News in the Hardware category

Academics Announce New Protections Against Spectre and Rowhammer Attacks

Academics from multiple universities have announced fixes for two severe security flaws known as Spectre and Rowhammer.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 23, 2018
- 04:55 AM
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Microsoft Trying to Fix the Windows 10 App Gap Ahead of Andromeda

In order to achieve a successful launch of Andromeda, Microsoft first needs to fix the "app gap" issue affecting Windows 10.
- Mayank Parmar
- July 20, 2018
- 03:21 PM
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Microsoft’s Panos Panay Says New Form Factors Would Not Include a Surface Phone

While Microsoft is indeed thinking about new form factors, according to an interview with Microsoft's Surface head Panos Panay, a Surface Phone is not on the roadmap.
- Mayank Parmar
- July 16, 2018
- 10:20 AM
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Microsoft Shelves Andromeda As They Improve Its Hardware and Software

Reports indicate that Andromeda has been shelved for the time being while Microsoft continues to work on the software and device in order to make it a compelling product.
- Mayank Parmar
- July 13, 2018
- 05:38 PM
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Microsoft Rolls Out Patches for "Lazy FP State Restore" Bug Affecting Intel CPUs

A month after details about the "Lazy FP State Restore" Intel CPU bug surfaced online, Microsoft has rolled out patches to fix this vulnerability at the operating system's level.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 12, 2018
- 09:22 AM
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New Spectre 1.1 and Spectre 1.2 CPU Flaws Disclosed

Two security researchers have revealed details about two new Spectre-class vulnerabilities, which they've named Spectre 1.1 and Spectre 1.2.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 11, 2018
- 06:44 AM
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Microsoft’s 10-Inch Surface Devices Could Be Launching Tomorrow

According to a new teaser posted by Microsoft on Twitter and Facebook, the company could take the wraps off a more affordable Surface model on 10th July. The tweet from Microsoft Surface account teases a July 10 release date for next possible Surface. The screens on the devices have a date of July 10th and a time of 6AM.
- Mayank Parmar
- July 09, 2018
- 04:44 PM
- 0
USB Fans Handed Out at Trump-Kim Summit Deemed Harmless

Two separate sources have confirmed that the USB-powered fans handed out at the North Korea-United States political summit that took place on June 12 were most likely clean and not infected with malware.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 06, 2018
- 12:30 AM
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Microsoft’s Rumored Low-Cost "Surface Go" Tablet May Use Pentium Processors

Microsoft is expected to take the wraps off a new and more affordable Surface model later this year. This new Surface is rumored to be named "Surface Go".
- Mayank Parmar
- July 05, 2018
- 05:41 PM
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Microsoft’s $400 Surface Tablet Passes Through FCC

Today, the new Surface tablet has been spotted at the FCC. The FCC documents were first discovered by WinFuture and it reveals that a new Surface-branded device is likely on the way.
- Mayank Parmar
- July 03, 2018
- 02:57 PM
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Huawei’s New Ryzen-Powered MateBook D Is Now Available in the U.S. for $629

Huawei is one of the companies that have always tried to innovate in terms of design. At Computex, Huawei announced a new variant of MateBook D with a 14-inch display and the model is now available as a Walmart exclusive in the United States.
- Mayank Parmar
- June 27, 2018
- 12:56 PM
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New WPA3 Wi-Fi Standard Released

On Monday, the Wi-Fi Alliance, the organization that manages Wi-Fi technologies, announced the official release of WPA3. WPA3 is the latest version of Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), a user authentication technology for Wi-Fi connections.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 26, 2018
- 07:11 AM
- 0
Apple Confirms Major Issues With MacBook Keyboards, Offers Free Service

Apple acknowledged on Friday that some MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops have faulty keyboards and has offered free service to all affected customers.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 23, 2018
- 07:43 PM
- 0
OpenBSD Disables Intel CPU Hyper-Threading Due to Security Concerns

The OpenBSD project announced today plans to disable support for Intel CPU hyper-threading due to security concerns regarding the theoretical threat of more "Spectre-class bugs."
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 19, 2018
- 07:16 PM
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Senate Votes to Reimpose ZTE Ban Despite President Trump's Efforts

The US Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) yesterday that includes a clause to reinstate a ban on Chinese hardware vendor ZTE.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 19, 2018
- 04:37 AM
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New Lazy FP State Restore Vulnerability Affects All Intel Core CPUs

What a horrible year in security for Intel. First we had the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities that never seem to go away. Now Intel has announced a new speculative execution side channel vulnerability involving "Lazy FP state restore" that could allow a malicious program to read data being used by other processes.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 13, 2018
- 11:09 PM
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Firmware Vulnerabilities Disclosed in Supermicro Server Products

Security researchers have uncovered vulnerabilities affecting the firmware of Supermicro server products. Discovered by the Eclypsium team, these vulnerabilities affect both older and newer models of Supermicro products, but the vendor is working on addressing the issues.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 07, 2018
- 05:02 PM
- 1
ScreenPad - A Touchscreen that Replaces the Touchpad in the Asus Zenbook Pro

At the Computex Tapei conference, Asus announced a new Zenbook Pro laptop that replaces the touchpad with a interactive touch screen called a ScreenPad. ScreenPads are high resolution displays that not only acts as a touchpad, but also allow you to launch applications and display information directly on the display.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 05, 2018
- 04:19 PM
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Intel Announces the Intel Core i7-8086K 5Ghz Limited Edition CPU

At the Computex Tapei conference, Intel has officially announced the upcoming availability of their 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8086K Limited Edition CPU. This processor is being released to to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Intel's 8086 processor & Intel's first consumer desktop processor that runs out-of-the-box at speeds.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 05, 2018
- 12:31 PM
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Intel Core i7-8086K 5Ghz Anniversary Edition CPUs Leaked Online

For the past few months there have been rumors that Intel would be releasing a special edition Core i7-8086K processor to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 8086 processor. Yesterday, retailers were found online that were advertising the special processor with a speeds of 4Ghz and 5Ghz.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 31, 2018
- 11:59 AM
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