Lucian Armasu

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.

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.

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.

Fight for the Future launched a campaign to ask for the banning of facial recognition technology use in the federal government.

Researchers from UK's Cardiff University's Institute have developed a new type of semiconductor that's more sensitive to light with lower-noise.

Malicious websites can spy through Mac users' webcams if they've ever installed the Zoom video conference app on their machines.

Huawei revealed that its new OS HongMeng will likely be 60% faster than Android in a report by Chinese media site Global Times.

U.S. House representatives has called on Facebook to immediately suspend the development of its Libra digital currency. Facebook hasn't responded yet.

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.

Tsinghua Unigroup will enter the DRAM market in an attempt to provide Chinese customers with locally-built DRAM products.

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.

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'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.

A new security vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist was found that could allow malicious parties to take over Dell PCs.

IC Insights revealed a new report in which it showed that U.S. integrated circuit companies continued to dominate the IC market in 2018.

The Trusted Computing Group announced work on the world's smallest TPM in an effort to secure IoT devices against tampering by malicious software.

Leaked Geekbench benchmark puts AMD's recently announced 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X above the $2,000 18-core Intel Core i9-9980XE

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.

At E3 2019, Epic Games announced that it's giving a way a new game every week until the end of 2019.

Huawei has reportedly its notebook parts suppliers to stop their deliveries to the company, signifying a suspension of Huawei's notebook business.

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 reportedly argued that Huawei could represent a U.S. national security risk if Google can no longer collaborate with the Chinese firm.

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 from the German Technical University of Munich developed a permanent magnetic cooling system for quantum computers, making them more practical.

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 7cx SoC, a lower-performance version of Snapdragon 8cx targeted at $300-$800 Windows 10 laptops.