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Move over, Meltdown and Spectre. A new “Foreshadowî attack, alternatively called L1 Terminal Fault or L1TF, targets Intel’s Security Guard Extensions (SGX) within its Core chips. ...   PC World

An up-to-date PC is less vulnerable to attack, so Windows automatic updates are generally a good thing. But sometimes an update will make things worse, rendering a PC problematic, or even unusable until the problem is solved.That’s why some people prefer to hold off on a update until other people have tried it without disaster. ...   PC World

Foreshadow explained in a video. Another day, another speculative execution-based attack. Data protected by Intel's SGX—data that's meant to be protected even from a malicious or hacked kernel—can be read by an attacker thanks to leaks enabled by speculative execution. ...   Ars Technica

Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai listens during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC, on June 20, 2017. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) Democratic members of Congress want to know when Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai knew that the FCC's claims about being hit by a DDoS attack were false. ...   Ars Technica

Greetings, Arsians! Courtesy of our friends at TechBargains, we have another round of deals to share. Today's list is headlined by a deal on Bose's QuietComfort 35 (Series II) wireless noise-cancelling headphones, which are currently down to $299 at Walmart, Amazon, and various other retailers. That's a $50 discount and the lowest non-promo-code price we've seen to date. ...   Ars Technica

Apple is rumored to be adding Pencil support to the new OLED iPhones. Here's how that could work.   PC World

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) The Department of Justice's attempt to reverse the AT&T/Time Warner merger received some help yesterday from an unexpected source: the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC previously allowed AT&T to buy Time Warner without having to undergo a lengthy public-interest review, despite pushback from Democrats in the Senate and FCC. ...   Ars Technica

Home weather stations are getting more accurate and sophisticated all the time. Follow our buyer's guide to ensure you're not left in the cold or soaking wet.   PC World

Enlarge / My DEF CON badge, complete with Wall of Sheep add-on from the DC801 crew, built by @kL34N and @SirGed. My puzzle quest is far from complete—it may require reprogramming and flipping a component. (credit: Sean Gallagher) Nearly 30,000 people came to Las Vegas last week for the 26th edition of DEF CON, the iconic security conference. ...   Ars Technica

High-quality noise-canceling headphones don't come cheap, particularly if they're made by a well-known brand like Bose. But today Amazon is running a rare sale on one of Bose's best. Act fast and you can save $50 on the Bose QuietComfort 35 (Series II) noise-cancelling wireless headphones, bringing them down to $300Remove non-product link and the best price we've seen. ...   PC World

Enlarge President Trump yesterday signed a defense funding bill that included a sweeping ban on the US government using technology supplied by Chinese telecommunications giants ZTE and Huawei. ...   Ars Technica

Enlarge Despite a lengthy beta period that lasted around fives months, it seems Android 9 Pie managed to ship with a few bugs. As first noticed by Android Police, Pixel XL owners are saying that updating to Google's latest mobile OS is causing problems with quick charging. Pixels (and many other Android phones) use USB-PD for quick charging. ...   Ars Technica

Enlarge / NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins meets with employees at SpaceX on Monday. (credit: SpaceX) HAWTHORNE, Calif.—Across the cavernous rocket factory, the buzz, whirr, and whine of various machinery never ebbed. ...   Ars Technica

Enlarge / From left to right, a time lapse of a Bose-Einstein condensate forming. (credit: NASA/JPL) At the heart of Einstein’s theory of gravity (general relativity) is the equivalence principle. The equivalence principle says that there is no difference between being stationary and subject to gravity tugging you and accelerating in a vehicle that's free of gravitational pull. ...   Ars Technica

The Web is a dangerous place, and while surfing it with a free VPN might keep you under the radar, you're far from invincible. With private data being worth more than gold nowadays, hackers, shady agencies, and the like are stepping up their game to access your information.Free or paid, just about every VPN will mask your online movements, but some offer better protection than others. ...   PC World

(credit: Apple) Apple works hard to make its software secure. Beyond primary protections that prevent malware infections in the first place, company engineers also build a variety of defense-in-depth measures that are designed to lessen the damage that can happen once a Mac is compromised. ...   Ars Technica

Enlarge / The lines of sight in the BYD factory are all like this: a row of buses stretching to the horizon. (credit: Megan Geuss) LANCASTER, CALIF.—One single diesel transit bus consumes the equivalent of 10,440 gallons of gasoline a year, according to the Federal Highway Administration. Replacing that diesel-burning transit bus with an electric bus has some obvious benefits. ...   Ars Technica

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Earlier this year, we launched Ars Pro, our new subscription program. It's pretty simple: for just $25 per year (or $3 per month), subscribers get to browse Ars Technica without ever seeing a single ad. Ars Pro has been a big success, and one of the reasons why is because we're listening to feedback from our readers to make it even better. ...   Ars Technica

