05-01-2018 16:14 via macworld.com

Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws affect all Apple devices, but don't panic

We’ve been waiting to hear from Apple ever since we first heard about the far-reaching Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws earlier this week, and the company has finally responded with some not-so-good news: All Mac and iOS devices are affected. However, Apple ensures us there's no reason to panic.As we've been learning all week, Apple explains that the bugs are related to a CPU feature called speculative execution, which seeks to boost speeds by operating on multiple tasks at the same ti
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