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Meltdown and Spectre Opened a Door That Won't Fully Close
Seven years on from the chip flaws that rewrote the rules of hardware security, dozens of variants keep arriving. Here's what ordinary users need to understand about vulnerabilities baked into the silicon itself.

Linux Foundation Takes Charge of TRACE, a New Open Standard for Proving What AI Agents Actually Did
A coalition of chip giants and cloud vendors has built a specification that creates a tamper-evident, hardware-backed paper trail for AI agent activity. The Linux Foundation will now keep the standard neutral and open.

Chip Giants Are Racing to Build Quantum-Proof Encryption Into Hardware
Intel, Nvidia, and IBM are baking next-generation encryption into silicon before quantum computers can crack today's secrets. The window to act is already closing.

Intel and AMD Quietly Patched Over 80 Security Flaws. Here Is What That Means For You.
Two of the biggest names in computer chips fixed a pile of serious vulnerabilities this Patch Tuesday. Some could let attackers take full control of an affected machine.

Microsoft Halts Windows 11 Update for Dell PCs After Shutdowns and Overheating
A clash between a new Windows USB-C component and an Intel power-management driver is causing shutdowns and heat problems on some Dell laptops.