Microsoft has released multiple microcode updates that mitigate additional variants of the speculative code execution vulnerabilities affecting Intel processors. The patches cover the recently disclosed CPU flaws generically referred to as Foreshadow or L1 Terminal Fault. All security gaps covered by ...

Intel announced today that upcoming CPU models would include brand new hardware-level protections to prevent any future Meltdown and Spectre-like vulnerabilities. Intel processors featuring these hardware-level protections will start shipping out in the second half of 2018. The company said ...

  Brief: Linux may not have a decent market share in desktop, but it rules the supercomputers with 498 out of the top 500 supercomputers running on Linux. Linux is still running on more than 99% of the top 500 fastest ...

Linux users have long had a love-hate relationship with Nvidia. On the one hand, Nvidia’s proprietary graphics drivers have always been the best-performing ones for windows and Linux gaming. On the other hand, Nvidia has been so hostile to the open-source ...