Jan 4th 2018
This Week in Computer Hardware 447
Intel CPUs Hacked! Should you Panic?
Hosted by
Ryan Shrout,
Patrick Norton
Impacts of Meltdown & Spectre
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Meltdown and Spectre hacks impact all Intel CPUs since 1995, and might impact ARM and AMD. Should you panic, or is this overblown??? New laptops from Lenovo, Dell, and HP. Plus, Ryan's cord cutting finale and cheap Apple batteries!
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Links
- Virtually every modern computer is vulnerable to a pair of devastating attacks, and there's only a fix for one of them, and it s
- Meltdown and Spectre
- After the Patches
- Lenovo Updates ThinkPad X, T, and L Series Laptops with 8th Gen Intel Processors, Improved I/O, and Thinner Designs
- New Dell XPS 13
- Google's Assistant Has Found A New Home In LG's OLED And Super UHD TVs
- Ultimate Cord Cutting Guide - Part 3: Quirks, Savings, and Conclusions
- Rumour mill; Vega makes an appearance on Kaby Lake G?
- Apple's mea culpa after the assault on their battery