Both Microsoft and the Linux kernel teams have added ways to disable support for Intel Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX). TSX is the Intel technology that opens the company's CPUs to ...

Intel Active Management is a feature on Intel motherboard chipsets that allows network administrators to manage computers from a central location. Because this feature is present in the computer's ...

The two most worrisome vulnerabilities in computers to have surfaced in recent months are Spectre and Meltdown, which were first first disclosed earlier this month. These flaws collectively affect ...

(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp issued an emergency security update on Monday to plug Intel Corp's buggy Spectre firmware patch after the chipmaker's fix caused computers to reboot more often than normal.

In the words of Linux creator Linus Torvalds, Intel's attempts to mitigate against the Spectre flaw have been "complete and utter garbage." It's hard to argue with that statement, especially now that ...