Month: January 2025
The weirdest omission from the Samsung Galaxy S25 launch? Samsung and Google’s new Dolby Atmos-busting sound tech
Eclipsa Audio is a Dolby Atmos rival from Samsung and Google It’s in Samsung’s 2025 TVs and soundbars, Chrome and YouTube But it isn’t in Samsung’s earbuds or phones yet… Imagine you’ve created an amazing new platform for audio, and you want the world to use it. And imagine that…
Read More
New Spotify and UMG deal could create pricier ‘superfan’ subscription
Spotify and Universal Music Group have signed a new multi-year agreement that could result in a tiered subscription approach aimed at providing extra perks for “superfans.” The two didn’t announce any specifics, including the number of years the deal lasts, but UMG says it’s consistent with a “Streaming 2.0” vision…
Read More
8 Best Deals on Valentine’s Day Gifts (2025)
We found good deals on utterly giftable WIRED-approved gadgets. Source
Read More
Meta Llama LLM security flaw could let hackers easily breach systems and spread malware
Security researchers find way to abuse Meta’s Llama LLM for remote code execution Meta addressed the problem in early October 2024 The problem was using pickle as a serialization format for socket communication Meta’s Llama Large Language Model (LLM) had a vulnerability which could have allowed threat actors to execute…
Read More
Slack’s Monday morning notification mess
Some Slack users are finding that their notifications aren’t showing up on the platform this morning, or that their corresponding messages are harder to find than usual. A few of my colleagues are reporting similar issues on The Verge’s Slack channels, and I’ve been receiving repeated notifications for thread messages…
Read More
Centralize your risk response – the need for a Risk Operations Center
In The Boscombe Valley Mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes comments that, “There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.” When it comes to risk, it’s obvious that companies should want to remove or reduce risk as much as possible. But the process – how you actually carry…
Read More