Major flaw in CPUs around how they process data where revealed this week. From the offical news release. Meltdown and Spectre exploit critical vulnerabilities in modern processors. These hardware vulnerabilities allow programs to steal data which is currently processed on the computer. While programs are typically not permitted to read data from other programs, a malicious …
Category: Hardware
Apple and planned obsolescence
Apple was shown (and later admitted) to have used recent iOS updates to reduce the performance of the older iPhones (iPhone 6, 6s and SE, and iPhone 7 in latest release). This is only kicks in when the battery is getting old in terms of lifespan, and can be brought back up to speed with …