If there was smoke before, there’s an outright fire now. Shortly after Nvidia revealed its radical Turing GPU and new Quadro RTX hardware at Siggraph Monday night, the GeForce Twitter account posted a teaser video full of cryptic hints that the long-awaited GeForce RTX 2080 will launch during Gamescom next week. ...   PC World

It's a good day to up your photo editing game. Adobe Photoshop Elements is on sale for $60 on Amazon (Mac and PC) and other places all over the Internet. That’s $40 off its usual $100 price and matches the cheapest the software's even been. The sale price applies to both download and boxed editions, though the link above points to the download version. ...   PC World

Enlarge / The launch screen for Fortnite on Android, as rendered by a Samsung Galaxy S8+. (Account information has been scrubbed.) (credit: Epic Games) Last week, Epic and Samsung took the wraps off a huge Fortnite promotion—albeit after the surprise had been ruined by leakers. ...   Ars Technica

It looks like the fearsome GPU inside Nvidia’s Titan V will never make it to gamers after all. Poor Volta. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed the Quadro RTX 8000, 6000, and 5000 graphics processors at Siggraph 2018 late Monday, powered by an all-new and long-rumored “Turingî graphics architecture. ...   PC World

Yes, this mid-range model of Acer's budget Aspire E15 line is a little thicker and heavier than an ultraportable, and we wish its 15.6-inch display were brighter. ...   PC World

You'll encounter a quirk or two, but this home weather station offers everything an enthusiast could want.   PC World

Enlarge / This sign is an invitation for a room search at some Las Vegas hotels. (credit: Getty Images) In the wake of the mass shooting in Las Vegas in October of 2017, hotels in the city started drafting more aggressive policies regarding security. ...   Ars Technica

Enlarge / Ether, the cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network. (credit: https://ethereumprice.org/) Ether, the currency of the Ethereum network, has plunged 9 percent over the last 24 hours. The virtual currency is now worth about $290—the first time it has been below $300 this year. ...   Ars Technica

Enlarge / A few gadgets we think will be appreciated this school year. (credit: Jeff Dunn) College is a time for meeting new people, opening up your worldview, taking in new experiences, reading (please, for the love of God, read), and generally experiencing the last years of a life untainted by taxes and a daily job. ...   Ars Technica

If you need more power than the typical 13-inch Ultrabook can handle, Lenovo's new mobile workstations might be the answer. The ThinkPad P1 looks like a 15-inch Ultrabook, 0.7 inches thick and under 4lbs, but inside, it has a mobile Xeon processor, up to 64GB of ECC RAM, and as much as 4TB SSD storage. ...   Ars Technica

Enlarge / Artist's reconstruction of the east and west mounds at Çatalhöyük. In the foreground, you can see the newer west mound, with the older east mound decaying in the background. ...   Ars Technica

The most affordable Chromebooks aren’t exactly barn burners, pairing low-end ARM chips with Google’s streamlined, browser-based Chrome OS. Now, reports of a newly discovered “Campfireî feature suggests Google wants to enable Chromebooks to run Windows? Madness!Well, not if you’re Google. ...   PC World

Best Service has released Accordions 2 Single Instruments. Accordions 2 by Eduardo Tarilonte are designed to be highly realistic and perfectly playable virtual accordion instruments.... Read More   KVR Audio

Universal Audio has released UAD Software v9.6. The release includes UA-developed Century Tube Channel Strip plug-in, as well as plug-in titles from Brainworx and Townsend Labs.... Read More   KVR Audio

Julijan Nikolic As the KVR Developer Challenge winds towards the finish line NAMM has stepped up again. They will sponsor the winner at the 2019 NAMM Show January 24-27. The... Read More   KVR Audio

Seaweed Audio has announced the release of Aggressive Edges, a new sound bank by Scrubbing Monkeys. Designed especially for the Fathom soft synth, this bank features 62 patches... Read More   KVR Audio

QuikQuak has announced that Pitchwheel is now available for Pro Tools (AAX). Pitchwheel is a real-time pitch changing plug-in - it changes the pitch of a sound without changing... Read More   KVR Audio

HoRNet Plugins has released an update to ThirtyOne, the spectrum analyzer and 31 bands equalizer with automatic setting. The update is maintenance release and includes:... Read More   KVR Audio

AngelicVibes has released Thump, a new multi-effects plugin designed for 808s and bass featuring 7 different parameters 'designed to take your bass to the next level'. Thump... Read More   KVR Audio

BeatMaker has released 808 Bass Module 3 and 808 Dynamite sound pack in collaboration with German sound designer Marco Scherer. 808 Bass Module 3 is an 808 bass ROMpler for... Read More   KVR Audio

mzuther has updated traKmeter to v2.4.5. Changes: fixed crash on seemingly random Windows systems (disabled AAX, enabled SSE2). changed target recording levels (-10 /... Read More   KVR Audio

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