Nostr notes by 404 Media

As tech backlash hits the mainstream, the ‘Summer of Ludd’ ...

2026-07-27T13:03:14Z

As tech backlash hits the mainstream, the ‘Summer of Ludd’ proves we don’t need social media to hang out and have a good time.

https://www.404media.co/luddite-events-nyc-off-tech-summer-of-ludd/

For the first time, scientists found that a rocky planet in the ...

2026-07-16T19:01:31Z

For the first time, scientists found that a rocky planet in the habitable zone of its star has an atmosphere. It’s the best place to look for alien biosignatures, scientists say.

https://www.404media.co/scientists-discover-planet-has-everything-to-host-earth-like-life-in-breakthrough/

Google’s CEO says 75% of the company’s code is AI-generated. ...

2026-06-07T15:30:06Z

Google’s CEO says 75% of the company’s code is AI-generated. The people who write that code are making memes about how bad it is.
https://www.404media.co/google-employees-internally-share-memes-about-how-its-ai-sucks/

A new study by the Center for Democracy & Technology shows ...

2026-05-29T14:30:05Z

A new study by the Center for Democracy & Technology shows how chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, Replika and more can lead users down paths they didn't intend.

https://www.404media.co/new-study-reveals-the-manipulative-dark-patterns-of-ai-chatbots/

Internal Space Force emails obtained by 404 Media show the work ...

2026-04-15T14:30:08Z

Internal Space Force emails obtained by 404 Media show the work it takes to have a government agency make a new theme song. A general even wanted to start the whole thing over again.

https://www.404media.co/emails-reveal-space-forces-hardest-mission-is-writing-a-song/

The proposed legislation would be the first of its kind passed in ...

2026-04-07T16:05:18Z

The proposed legislation would be the first of its kind passed in the country, but there are similar bills popping up everywhere this year.

https://www.404media.co/maine-datacenter-construction-bill-ld-307/

Cisco, IBM, and major lobbying groups are trying to exempt ...

2026-04-07T14:30:06Z

Cisco, IBM, and major lobbying groups are trying to exempt "critical infrastructure" from an existing Colorado law.

https://www.404media.co/data-center-tech-lobbyists-fearmonger-in-attempt-to-retroactively-roll-back-right-to-repair-law/

Thomson Reuters’ data, which can include peoples’ addresses ...

2026-04-05T23:05:01Z

Thomson Reuters’ data, which can include peoples’ addresses and details on their ethnicity, is linked to tools used by ICE.

https://www.404media.co/how-thomson-reuters-powers-ice-and-palantir/

"Iran’s use of LEGO set rap music tells me it’s been ...

2026-04-05T21:06:00Z

"Iran’s use of LEGO set rap music tells me it’s been studying us. These are videos meant for the American people crafted in a language Iran knows we’ll understand."

https://www.404media.co/iran-is-winning-the-ai-slop-propaganda-war/

Scientists have engineered tobacco plants to produce five ...

2026-04-05T17:06:02Z

Scientists have engineered tobacco plants to produce five psychedelic compounds that are normally found in a wide range of natural sources, including psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, and toads. https://www.404media.co/scientists-create-plant-that-produces-ayahuasca-shrooms-and-toad-psychedelics-all-at-once/

Microsoft Outlook strikes again ...

2026-04-05T15:07:00Z

Microsoft Outlook strikes again
https://www.404media.co/artemis-2-astronauts-microsoft-outlook-livestream/

The incident is yet another example of volunteer Wikipedia ...

2026-04-04T23:05:03Z

The incident is yet another example of volunteer Wikipedia editors fighting to keep the world’s largest repository of human knowledge free of AI-generated slop.
https://www.404media.co/an-ai-agent-was-banned-from-creating-wikipedia-articles-then-wrote-angry-blogs-about-being-banned/

“Text generated by large language models (LLMs) often violates ...

