Meltdown: Epic Games blames bug fix for online game slowdown

Meltdown: Epic Games blames bug fix for online game slowdown

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/08/meltdown-spectre-slowdowns-fix-processor-flaws-fortnite-epic-games

Increased processor use occurred when company installed patches to fix flaws, leaving players of online battle game Fortnite unable to login

The first real-world effects of processor vulnerabilities Meltdown and Spectre are beginning to show, due to fixes for the two megabugs which have the side-effect of slowing down cloud services worldwide.

Meltdown: Epic Games blames bug fix for online game slowdown

Jan 8, 2018, 11:13am UTC
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/08/meltdown-spectre-slowdowns-fix-processor-flaws-fortnite-epic-games >Increased processor use occurred when company installed patches to fix flaws, leaving players of online battle game Fortnite unable to login >The first real-world effects of processor vulnerabilities Meltdown and Spectre are beginning to show, due to fixes for the two megabugs which have the side-effect of slowing down cloud services worldwide.