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• Fresh Spectre and Meltdown-related chip flaws found

  Cyber security researchers have found a new security flaw that affects a swath of modern computing chips and is related to the Spectre and Meltdown chip flaws.

• Intel left cyber officials in the dark about chip flaws

  ​Intel did not inform US cyber security officials of the Meltdown and Spectre chip security flaws until they leaked to the public.

• Intel to face Wall Street grilling over chip security flaws

  Wall Street to grill Intel on how massive security flaws in its computer chips are impacting business when the company reports quarterly results.

• Spectre and Meltdown patches ramp up reboot rate in newer Intel chips

  Data center computers with Intel’s newer chips might reboot more often than normal due to problems with Spectre and Meltdown patches.

• Could chip flaws boost IBM’s standing?

  At least one analyst thinks the Spectre and Meltdown flaws could see IBM pick up new market share.

• Oracle patches Spectre and Meltdown chip flaws

  ​Oracle will issue a critical patch that provides fixes for certain of its products for Intel chip flaws.

• Inside the Meltdown and Spectre crisis shaking up the tech sector

  What is the problem? How bad is it? How have chipmakers responded? What is being done to prevent similar problems in the future?

• Google security patches aren't slowing down cloud services

  Alphabet's subsidiary said patches against the Spectre and Meltdown chipset were deployed last year.

• Windows 7 takes biggest performance hit from emergency Meltdown, Spectre updates

  Microsoft warns that Windows 7 PCs would run slower after installing the updates, as will older PCs running Windows 10.

• Nvidia equipment hit with Spectre security worries

  Nvidia equipment vulnerable to the Spectre security threat, broadening the scope of concern for millions of computers beyond their central processors.