Spectre

AMD will begin issuing optional updates to guard against Spectre vulnerabilities later this week, the company said in a new blog post.

Fixes for the Meltdown and Spectre flaws are now rolling out from a variety of manufacturers, and Intel has now provided an initial look at how they might affect performance.

Microsoft is rolling out a new round of firmware updates for Surface devices, bringing mitigations for Spectre and Meltdown in the process.

NVIDIA has issued new GPU drivers to guard against the recently disclosed Spectre processor exploit.

Microsoft has provided more details on how much it expects the Spectre and Meltdown patches to affect your PC's performance.

Following reports that it was causing issues for some users, Microsoft has paused the rollout of its Meltdown and Spectre patch for some AMD-based PCs.

An emergency fix for the Spectre exploit appears to be causing headaches for people with AMD Athlon-based PCs.

Xbox Platform chief Mike Ybarra reassures users that the Xbox One is secure against attacks stemming from the Spectre and Meltdown issues.

Surface users are in for a special round of updates in response to the recently disclosed Meltdown and Spectre exploits, Microsoft says.

Intel now says its patches will make processors "immune" to the recently disclosed Meltdown and Spectre exploits.