Hidden inside your Intel-based computer is a mystery program called Management Engine (ME). It, along with Trusted Execution Engine (TXE) and Server Platform Services (SPS), can be used to remotely ...

Five or so years ago, Intel rolled out something horrible. Intel’s Management Engine (ME) is a completely separate computing environment running on Intel chipsets that has access to everything. The ME ...

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 ...

Most computers that ship with recent Intel processors include something called Intel Management Engine, which enables hardware-based security, power management, and remote configuration features that ...

Linux computer vendor System76 announced this week that it will roll out a firmware update to disable Intel Management Engine on laptops sold in the past few years. Purism will also disable Intel ...

Several years ago, security researchers began sounding the alarm about Intel's Management Engine (IME). IME support allows the laptop to run an entirely separate OS with what amounts to backdoor ...

Betteridge’s Law of Headlines states, “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.” This law remains unassailable. However, recent claims have called into question a ...

Last week, we reported that Dell had become the first major OEM to sell laptops that didn't use the Intel Management Engine. The move was significant, both because of Dell's size and because the other ...