Linux May Gain Protection Against Hyper-Threading Attacks By Lucian Armasu published 12 July 19 Devs have built a feature that aims to protect apps running in the Linux kernel against side-channel attacks on Intel CPUs using Hyper-Threading.
Windows 10 20H1 Insider Preview Gains FIDO2 Passwordless Login By Lucian Armasu published 11 July 19 Microsoft enabled FIDO2 passwordless login for Microsoft accounts and other third-party apps and services in the Windows 10 20H1 Insider Preview edition in the Fast Ring.
Security Flaws Found in Intel Software, Data Center SSDs By Lucian Armasu published 11 July 19 Intel revealed that its processor diagnostic tool and data center SSD firmware were affected by two security vulnerabilities, both of which have now been patched.
Civil Rights Group Wants to Ban Feds From Using Facial Recognition By Lucian Armasu published 9 July 19 Fight for the Future launched a campaign to ask for the banning of facial recognition technology use in the federal government.
Faster Than Silicon: Researchers Develop Semiconductors for Next-Gen Communications By Lucian Armasu published 9 July 19 Researchers from UK's Cardiff University's Institute have developed a new type of semiconductor that's more sensitive to light with lower-noise.
Macs That Have (or Had) Zoom Are Vulnerable to Webcam Spying By Lucian Armasu published 9 July 19 Malicious websites can spy through Mac users' webcams if they've ever installed the Zoom video conference app on their machines.
Huawei Promises Mobile OS 60% Faster Than Android By Lucian Armasu published 8 July 19 Huawei revealed that its new OS HongMeng will likely be 60% faster than Android in a report by Chinese media site Global Times.
US Lawmakers Ask Facebook to Suspend Libra Cryptocurrency By Lucian Armasu published 3 July 19 U.S. House representatives has called on Facebook to immediately suspend the development of its Libra digital currency. Facebook hasn't responded yet.
India's First CPUs Are Ready for App Development By Lucian Armasu published 1 July 19 The Indian Institute of Technology Madras is closer to completing the Shakti CPU project with the release of an SDK that developers can use to make apps.
New Chinese Competitor Entering DRAM Market By Lucian Armasu published 1 July 19 Tsinghua Unigroup will enter the DRAM market in an attempt to provide Chinese customers with locally-built DRAM products.
Ubuntu Compromises on 32-Bit App Support By Lucian Armasu published 24 June 19 After Steam and Wine developers threatened to stop supporting Ubuntu, Canonical announced that Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 will support select 32-bit applications.
U.S. May Ban All 5G Equipment Made In China By Lucian Armasu published 24 June 19 The U.S. government plans to ban companies that sell telecom equipment made in China, forcing some European vendors to move their production outside of China.
NSA Starts Contributing Low-Level Code to UEFI BIOS Alternative By Lucian Armasu published 21 June 19 NSA's Eugene Myers has started contributing low-level implementation code for a SMI Transfer Monitor for the Coreboot projected, raising potential security and privacy issues.
Dell Discovers Yet Another SupportAssist Security Flaw By Lucian Armasu published 21 June 19 A new security vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist was found that could allow malicious parties to take over Dell PCs.
U.S. Chip Firms Continue to Dominate Global IC Market By Lucian Armasu published 20 June 19 IC Insights revealed a new report in which it showed that U.S. integrated circuit companies continued to dominate the IC market in 2018.
Tiny TPM Promises to Secure IoT Devices By Lucian Armasu published 17 June 19 The Trusted Computing Group announced work on the world's smallest TPM in an effort to secure IoT devices against tampering by malicious software.
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Beats $2,000 Intel Core i9-9980XE In Geekbench Test By Lucian Armasu published 12 June 19 Leaked Geekbench benchmark puts AMD's recently announced 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X above the $2,000 18-core Intel Core i9-9980XE
Report: Apple Considering Acquisition of Intel Modem Division By Lucian Armasu published 12 June 19 According to a recent report, Apple is looking to buy Intel's German modem division to accelerate the development of its in-house wireless modem chips.
Free PC Games: Epic Games Store Giving Away a New Title Weekly Through 2019 By Lucian Armasu published 11 June 19 At E3 2019, Epic Games announced that it's giving a way a new game every week until the end of 2019.
Report: Huawei Pumps Brakes on Laptop Business By Lucian Armasu published 11 June 19 Huawei has reportedly its notebook parts suppliers to stop their deliveries to the company, signifying a suspension of Huawei's notebook business.
What We Know About DDR5 So Far By Lucian Armasu published 7 June 19 Memory chip suppliers will begin shipping DDR5 RAM later this year, but the new memory standard is expected to go mainstream in 2021 and 2022.
Google Defends Huawei, Facebook Cuts Access to Pre-Installed Apps By Lucian Armasu published 7 June 19 Google reportedly argued that Huawei could represent a U.S. national security risk if Google can no longer collaborate with the Chinese firm.
AMD Secure Technology PSP Firmware Now Explorable, Thanks to Researcher's Tool By Lucian Armasu published 6 June 19 Security researcher released a software tool to find and analyze the firmware of AMD's PSP chip, considered by many a potential security and privacy risk.
Researchers Develop Permanent Magnetic Cooling System for Quantum Computers By Lucian Armasu published 6 June 19 Researchers from the German Technical University of Munich developed a permanent magnetic cooling system for quantum computers, making them more practical.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7cx to Power $300-$800 Arm-Based Laptops By Lucian Armasu published 3 June 19 Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 7cx SoC, a lower-performance version of Snapdragon 8cx targeted at $300-$800 Windows 10 laptops.
