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Two New Viruses could exploit nearly every computer, phone, and tablet

Remember these two words: Meltdown and Spectre.

Two scary-sounding words for two scary computer viruses, that Reuters reports could potentially compromise the computer chip in just about every desktop, laptop, smart phone, and tablet out there.

As you might expect, the three main chip-makers, Intel, ARM and AMD, are working fast in making and distributing security patches.

So far, there are no reports of any successful attacks by the virus, but experts say it's always good to keep all your machines and devices up-to-date on patches.

You can read more about the threat here.

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