patch it issued to protect against the Meltdown and Spectre attacks. The company had already acknowledged that the patch could lead to unexpected reboots, but had previously publicly advised users to install it anyway. The company has […]
Two major flaws in how modern computers process information has sent the tech world scrambling for a fix. Amid the scramble, Intel, the company most affected by the flaws, has seen its stock price slump. But, as the company prepares to report earnings soon, one analyst thinks the company will […]
Intel said Thursday one of its patches for the Spectre and Meltdown attacks can cause its processors to reboot when they’re not supposed to. Intel is telling some big customers to “delay” installing the patches, the Wall Street Journal reported. Intel is quietly telling some of its big customers to […]
Flaws in how modern CPUs operate have sent computer makers scrambling to issue fixes. The fixes, though, could slow down older machines and servers, Microsoft said. Shares of Intel slipped on the news. In a blog post on Tuesday, Microsoft’s executive vice president of Windows and devices, Terry Myerson, said […]
Flaws in most modern CPUs have been the biggest tech story of the year so far. In an attempt to fix the flaws, Microsoft has rendered some computers running AMD’s processors unusable. Microsoft blames AMD for the issues and has halted updates until they can be resolved. Watch AMD’s stock […]
Intel has been under fire since it was revealed that many of its processors have a vulnerability that could allow attackers to steal data. Krzanich said on Monday that the exploits haven’t been used to steal customer data. He thanked the industry for its “remarkable” response, with Microsoft, Apple, Google, […]
Apple has released security updates for iOS, MacOS, and Safari that help protect against Spectre. Spectre is one of two security flaws that were discovered in chips last week, which affect numerous devices running Intel and ARM components. Amid releasing updates for both the Spectre and Meltdown flaws, Apple urges […]
Shares of Intel are rising on Friday after the company said it will release a fix for the “Spectre” flaw in its CPUs. The flaw was originally thought to be unfixable. Watch the stock price move in real time here. Intel was rocked this week after Google engineers discovered two […]
Apple confirmed Thursday that its devices were affected by the same processor security flaw Google discovered that became public this week. The company has already issued patches in the latest versions of its MacOS, iOS, and tvOS operating systems that address one of the two potential exploits Google found for […]