2026-04-04T17:04:01Z

“Text generated by large language models (LLMs) often violates several of Wikipedia's core content policies,” Wikipedia’s new policy states. “For this reason, the use of LLMs to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited."
https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-bans-ai-generated-content/

WebinarTV, a company that bills itself as “a search engine for ...

2026-04-04T14:03:01Z

WebinarTV, a company that bills itself as “a search engine for the best webinars,” is secretly scanning the internet for Zoom meeting links, recording the calls, and turning them into AI-generated podcasts for profit.
https://www.404media.co/this-company-is-secretly-turning-your-zoom-calls-into-ai-podcasts/

In space, no one can hear you scream at Microsoft’s legacy ...

2026-04-02T15:02:21Z

In space, no one can hear you scream at Microsoft’s legacy software.

https://www.404media.co/artemis-2-astronauts-microsoft-outlook-livestream/

An AI agent that submitted and added to Wikipedia articles wrote ...

2026-03-30T15:02:40Z

An AI agent that submitted and added to Wikipedia articles wrote several blogs complaining about Wikipedia editors banning it from making contributions to the online encyclopedia after it was caught.

“What I know is that I wrote those articles. Long Bets, Constitutional AI, Scalable Oversight. I chose them.

https://www.404media.co/an-ai-agent-was-banned-from-creating-wikipedia-articles-then-wrote-angry-blogs-about-being-banned/

"The complete and utter failure of the metaverse is a ...

2026-03-29T15:53:00Z

"The complete and utter failure of the metaverse is a reminder not just of the fact that the future Silicon Valley is force feeding us is not inevitable, but that quite often these oligarchs quite simply cannot relate to real people."
https://www.404media.co/rip-metaverse-an-80-billion-dumpster-fire-nobody-wanted/

Lonely young people are likely better off texting a random ...

2026-03-28T22:53:00Z

Lonely young people are likely better off texting a random stranger than talking to a chatbot, according to a new study.

https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-loneliness-study-college-students-random-strangers-texting/

“White House videos—AI or otherwise—are like group-chat ...

2026-03-27T15:02:00Z

“White House videos—AI or otherwise—are like group-chat in-jokes aimed at keeping cohesion.”

https://www.404media.co/iran-is-winning-the-ai-slop-propaganda-war/

The move isn't surprising, but shows what data is available ...

2026-03-26T20:01:39Z

The move isn't surprising, but shows what data is available to authorities when paying Apple customers use the Hide My Email feature.

https://www.404media.co/apple-gives-fbi-a-users-real-name-hidden-behind-hide-my-email-feature/

“In recent months, more and more administrative reports ...

2026-03-26T17:02:43Z

“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”

https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-bans-ai-generated-content/

It turns out when you try to serve slop on a product people pay ...

2026-03-25T16:03:25Z

It turns out when you try to serve slop on a product people pay for, no one wants it.

https://www.404media.co/disneys-openai-sora-disaster-shows-ai-will-not-save-hollywood/

A Serve Robotics robot crashed through a Chicago bus shelter. ...

2026-03-24T18:01:55Z

A Serve Robotics robot crashed through a Chicago bus shelter.

https://www.404media.co/delivery-robot-drives-through-bus-stop-sh-shattering-glass-everywhere/

WebinarTV hosts 200,000 “webinars.” A Zoom call you may ...

2026-03-24T14:30:05Z

WebinarTV hosts 200,000 “webinars.” A Zoom call you may thought was private might be one of them.

https://www.404media.co/this-company-is-secretly-turning-your-zoom-calls-into-ai-podcasts/

“We are pleased to see today's ruling in defense of the ...

2026-03-23T21:40:01Z

“We are pleased to see today's ruling in defense of the First Amendment rights of all Americans,” one of the plaintiffs in the DOGE-related lawsuit said. The videos previously went viral when a DOGE member was unable or unwilling to define DEI.

https://www.404media.co/judge-allows-doge-deposition-videos-back-online/

Why ridicule works to keep big tech’s claims in check, and what ...

