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Researchers from University of California, San Diego have discovered a new vulnerability in Intel processors, called the Indirector which exposes weakness in Indirect Branch Predictor (IBP) and Branch Target Buffer (BTB) allowing attackers to run precise Branch Target Injection (BTI) attacks. This vulnerability affects Intel processors from the Alder Lake generation and later, including Raptor Lake, Arrow Lake, and Lunar Lake.

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FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has issued warnings to three major computer hardware manufacturers, ASRock, GigaByte and Zotac, for their unlawful warranty practices. The FTC has stated that these companies have been violating the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act Law, which prohibits companies from conditioning warranty coverage on the use of specific products or services. The companies have been warned to revise their warranty policies to comply with the law or face legal action.

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According to a new leak by Hoang Anh Phu on Twitter/X AMD is planning to introduce a new line of APUs for business users called Strix Point Pro aka Ryzen AI 300 Pro.

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Starlink, the satellite internet company owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, has unveiled a new product called Starlink Mini.

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The European Union has once again slapped Microsoft with an anti-trust rule, this time for bundling its Teams application with its popular Office suite. The ruling comes after complaints from rival company Slack, who argued that Microsoft was using its dominant position in the market to unfairly promote its own product. The EU has ordered Microsoft to offer a separate download for Teams and to stop forcing users to install it as part of the Office suite.