System76 is one a handful of companies that sells computers that run Linux software out of the box. But like most PCs that have shipped with Intel’s Core processors in the past few years, System76 ...

It seems some government customers can request Intel's always-on Management Engine (ME) 'master controller' for its CPUs to be disabled. That's not an option for the general public, but researchers at ...

A previously undocumented kill switch for a remote management feature baked into many Intel chips can be switched off. Researchers at Positive Technologies forced Intel’s hand at revealing that a ...

Hidden inside your Intel-based computer is a mystery program called Management Engine (ME). It, along with Trusted Execution Engine (TXE) and Server Platform Services (SPS), can be used to remotely ...

Five or so years ago, Intel rolled out something horrible. Intel’s Management Engine (ME) is a completely separate computing environment running on Intel chipsets that has access to everything. The ME ...

Some hardware vendors are reacting to the recent revelation that some of Intel's core CPU technology is riddled with security holes. At the time of writing, three laptop and computer vendors have ...

Intel ME, AMT, SMT, V-Pro… All of these acronyms are kind of intimidating, all we know about them is that they are tied to remote control technologies rooted deep in Intel CPUs, way deeper than even ...

Have you ever wondered what's actually running inside your computer before your operating system even starts? Whilst most people think their CPU is a single processing unit, modern Intel and AMD ...