https://www.recode.net/2018/1/4/16848290/intel-microchip-processor-design-flaw-vulnerability-meltdown-spectre-spotify-ipo-trump-bannon

Security researchers have discovered a design flaw that affects virtually all computer processors on the market — putting billions of devices at risk of attack. Two critical vulnerabilities found in Intel chips — dubbed Meltdown and Spectre— can let an attacker steal data from the memory of running apps. Intel’s microprocessors are used in more than 90 percent of the computer servers that underpin the internet and private business operations. [Zack Whittaker / ZDNet]

Spotify intends to go public this spring, and it’s taking the unusual, all-but-untested approach of a direct listing — meaning it will be traded as a public company without raising new cash. As part of its preparation for a Q1 IPO, the streaming music company cleared up a sticky $1 billion debt deal with the help of Chinese tech company Tencent. [Theodore Schleifer and Peter Kafka / Recode]