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The Spectre x360 is a 13-inch convertible laptop that sits at the top of HP’s consumer range and starts at $1,049. It hits all the right marks for a great laptop: it’s thin, it’s light, it ...
Spectre and Meltdown are the names given to a trio of variations on a vulnerability that affects nearly every computer chip manufactured in the last 20 years. The flaws are so fundamental and ...
Meltdown and Spectre. You’ve probably been hearing these terms a lot. These are vulnerabilities discovered in many of the computer processors used not only in our computers and devices but also ...
On January 3, the world learned about a series of major security vulnerabilities in modern microprocessors. Called Spectre and Meltdown, these vulnerabilities were discovered by several different ...
Tomer Weingarten, the CEO of SentinelOne, a computer security company, explains that Spectre involves one program (like a web browser) becoming compromised and then being used to see what’s ...
The HP Spectre Foldable is exceptionally thin, lightweight, and has a mere 3mm fold area to reduce light glare. This laptop can seamlessly switch between laptop, tablet, and desktop modes as well ...
Essentially, either of these vulnerabilities could be theoretically exploited to steal sensitive data, like passwords, off your computer. Spectre is also a threat to your smartphone, so no escape ...
Computer makers are still transitioning to new port, so they're not quite ready to ditch legacy ports like HDMI and full-sized USB 3.0 just yet, but HP's betting it all on USB-C with the Spectre.
The guide you’re reading now focuses solely on protecting your computer against the Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws. Editor’s note: This article was last updated to mention Intel’s final CPU ...
The security community is still reeling from the discoveries of the Meltdown and Spectre computer vulnerabilities, and now it seems that a rash of new hardware vulnerabilities called MasterKey ...
Intel hasn’t had the best of times recently. Meltdown and Spectre security flaws have helped reveal fundamental issues with processor designs over the past 20 years, and the software updates to ...
The uncanny coincidences among the Meltdown and Spectre discoveries raise questions about "bug collisions"—and the safety of the NSA's hidden vulnerability collection.