Three months shy of its second birthday, Electronic Arts surprised gamers with news of an Xbox One X enhanced upgrade for Battlefield 1 earlier this week, the full 5.8GB patch arriving the following day. Patch notes from the developer only mention support for “full 4K resolution” …
Fortnite Battle Royale is a certified gaming phenomenon. Pitting 100 players against each other on a single map, it melds fun, cartoonish gameplay with a fierce competitive streak, and has attracted millions of players across the globe. When starting up, you’re thrown onto an island with …
Meltdown and Spectre: What you need to know about the computer chip flaws If not updated with a software patch to plug the security loopholes–Meltdown and Spectre–, a hacker can remotely highjack victims’ PCs. Microsoft’s new update fixes Meltdown (CVE-2018-1038) vulnerability Severe security bugs Meltdown …
This month’s Patch Tuesday is one of the most interesting in a while. Not just because the patches Microsoft was preparing for release today came a week early, but also because of the potential issues these patches might cause. Patch Tuesday came early this month …
Microsoft released the Windows Update KB4078130 yesterday. It disables the mitigation against Spectre, Variant 2 on all supported versions of the company’s Windows operating system when installed. Microsoft released updates for Windows on the January 2018 Patch Day to mitigate Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities disclosed earlier. …
Meltdown and Spectre, arguably the biggest vulnerabilities discovered in modern computers to date, are the flaws in the processor level and to affect almost every chip sold in the last 20 years. The affected chips include those manufactured by Intel, AMD, and ARM, which literally means …
Rainbow Six Siege patch 4.2 is currently being rolled out to the game’s technical test servers and includes various improvements, balance changes, and fixes. Ubisoft writes that the update will be deployed on the live servers once feedback from the test server has been reviewed. We’ve …
This month’s end-of-year Patch Tuesday is relatively light, with Microsoft fixing a Windows zero-day and a spoofing vulnerability in SQL Server Reporting Services. Windows and Windows Server In total there are 15 vulnerabilities patched for Windows this month, including a zero-day (CVE-2019-1458) in older versions …
