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Intel's Spectre and Meltdown notification process and the rollout of fixes have been pretty rocky. The company is now under fire for notifying its Chinese customers of the flaws before the US government.

A memo leaked from the Trump administration discusses the possibility of nationalizing the 5G networks under construction in the US, but the administration states it has no plans to do so.

The patent describes a self-driving police car that can monitor for traffic violations, then chase down the perpetrators to deliver a ticket with the cold, unfeeling efficiency that can only be achieved with a machine.

The company is anything but "boring" now that it'll sell you a flamethrower. It's apparently sold a lot of them, too.

8K panels could arrive as soon as this year (at extraordinary prices), but 8K content? That might be seven years away — or even more. This depends, to some extent, and how you define "content."

The US has been certain the Russians hacked the DNC and State Department, and now we know part of why. It was Dutch intelligence operatives that hacked into some of Russia's own institutions — including their closed-circuit television cameras.

Google unveiled this device in October 2017, but it's still not available. It's expected to go on sale soon, and now Google has detailed how it tuned the camera's neural network to understand what is a significant moment.

Cryptocurrency mining in-browser (and without user consent) is finally infecting sites like YouTube, to the widespread detriment of the site's users.

With component prices skyrocketing, you may actually be further ahead to purchase a pre-built gaming computer even if it's not exactly what you want.

Some former Tesla employees report that many Model 3 batteries were assembled by hand, and there could be quality issues that make them more prone to failure. Tesla, however, denies this.

New York State and Montana don't normally team up, but politics makes for strange bedfellows. Montana and NYS became the first two states to order that all ISPs wishing to do business with the state government must uphold net neutrality principles as a condition of any state contract.

Intel's Q4 earnings call was yesterday, and the company shared updates on its battle against Meltdown and Spectre, its plans for 10nm, and its overall performance in a much more competitive environment throughout the year.