Google Chrome Updated
“The stable channel has been updated to 65.0.3325.181 for Windows, Mac and Linux.”
Various bug fixes and a security fix.
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KB4090007: Intel microcode updates
“Intel recently announced that they have completed their validations and started to release microcode for newer CPU platforms around Spectre Variant 2 (CVE 2017-5715 (“Branch Target Injection”)). This update includes microcode updates from Intel for the following CPUs:” Skylake, Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake.
You have to download and install this manually: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB4090007
Wise Disk Cleaner 9.7.2
Improved the feature of Common Cleaner. Minor GUI improvements. Updated various translations.
Download (I use the portable version)
AMD / CTS Labs
AMD will patch the security issues found by CTS labs. They will do this via a BIOS update. AMD and others continue to insist the vulnerability is next to impossible to exploit.
#DeleteFacebook
Yep. That’s a thing right now. Here is an article that shows you how to delete your Facebook account.
[H]ard On Nvdia 2
Last Tuesday I linked to an article at [H]ardOCP that took Nvidia to task for the questionable tactics it uses in it’s GeForce Partner Program. A reporter from Forbes saw the article and started asking questions too. Interesting stuff:
“Since publishing the story, all of Bennett’s contacts have gone silent including Nvidia. My own follow-up to his investigation is stalled. I’d secured a commitment from a few companies to speak off the record, but they have also gone dark. Prior to that happening I had two brief conversations that made it obvious the program was troublesome, to put it mildly.”
Google News Initiative
IMHO we are an era where almost every news outlet picks a side rather than reporting facts. It seems most people get their news from sites that agree with them politically rather than being accurate.
Google says they aim to fix this. I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting on it.
“There are three specific goals of the Google News Initiative: highlight accurate journalism while fighting misinformation, particularly during breaking news events; help news sites continue to grow from a business perspective; and create new tools to help journalists do their jobs.“