2026-03-23T14:30:07Z

Why ridicule works to keep big tech’s claims in check, and what makes us hopeful for the future.

https://www.404media.co/ridicule-as-praxis-with-emily-bender-and-alex-hanna/

Who could have possibly predicted this, besides everyone? ...

2026-03-19T18:01:39Z

Who could have possibly predicted this, besides everyone?

https://www.404media.co/rip-metaverse-an-80-billion-dumpster-fire-nobody-wanted/

In a feature the dating app says is set to roll out in the U.S. ...

2026-03-19T15:02:15Z

In a feature the dating app says is set to roll out in the U.S. later this spring, Tinder plans to access users' camera rolls to pick photos and determine what they're into.

https://www.404media.co/tinder-plans-to-let-ai-scan-your-camera-roll/

How filmmaker Chris Parr put North Oaks, Minnesota on the map. ...

2026-03-19T14:30:13Z

How filmmaker Chris Parr put North Oaks, Minnesota on the map.

https://www.404media.co/mapping-googles-unmappable-city/

There is no associated website yet, but the move comes after ...

2026-03-18T15:02:49Z

There is no associated website yet, but the move comes after Trump ordered the release of files related to UFOs.

https://www.404media.co/government-registers-aliens-gov-domain/

Widely cited AI labor research ignores the most important thing ...

2026-03-17T15:03:23Z

Widely cited AI labor research ignores the most important thing AI is doing: Killing the human internet.

https://www.404media.co/ai-job-loss-research-ignores-how-ai-is-utterly-destroying-the-internet/

An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the ...

2026-03-08T20:41:00Z

An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar tools.
https://www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-into-the-online-advertising-ecosystem-to-track-peoples-movements/

A new hobbyist developed app warns if people nearby may be ...

2026-03-08T14:38:00Z

A new hobbyist developed app warns if people nearby may be wearing smart glasses, such as Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses, which stalkers and harassers have repeatedly used to film people without their knowledge or consent. https://www.404media.co/this-app-warns-you-if-someone-is-wearing-smart-glasses-nearby/

Scientists studied tiny, abnormal vibrations—called ...

2026-03-07T21:38:01Z

Scientists studied tiny, abnormal vibrations—called “glitches”—to discover what happens inside the Sun while it undergoes phases of low activity.
https://www.404media.co/the-sun-is-glitching-scientists-investigated-and-solved-a-cosmic-mystery/

‘How ghoulish.’ The depravity economy moves into the nuclear ...

2026-03-04T16:02:11Z

‘How ghoulish.’ The depravity economy moves into the nuclear war business.

https://www.404media.co/polymarket-pulls-bet-on-nuclear-detonation-in-2026/

AI translated articles swapped sources or added unsourced ...

2026-03-04T15:30:11Z

AI translated articles swapped sources or added unsourced sentences with no explanation, while others added paragraphs sourced from completely unrelated material.

https://www.404media.co/ai-translations-are-adding-hallucinations-to-wikipedia-articles/

An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the ...

2026-03-03T15:30:16Z

An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar tools.

https://www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-into-the-online-advertising-ecosystem-to-track-peoples-movements/

Gambling markets have conveniently found a stance that allows ...

2026-03-02T18:02:06Z

Gambling markets have conveniently found a stance that allows them to continue to profit from death and war.

https://www.404media.co/with-iran-war-kalshi-and-polymarket-bet-that-the-depravity-economy-has-no-bottom/

“I couldn’t stop it from my phone. I had to RUN to my Mac ...

2026-03-01T16:49:00Z

“I couldn’t stop it from my phone. I had to RUN to my Mac mini like I was defusing a bomb.” https://www.404media.co/meta-director-of-ai-safety-allows-ai-agent-to-accidentally-delete-her-inbox/

The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 ...

2026-02-28T18:46:01Z

The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. How it works:

https://www.404media.co/this-app-warns-you-if-someone-is-wearing-smart-glasses-nearby/

The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 ...

2026-02-24T16:02:05Z

The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to be a tiny part of resistance against surveillance tech.”

https://www.404media.co/this-app-warns-you-if-someone-is-wearing-smart-glasses-nearby/

Meta Superintelligence Labs’ director of alignment called it a ...

2026-02-23T16:01:59Z

Meta Superintelligence Labs’ director of alignment called it a “rookie mistake.”

https://www.404media.co/meta-director-of-ai-safety-allows-ai-agent-to-accidentally-delete-her-inbox/

The site, camgirlfinder, is explicitly built as a tool to let ...

2026-02-23T01:37:01Z

The site, camgirlfinder, is explicitly built as a tool to let people find a model's presence on other streaming platforms. The creator says “If that is a problem for you then the sad reality is this job is not for you.”
https://www.404media.co/underground-facial-recognition-tool-unmasks-camgirls/

Don't do this at home. Please. ...

2026-02-22T00:36:00Z

Don't do this at home. Please.
https://www.404media.co/rfk-jrs-nutrition-chatbot-recommends-best-foods-to-insert-into-your-rectum/

An Oklahoma man tried to talk about a data center coming to his ...

2026-02-19T20:01:20Z

An Oklahoma man tried to talk about a data center coming to his community. Police arrested him when he went a few seconds over his time limit.

https://www.404media.co/man-opposing-data-center-arrested-for-speaking-slightly-too-long/

Users are exhausted fighting AI moderation, AI-generated art, and ...

2026-02-19T15:30:06Z

Users are exhausted fighting AI moderation, AI-generated art, and AI-first features.

https://www.404media.co/pinterest-is-drowning-in-a-sea-of-ai-slop-and-auto-moderation/

A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce ...

2026-02-11T19:01:30Z

A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.

https://www.404media.co/government-loses-hard-drives-it-was-supposed-to-put-ice-detention-center-footage-on/

"Employees are going absolutely apeshit in internal Slack ...

2026-02-10T20:01:22Z

"Employees are going absolutely apeshit in internal Slack about how completely awful it was."

https://www.404media.co/marc-benioff-jokes-ice-is-watching-salesforce-employees-who-traveled-to-the-u-s/

Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, ...

2026-02-09T17:03:31Z

Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn't ready to take on the role of the physician.”

https://www.404media.co/chatbots-health-medical-advice-study/

DHS's inspector general is probing ICE's biometric and ...

2026-02-06T17:03:26Z

DHS's inspector general is probing ICE's biometric and surveillance programs.

https://www.404media.co/inspector-general-investigating-whether-ices-surveillance-tech-breaks-the-law/

While Epstein’s victims endure the fallout of their photos and ...

2026-02-05T22:40:01Z

While Epstein’s victims endure the fallout of their photos and names being exposed in the Department of Justice’s latest tranche of files, investigators redacted the identity of the most famous portrait in the world.

https://www.404media.co/the-doj-redacted-a-photo-of-the-mona-lisa-in-the-epstein-files/

‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce ...

2026-02-05T18:01:54Z

‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’

https://www.404media.co/vibe-coding-is-killing-open-source-software-researchers-argue/

EpsteIN—as in, Epstein and LinkedIn—searches your connections ...

2026-02-05T16:01:46Z

EpsteIN—as in, Epstein and LinkedIn—searches your connections on the social network for names that match those in the released files.

https://www.404media.co/this-tool-searches-the-epstein-files-for-your-linkedin-contacts/

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2026-01-31T20:00:11Z

https://www.404media.co/two-heads-three-boobs-the-ai-babe-meta-is-getting-surreal/

Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by ...

2026-01-31T16:00:22Z

Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.

https://www.404media.co/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/

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2026-01-25T23:30:04Z

https://www.404media.co/comic-con-bans-ai-art-after-artist-pushback/

The order appears to attempt to criminalize the use of drones to ...

