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Linux patches bugs that could sidestep Spectre mitigations Both vulnerabilities have already been patched When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Security researchers have disclosed two new vulnerabilities in theLinuxkernel that could be exploited to circumvent mitigations for speculative execution attacks such as Spectre and obtain sensitive information from the kernel’s memory. Tracked as CVE-2020-27170 and CVE-2020-27171 the vulnerabilities were discovered by Piotr Krysiuk, a member of the threat hunter team at Symantec, who reported them to the Linux kernel security team, which promptly releasedpatchesthat have now been mainlined....

Mortal Kombat’s release has been delayed - but not by much Finish him! … but not yet When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Mortal Kombat, Warner Bros.' upcoming movie based on the video game series of the same name, has had its release date pushed back. Multiple outlets, includingIGNandVariety, confirmed that the R-rated film adaptation has been delayed again. However, fans shouldn’t worry about a lengthy wait for the movie to arrive....

MSI smashes DDR4 RAM overclocking record thanks to loads of liquid nitrogen Don’t try this at home When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. MSIhas set a new computing record, achieving the highest overclock frequency for a DDR4 RAM module. Kovan Yang, a member ofMSI’s memory overclocking team, overclocked an 8GB HyperX Predator stick to 7,156MHz - well above the standard 2,400MHz the component can normally achieve....

New LG OLED TVs are ‘glare free’ – but does it matter? A glaring omission When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. LGOLEDTVs are the first television displays to receive a ‘discomfort glare free’ certification, with the global safety science company Underwriters Laboratories (UL) confirming that LG’s displays emit no glare – something that should help to reduce eye tiredness and fatigue....

NordVPN maker has expanded its bug bounty program Bug bounty program now includes NordVPN, NordPass and NordLocker When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Nord Security, the parent company ofNordVPN, has officially launched a bug bounty program for itsVPNservice as well as for its password manager NordPass and its file encryption service NordLocker. NordVPN first launched itsbug bounty programback in December of 2019....

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU might not be as impressive as we hoped 12GB of VRAM rather than the previously rumored 20GB When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Nvidia’sGeForce RTX 3080 Tihas hadrumors floating aroundsince late 2020, with claims that the latest high-end graphics card could have up to20GB of video memory (VRAM).According to a newEurasian Economic Commission (EEC) filingfrom Gigabyte – a trusted Nvidia board partner that manufactures third-party GPUs – we might actually be getting 12GB in place of the expected 20GB....

Nvidia RTX 3070 modded with 16GB VRAM runs Watch Dogs: Legion more smoothly The card with doubled-up video RAM exhibits much less tendency to stutter at high details When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. AnNvidia RTX 3070 graphics cardwas recently modded to double its video RAM up to 16GB, and that custom-tweaked card has now been benchmarked in some games, with some interesting results showing that the extra memory can help in some ways....