https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-releases-updated-spectre-patch-for-skylake-cpus/ >Intel said it's making progress on firmware updates that are intended to mitigate security threats posed by Spectre and Meltdown, and without the reboot issue that plagued earlier updates. As part of that, the company said it started pushing out a new round of firmware to Skylake-based systems earlier this week. >"Ultimately, these updates will be made available in most cases through OEM firmware updates. I can’t emphasize enough how critical it is for everyone to always keep their systems up-to-date. Research tells us there is frequently a substantial lag between when people receive updates and when they actually implement them," Intel's Navin Shenoy stated in a blog post. Except, in the previous case, always keeping your system up to date lead to reoccurring crashes.