The Hype We Can Ignore (And the Risks We Can’t)

Jan 09, 2026The Hacker NewsArtificial Intelligence / Enterprise Security As organizations plan for 2026, cybersecurity predictions are everywhere. Yet many strategies are still shaped by headlines and speculation rather than evidence. The real challenge isn’t a lack of forecasts—it’s identifying which predictions reflect real, emerging risks and which can safely be ignored. An upcoming webinar […]

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Every ecommerce hero needs a Sidekick

January 9, 2026 Ryan is joined by Vanessa Lee, VP of Product at Shopify, to discuss how AI is a tech renaissance and how these new technologies are affecting the ecommerce world. They cover the development of Sidekick, their new tool, along with the general challenges of building AI tools, the importance of maintaining human […]

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Audeze launches Maxwell 2 headset, with better spatial immersion and bass — plus, of course, improved AI noise-canceling mic tech

Audeze has updated one of the best gaming headsets we’ve tested — the Audeze Maxwell 2 sounds better for both gaming and music, has better noise-canceling tech in its mic, and is (hopefully) more comfortable and versatile, design-wise. The big update in the Maxwell 2 is the inclusion of Audeze’s SLAM technology, which, according to […]

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Making Our 2026 Bingo Card

from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In the first Ctrl-Alt-Speech episode of […]

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