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 ...

Researchers discovered an undocumented configuration setting that can used to disable the Intel ME master controller that has been likened to a backdoor. A team of researchers from Positive ...

Intel has come under fire recently for bundling hidden firmware on some chips. While Intel Management Engine provides some hardware-based security and power management features, it’s also a completely ...

The Intel Management Engine and associated technologies have been the subject of several news stories in recent months. Back in May this feature hit the headlines as Intel sought to fix a ...