'Kernel memory leaking' Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign. A fundamental design flaw in Intel's processor chips has forced a significant redesign of the Linux and Windows kernels to defang the chip-level security bug.
Programmers are scrambling to overhaul the open-source Linux kernel's virtual memory system. Meanwhile, Microsoft is expected to publicly introduce the necessary changes to its Windows operating system in an upcoming Patch Tuesday: these changes were seeded to beta testers running fast-ring Windows Insider builds in November and December. Crucially, these updates to both Linux and Windows will incur a performance hit on Intel products. Funny T-Shirts. Potential super-Earth found orbiting the nearest star from our sun. This is an artist's rendering of the Proxima Centauri planetary system.
The newly discovered super-Earth exoplanet Proxima c, on the right, has an orbit of about 5.2 Earth years around its host star. The system also comprises the smaller Proxima b, on the left, discovered in 2016. Illustration by Lorenzo Santinelli. This is an artist's concept of GJ180d, the nearest temperate super-Earth to us with the potential to support life.
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