The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today awarded Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification to two devices from Vikings GmbH, the Vikings D8 Mainboard and the Vikings … Vikings D8 Mainboard and D8 Workstation Respect Your FreedomRead more
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Computers can be a real pain in the neck
When your posture is tall and erect, the muscles of your back can easily support the weight of your head and neck — as much … Computers can be a real pain in the neckRead more
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Video games consume more electricity than 25 power plants can produce
Globally, PC gamers use about 75 billion kilowatt hours of electricity a year, equivalent to the output of 25 electric power plants. (And that doesn’t … Video games consume more electricity than 25 power plants can produceRead more
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Linux 4.20 Is Running Slower on Intel Chips
Major slowdowns caused by the new Linux 4.20 kernel have been traced to a mitigation for Spectre variant 2 that Linux founder Linus Torvalds now … Linux 4.20 Is Running Slower on Intel ChipsRead more
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The Intel Management Engine: an attack on computer users’ freedom
With security issues like the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities discovered in Intel chips in early 2018, it became more important than ever to talk about … The Intel Management Engine: an attack on computer users’ freedomRead more
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NetSpectre Attack Could Enable Remote CPU Exploitation
Researchers from Graz University in Austria released new research on July 26 detailing how the Spectre CPU speculative execution vulnerability could be used over a … NetSpectre Attack Could Enable Remote CPU ExploitationRead more
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New Variant of Spectre Security Flaw Discovered
MIT researchers found a new variant of the infamous Spectre security vulnerability, which creates speculative buffer overflows. Spectre1.1 (CVE-2018-3693), the new variant of the first … New Variant of Spectre Security Flaw DiscoveredRead more
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TLBleed attack can extract signing keys
new side-channel attack abuses the Hyper-Threading feature of Intel chips and can extract signing keys with near-perfect accuracy. New attack TLBleed, takes advantage of the … TLBleed attack can extract signing keysRead more