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Donald Trump Just Explicitly Threatened to Start a Nuclear War

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Rightwingconspirator1/03/2018 6:41:42 am PST

Awwww shit. Whaddya do with this?
Calling all nerds… 911.
gizmodo.com

PRIVACY AND SECURITY
Report: All Intel Processors Made in the Last Decade Might Have a Massive Security Flaw
The exact details of the design flaw and to what extent users are vulnerable are being kept under wraps for now, per the Register, though since developers appear to be rushing towards patching systems in coming weeks it is likely very bad. In the absolute worst-case speculative scenario, something as simple as JavaScript running on a webpage or cloud-hosted malware could gain access to some of the most sensitive inner workings of an Intel-based device.

Because the fix entails severing kernel memory entirely from user processes, patched OSes could potentially see a massive performance hit of “five to 30 percent slowdown, depending on the task and processor model”: