Sony Group has raised its earnings forecast following a strong showing from its entertainment divisions that outweighed the threat of new U.S. tariffs on chips. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/07/companies/sony-outlook-entertainment-demand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sony #tech #playstation #music #japanesefilm #tariffs #donaldtrump
🧵 An illustration I made about the mid-2000s Sony rootkit scandal, published on the BoingBoing blog.
ℹ️ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
#sony#RetroComputing #retro #computers #computing #2000s#tech #technology #nostalgia #design #artwork #sculpture#3DArt#3DModeling#3DArtist #illustration #illustrator #picture #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer#GraphicDesign#3D#3DRendering#CGI#Blender3D#B3D #blender #DigitalArt#ArtLovers #MastoArt#FediArt #CreativeToots#ArtistsOnMastodon
Screenshot of the BoingBoing blog, featuring a 3D illustration of a laptop on top of a tree stump that has roots growing into a stone-tile floor.
3D illustration of a laptop on top of a tree stump that has roots growing into a stone-tile floor.
The Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society archives floppy disks, 2000s phone games and other archaic media, but it has a warning for modern digital downloads, too: “When the service is gone, so are the games.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/07/12/digital/games-preservation-floppy-disks-retro/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #digital #videogames #nintendo #sony
Ariadne Conill 🐰:therian:
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#Bluetooth was a mistake: Millions of Bluetooth headphones can potentially be turned in eavesdropping devices. Best-seller #Sony and #Bose #headphones are affected by at least some of the disclosed flaws among many others. The true dimension of these flaws is yet unknown as the the vulnerable component is very widely in use under different names.
Disclosure of the vulnerabilities: https://insinuator.net/2025/06/airoha-bluetooth-security-vulnerabilities/
No updates or official statements available yet. ☠️
#Bluetooth was a mistake: Millions of Bluetooth headphones can potentially be turned in eavesdropping devices. Best-seller #Sony and #Bose #headphones are affected by at least some of the disclosed flaws among many others. The true dimension of these flaws is yet unknown as the the vulnerable component is very widely in use under different names.
Disclosure of the vulnerabilities: https://insinuator.net/2025/06/airoha-bluetooth-security-vulnerabilities/
No updates or official statements available yet. ☠️