HP updates HP Spectre x360 13 with 10th-gen Intel CPUs, 4K OLED display, up to 22 hours battery life, optional LTE, available in October starting at $1,099
A smaller, faster 2-in-1 laptop — HP's Spectre x360 13 has undergone a fairly drastic makeover for 2019.
Google enabled “Site Isolation”, which runs a different browser process for each internet domain as a defense against Meltdown and Spectre attacks, in Chrome 67
Google has secretly enabled a security feature called Site Isolation for 99% of its desktop users on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome OS.
AMD rolls out Spectre variant 2 mitigations to hardware partners for firmware updates as Microsoft rolls out AMD's mitigations on OS level in Windows 10 patch
Spectre Mitigation Update — Today, AMD … Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek : AMD, Microsoft Release Spectre Patches Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer.com : AMD Releases Spectre v2 Microcode Updates for ...
Intel revises roadmap for Spectre patches, now does not plan to patch some older chips including Yorkfield (2007), Bloomfield (2008), Intel Atom “SoFIA” (2015)
Lucian Armasu / Tom's Hardware :
Intel releases stable Spectre patches for Skylake U-, Y-, H-, and S-series chips, says it will patch more platforms in the coming days
If you own a Skylake-based PC and receive a patch to address the Spectre vulnerabilities, install it—Intel has greenlit the code.
CEO says Intel plans to release chips that have built-in Meltdown and Spectre protections later this year
Troy Wolverton / Business Insider :
CEO says Intel plans to release chips that have built-in Meltdown and Spectre protections later this year
Troy Wolverton / Business Insider :
AMD says it is making firmware updates available for Ryzen and EPYC processors this week to fix Spectre flaws, updating older processors “over the coming weeks”
Zero risk, but not zero impact — AMD's initial response to the Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws made it clear “there is a near zero risk to AMD processors.”
Intel releases breakdown of performance slowdown on Windows 10 after Spectre and Meltdown patches: ~6% for 8th-gen CPUs, ~7% for 7th-gen, ~8% for 6th-gen
Mariella Moon / Engadget :
Intel releases breakdown of performance slowdown on Windows 10 PCs after Spectre and Meltdown patches: ~6% for 8th-gen CPUs, ~7% for 7th-gen, ~8% for 6-gen
Your personal computers will be less than 10 percent slower after you install the Spectre/Meltdown fix, Intel has revealed in a blog post.