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Intel says it’s been hit with 32 separate lawsuits over Spectre, Meltdown — PCWorld

Intel customers and shareholders are angry about Meltdown and Spectre—angry enough that a total of 32 suits have been filed against the company regarding the two vulnerabilities; writes Mark Hachman of PCWorld. Here is the link: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3256007/security/intel-is-hit-with-32-separate-lawsuits-over-spectre-meltdown.html

David Pottruck to retire from Intel board, says company

David Pottruck will not stand for re-election to Intel’s board at the company's 2018 annual stockholders’ meeting, said Intel in a statement.

Meltdown-Spectre flaws: We’ve found new attack variants, say researchers –ZDNet

Researchers have developed a tool to uncover new ways of attacking the Meltdown and Spectre CPU side-channel flaws, Liam Tung of ZDNet writes. Here is the link: http://www.zdnet.com/article/meltdown-spectre-flaws-weve-found-new-attack-variants-say-researchers/

The EU fines Qualcomm $1.23 billion for signing exclusivity deal with Apple

The European Commission has fined Qualcomm $1.2 billion for what the agency says is "abusing its market dominance in LTE baseband chipsets".

Intel needs to come clean about Meltdown and Spectre — The Verge

A lot more transparency is needed from Apple and AMD too; The Verge's Tom Warren writes. Here is the link: https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/10/16871856/intel-cpu-meltdown-spectre-response-computer-slow-down-issues