Flipping one bit leaves AMD CPUs open to VM vuln

Fix landed in July, but OEM firmware updates are required If you use virtual machines, there's reason to feel less-than-Zen about AMD's CPUs. Computer scientists affiliated with the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Germany have found a vulnerability in AMD CPUs that exposes secrets...

4 Artists Who Left the Spotlight Behind for Quieter Lives

Celebrity culture can be damaging for many reasons, especially for artists who often bare their souls in their music. Those people who don’t like the attention that comes with being in the spotlight often become elusive, living away from the public eye. Here are four artists who gave up the spotli...

Red Dwarfs Are Too Dim To Generate Complex Life

New research shows that complex life is unlikely to ever exist around cool, dim red dwarfs. About 33% of the Milky Way's stars are late M dwarfs, which are the smallest, coolest stars, and are the easiest stars to detect Earth-like planets around. The stars aren't bright enough for photosynthetic or...

Amazon's New World: Aeternum MMO will go offline January 31, 2027

Amazon's New World: Aeternum MMO will go offline January 31, 2027

Today, Amazon shared more details about the final chapter of its game New World: Aeternum. The company announced in October that it would wind down support for the MMO, with the Nighthaven season to be its last. New World will be delisted and no longer available for purchase starting today, but the ...