CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCEHappened as dated, per hexus.net[1]: "…patched a vulnerability which has been open and exploitable in all its enterprise targeted Core pro…"
Intel has just patched a vulnerability which has been open and exploitable in all its enterprise targeted Core processors - for the last nine years. Since 2008 Intel's business-focussed PC processors have shipped with Active Management Technology (AMT), Intel Standard Manageability (ISM) and Small Business Technology (SBT) features - all useful features for remote management.
Intel patched a critical privilege-escalation flaw (CVE-2017-5689, nicknamed Silent Bob) in the AMT, ISM and SBT remote-management firmware of its business Core processors, present since 2008[1][2][3]
It affects firmware versions 6.x through 11.6 and lets an unprivileged attacker take control of the manageability features; Intel says consumer PCs are not affected[1][2]
It was reachable by anyone on the same network, or remotely if port 16992 was exposed[1][2]
Maksim Malyutin of Embedi discovered it and reported it to Intel in the first quarter of 2017; The Register puts it in March and CyberScoop in February[2][3]
Fixed firmware ranges from 6.2.61.3535 (1st-gen Core) to 11.6.27.3264 (7th-gen Core), but manufacturers must distribute it; Lenovo and HP planned patches the following week, other timetables ran deep into June, and unsupported machines may never be fixed[1][2][3]
SemiAccurate criticised Intel's slow response and suspected exploitation in the wild, while Intel said it was not aware of any exploitation[1][2]
Intel released a mitigation guide (Intel-SA-00075) and a discovery tool to check for the flaw[1][3]
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theregister.com· Published May 1, 2017· 31% of score
The Register's report, published 1 May 2017, states Intel is "patching a critical security flaw" in AMT (CVE-2017-5689) that had existed "since 2010", an exact match to the pin's stored 1 May 2017 date.
cyberscoop.com· Published May 1, 2017· 31% of score
CyberScoop reports Lenovo and HP's firmware patch rollout plans following Intel's AMT vulnerability disclosure, noting "many users will have to wait more than a month for a fix" - corroborating coverage that follows the pin's stored 1 May 2017 disclosure date by a few days.
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CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE15 days agoStated as firm, per bleepingcomputer.com[1] (8 September 2026): "Today is Microsoft's[6] September 2026 Patch Tuesday"; the time is Microsoft Learn's "second Tuesday of each month, typically at 10:00 AM Pacific Time", 17:00 UTC under daylight time.
Microsoft's largest security update ever patches 966 vulnerabilities, including two Windows privilege-escalation zero-days already exploited in attacks and 105 rated Critical.
ESTIMATED67% CONFIDENCEin 189 daysA leaked roadmap puts the first Nova Lake CPUs in Q1 2027 (28-core between January and March); Intel has only said before the end of 2026 or early 2027.[1]
Intel's Nova Lake desktop chips, branded Core Ultra 400, are reported to launch from Q1 2027 on the new LGA-1954 socket, with a 52-core flagship following later in 2027.
AMD launched its Helios rack-scale AI system, built on MI455X GPUs and Venice EPYC CPUs, with shipments to Microsoft starting in the second half of 2026 and a 2 GW Anthropic deployment from 2027.
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE12.0 years agoHappened as dated, per macrumors.com[1]: "Intel Preparing to Launch New Xeon Processors for Potential Mac Pro Upgrade Aft…"
Potential Mac Pro customers may now, be starting to look forward to the first update for the redesigned Mac Pro, as Intel appears set to launch new processors appropriate for the Mac Pro next month. Intel's "Grantley" Xeon E5 v3 chips are nearly ready to ship as successors to the current "Romley" Xeon E5 v2 chips used in the Mac Pro.
CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE12.1 years agoHappened as dated, per the pin description: "Report: Haswell-E, X99, DDR4 to Arrive August 29. Expect three CPUs to arrive: The Core i7-5…"
Expect three CPUs to arrive: The Core i7-5820K, the Core i7-5930K, and the Core i7-5960X. Rumored specifications are in the table.
Microsoft Redmond campus, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052, United StatesMicrosoft·…
SCHEDULED85% CONFIDENCEin 20 daysMicrosoft[2] fixes the day itself, per microsoft.com[1]: the consumer ESU programme provides security updates for eligible Windows 10 devices "through October 13, 2026", which is also the last day to enrol.
Microsoft's one-year consumer Extended Security Updates programme for Windows 10 22H2 delivers its last Critical and Important patches. A home Windows 10 PC keeps working after this date, but it stops receiving security fixes of any kind, and 13 October 2026 is also the last day anyone can enrol.
SCHEDULED80% CONFIDENCEin 68 daysOpenAI's[1][2] own deprecation page, announced 2026-06-03, gives the shutdown date as 30 November 2026. A shutdown date is the vendor's commitment to developers and is occasionally pushed back, never brought forward.
OpenAI switches off Reusable prompts on 30 November 2026; requests to them stop working and callers have to move to the named replacements.
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE9.2 years agoHappened as dated, per hexus.net[1]: "Intel[2] Movidius Neural Compute Stick available for US$79 Tags: Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Quick Link: HE…"
Offers more than 100 GFLOPS of inference performance within a 1W power envelope.
CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE9.1 years agoHappened as dated, per macrumors.com[1]: "…ps in August Intel plans to move up the launch of its 14-nanometer Coffee Lake processors, introduci…"
Intel plans to move up the launch of its 14-nanometer Coffee Lake processors, introducing them in August of 2017 instead of January 2018. According to DigiTimes, the launch is being moved up because of "increasing competition from AMD's Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 processors."
SCHEDULED80% CONFIDENCEin 8 daysOpenAI's[1][2] own deprecation page, announced 2026-09-11, gives the shutdown date as 1 October 2026. A shutdown date is the vendor's commitment to developers and is occasionally pushed back, never brought forward.
OpenAI switches off GPT-5.4-Cyber on 1 October 2026; requests to them stop working and callers have to move to the named replacements. Going: gpt-5.4-cyber.
CONFIRMED77% CONFIDENCE8.5 years agoHappened as dated, per macrumors.com[1]: "…nes that use the new technology will be released in the first quarter of 2018. Get weekly top MacRum…"
Intel and AMD are joining forces to produce new 8th-Generation H-Series Intel mobile processors paired with stacked second-generation High Bandwidth Memory and custom-built discrete graphics from AMD. For the new H-Series chips, which feature all of the above listed components in a single processor package, Intel says is using its Embedded Multi-Die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB), a power-sharing framework that reduces the standard silicon footprint to less than half that of standard discrete components on a motherboard. This is the first consumer product that takes advantage of EMIB.
