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get it we're dead all of us it's over
it was a good run there have been so many tech vulnerabilities announced in the past
couple days that we might as well give up now to start with security
researchers from multiple universities and institutes have discovered more
possible attacks that take advantage of the speculative execution hardware found
in basically all Intel processors made since 2011. that's the feature that was
also targeted by the spectre and meltdown attacks first disclosed in
january 2018. the new collection of attacks includes zombie load
ridl fallout and store to leak forwarding but Intel has taken to
collectively referring to all of them as micro architectural data sampling or mds
a lot catchier much better
as the name implies these vulnerabilities allow attackers to steal
data directly from an Intel processor some companies have already started
mitigating the risk with patches including apple turning off hyper
threading might help protect some systems but according to Intel it might
not actually have much of an effect regardless the newest chrome os build
has shut off hyper threading by default i can't imagine many people are using
hyper threading on chrome os systems it's very toxic but sure
good job chrome unfortunately all users of Intel cpus can do to protect
themselves right now is make sure your systems are up to date so you can get
security patches as soon as they come out users of AMD cpus meanwhile can put
their feet up and watch their rivals scramble you know maybe have some ice
cream yes let out a few belly laughs this is our time
you're screwed but that's not all the security news we
have today no microsoft has identified what they're calling a wormable flaw
which could if exploited lead to a global malware threat as dangerous as
the wannacry epidemic that afflicted pcs worldwide worldwide in 2017 that was bad
they're calling it will cry for sure definitely actually no it won't because
they've patched things let me tell you about it james okay the vulnerability
concerns Windows remote desktop capabilities and is so severe that older
versions of Windows including server 2003 and xp are receiving patches to
protect anyone who might be the equivalent of the old hermit living in
the cave still using like a hand cranked pencil sharpener
that's that's the example i could come up with like old tech
you know we all use electric ones now
but guess what there's more google is telling users to get their titan
bluetooth security keys replaced because its existing model could be easily
hijacked by nearby attackers thanks to a misconfiguration in the device's pairing
protocols and guess what else whatsapp identified a vulnerability that
allowed attackers to successfully load spyware onto Android and iOS devices
simply by voice calling them the victims didn't even have to pick up the call
that's fixed now so make sure your apps are updated but like
that's crazy shiza minelli can we stop with the hacking already it's enough to
make a guy want to switch to a mac they don't get viruses
technically none of those are viruses i think but
okay moving on to product announcements we actually missed this reveal on monday
by a couple hours but lenovo showed off a prototype of what it calls the world's
first foldable pc
yeah yeah i know we're all thinking it but i don't know if laptops technically
fold because they have a hinge so it's more like opening and closing you know am i
is that anyway the device is more like a tablet with a single 13.3 inch 2k OLED
display that folds in half like the samsung galaxy fold it will also have
some sort of stand with the mechanical keyboard available when it launches
apparently whenever lenovo decides to launch it and that's assuming it doesn't
pull a galaxy fold and get recalled and delayed as soon as it shows up why do we
need these things do we no we don't why are we doing this to ourselves the
keyboard it's to keep just just put a keyboard on
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don't you ever wish that your laptop had another tiny little screen next to the
keyboard so you could like see stuff on there two no
that's so weird because hp for sure thought that you said that you did so
they made the omen x2s a 15-inch laptop
with an extra six inch touchscreen are you sure you didn't say that you
wanted that i'm sure dude that's really weird oh and they also announced the
omen photon a wireless mouse that can be charged by the omen outpost mouse pad
that's cool not so much the other one after it was leaked a high heck the
oneplus 7 and 7 pro are finally out Linus really liked the 90hz display
pop-up selfie camera and 669 price tag of the 7 pro while the oneplus 7 is more
like a beefed up lower cost oneplus 6t
but if you're looking for an another oppo owned phone brand with a little
more personality you can also check out the realme x which has two color
variants inspired by garlic and onions i
love i need to get them both just don't try to plant a smooch on
anyone after using it am i right
oh and hey one more phone while we're at it the motorola one vision has a super
tall 21x9 6.3 inch display with a hole
punch selfie camera it's part of the Android one program so while it's
getting three years of security updates and the latest version of Android nine
pi it's only launching in brazil and parts of europe for 299 euros
no infinity stone in the forehead either for because it's vision
AMD is returning to e3 to host their next horizon gaming event on june 10th
during which they will unveil the next generation of AMD gaming products
whether that means we'll see new graphics cards or the next gen xbox or a
bunch of existing products that AMD has overclocked and slapped new names onto
it remains to be seen we'll just we'll have to see and we may not have gotten
an official gamecube classic console from nintendo but youtuber mad morda
went ahead and built her own using a trimmed down motherboard from a wii
console and a gamecube shaped gummy candy case this is madness sounds
delicious it requires a number of adapters to work properly but i don't
require an adapter to connect with this little device in a really emotional way
wow native support bless your heart morta unfortunately you can't bless this
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