Intel CPUs are in TROUBLE...
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·TechLinked
·2020-05-05
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companies and announce and stuff and that's why we bring you tech news
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that's why we bring tech news that's why we bring tech news
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to tech news
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get it we're dead all of us it's over
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it was a good run there have been so many tech vulnerabilities announced in the past
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couple days that we might as well give up now to start with security
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researchers from multiple universities and institutes have discovered more
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possible attacks that take advantage of the speculative execution hardware found
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in basically all Intel processors made since 2011. that's the feature that was
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also targeted by the spectre and meltdown attacks first disclosed in
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january 2018. the new collection of attacks includes zombie load
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ridl fallout and store to leak forwarding but Intel has taken to
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collectively referring to all of them as micro architectural data sampling or mds
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a lot catchier much better
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as the name implies these vulnerabilities allow attackers to steal
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data directly from an Intel processor some companies have already started
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mitigating the risk with patches including apple turning off hyper
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threading might help protect some systems but according to Intel it might
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not actually have much of an effect regardless the newest chrome os build
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has shut off hyper threading by default i can't imagine many people are using
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hyper threading on chrome os systems it's very toxic but sure
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good job chrome unfortunately all users of Intel cpus can do to protect
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themselves right now is make sure your systems are up to date so you can get
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security patches as soon as they come out users of AMD cpus meanwhile can put
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their feet up and watch their rivals scramble you know maybe have some ice
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cream yes let out a few belly laughs this is our time
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you're screwed but that's not all the security news we
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have today no microsoft has identified what they're calling a wormable flaw
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which could if exploited lead to a global malware threat as dangerous as
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the wannacry epidemic that afflicted pcs worldwide worldwide in 2017 that was bad
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they're calling it will cry for sure definitely actually no it won't because
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they've patched things let me tell you about it james okay the vulnerability
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concerns Windows remote desktop capabilities and is so severe that older
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versions of Windows including server 2003 and xp are receiving patches to
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protect anyone who might be the equivalent of the old hermit living in
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the cave still using like a hand cranked pencil sharpener
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that's that's the example i could come up with like old tech
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you know we all use electric ones now
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but guess what there's more google is telling users to get their titan
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bluetooth security keys replaced because its existing model could be easily
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hijacked by nearby attackers thanks to a misconfiguration in the device's pairing
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protocols and guess what else whatsapp identified a vulnerability that
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allowed attackers to successfully load spyware onto Android and iOS devices
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simply by voice calling them the victims didn't even have to pick up the call
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that's fixed now so make sure your apps are updated but like
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that's crazy shiza minelli can we stop with the hacking already it's enough to
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make a guy want to switch to a mac they don't get viruses
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technically none of those are viruses i think but
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okay moving on to product announcements we actually missed this reveal on monday
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by a couple hours but lenovo showed off a prototype of what it calls the world's
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first foldable pc
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yeah yeah i know we're all thinking it but i don't know if laptops technically
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fold because they have a hinge so it's more like opening and closing you know am i
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is that anyway the device is more like a tablet with a single 13.3 inch 2k OLED
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display that folds in half like the samsung galaxy fold it will also have
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some sort of stand with the mechanical keyboard available when it launches
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apparently whenever lenovo decides to launch it and that's assuming it doesn't
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pull a galaxy fold and get recalled and delayed as soon as it shows up why do we
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need these things do we no we don't why are we doing this to ourselves the
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keyboard it's to keep just just put a keyboard on
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one time so i had to i've been doing them ever since
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don't you ever wish that your laptop had another tiny little screen next to the
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keyboard so you could like see stuff on there two no
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that's so weird because hp for sure thought that you said that you did so
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they made the omen x2s a 15-inch laptop
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with an extra six inch touchscreen are you sure you didn't say that you
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wanted that i'm sure dude that's really weird oh and they also announced the
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omen photon a wireless mouse that can be charged by the omen outpost mouse pad
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that's cool not so much the other one after it was leaked a high heck the
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oneplus 7 and 7 pro are finally out Linus really liked the 90hz display
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pop-up selfie camera and 669 price tag of the 7 pro while the oneplus 7 is more
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like a beefed up lower cost oneplus 6t
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but if you're looking for an another oppo owned phone brand with a little
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more personality you can also check out the realme x which has two color
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variants inspired by garlic and onions i
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love i need to get them both just don't try to plant a smooch on
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anyone after using it am i right
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oh and hey one more phone while we're at it the motorola one vision has a super
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tall 21x9 6.3 inch display with a hole
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punch selfie camera it's part of the Android one program so while it's
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getting three years of security updates and the latest version of Android nine
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pi it's only launching in brazil and parts of europe for 299 euros
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no infinity stone in the forehead either for because it's vision
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AMD is returning to e3 to host their next horizon gaming event on june 10th
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during which they will unveil the next generation of AMD gaming products
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whether that means we'll see new graphics cards or the next gen xbox or a
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bunch of existing products that AMD has overclocked and slapped new names onto
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it remains to be seen we'll just we'll have to see and we may not have gotten
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an official gamecube classic console from nintendo but youtuber mad morda
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went ahead and built her own using a trimmed down motherboard from a wii
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console and a gamecube shaped gummy candy case this is madness sounds
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delicious it requires a number of adapters to work properly but i don't
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require an adapter to connect with this little device in a really emotional way
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wow native support bless your heart morta unfortunately you can't bless this
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