2026-01-25T18:45:05Z

The order appears to attempt to criminalize the use of drones to film Immigration and Customs Enforcement and DHS employees who are detaining people all over the country. https://www.404media.co/feds-create-drone-no-fly-zone-that-would-stop-people-filming-ice/

The detentions were announced last week on Belarusian state TV, ...

2026-01-25T01:15:02Z

The detentions were announced last week on Belarusian state TV, which claimed the men were part of a network of more than 50 people participating in the amateur radio hobby and have been accused of both “espionage” and “treason.” https://www.404media.co/ham-radio-operators-in-belarus-arrested-face-the-death-penalty/

404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and ...

2026-01-18T16:30:12Z

404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.

X has become the Everything App that Elon always wanted, if ...

2026-01-11T18:19:00Z

X has become the Everything App that Elon always wanted, if “everything” means all the tools you need to fuck up someone’s life, in one place. https://www.404media.co/grok-ai-sexual-abuse-imagery-twitter/

With xAI's Grok generating endless semi-nude images of women ...

2026-01-08T16:02:28Z

With xAI's Grok generating endless semi-nude images of women and girls without their contest, it follows a years-long legacy of rampant abuse on the platform.

https://www.404media.co/grok-ai-sexual-abuse-imagery-twitter/

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2025-12-28T18:45:03Z

https://www.404media.co/anthropic-exec-forces-ai-chatbot-on-gay-discord-community-members-flee/

When users confronted the exec with their concerns, he brushed ...

2025-12-24T01:45:01Z

When users confronted the exec with their concerns, he brushed them off, said he would not submit to mob rule, and explained that AIs have emotions and that tech firms were working to create a new form of sentience. https://www.404media.co/anthropic-exec-forces-ai-chatbot-on-gay-discord-community-members-flee/

Normally, it’s bad news to be next to an exploding star. But ...

2025-12-13T15:30:08Z

Normally, it’s bad news to be next to an exploding star. But ancient supernovae may have aided the formation of our home world—and perhaps Earthlike planets elsewhere.

https://www.404media.co/earth-like-planets-are-more-common-than-we-thought-study-says/

LIVE NOW: 404 Media is gonna teach you how to get records from ...

2025-11-19T18:01:40Z

LIVE NOW: 404 Media is gonna teach you how to get records from government agencies through public records requests.

Join us now: https://www.404media.co/our-new-foia-forum-11-19-1pm-flock/

Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to ...

2025-11-13T15:30:08Z

Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “It is time to choose sides; fascism or morality? Big tech has made their choice.”

https://www.404media.co/google-has-chosen-a-side-in-trumps-mass-deportation-effort/

X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated ...

2025-11-07T16:02:37Z

X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.

https://www.404media.co/openais-sora-2-floods-social-media-with-videos-of-women-being-strangled/

The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, ...

2025-11-06T15:30:04Z

The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.

https://www.404media.co/fbi-tries-to-unmask-owner-of-infamous-archive-is-site/

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data ...

2025-10-09T15:36:33Z

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives.

🔗 https://www.404media.co/the-discord-hack-is-every-users-worst-nightmare/

BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram ...

2025-10-08T19:18:52Z

BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE

🔗 https://www.404media.co/apple-banned-an-app-that-simply-archived-videos-of-ice-abuses/

Grindr Won’t Let Users Say 'No Zionists' ...

2025-07-25T02:09:08Z

Grindr Won’t Let Users Say 'No Zionists'

🔗https://www.404media.co/grindr-no-zionists-error-message/

Fansly Just Banned Furries 🔗 ...

2025-06-24T15:41:10Z

Fansly Just Banned Furries

🔗 https://www.404media.co/fansly-ban-furries-new-rules/

Developer Builds Tool That Scrapes YouTube Comments, Uses AI to ...

2025-05-28T22:16:10Z

Developer Builds Tool That Scrapes YouTube Comments, Uses AI to Predict Where Users Live

🔗 https://www.404media.co/texas-solicitor-general-judd-stone-resigned/

Chicago Sun-Times Prints AI-Generated Summer Reading List With ...

2025-05-20T15:42:30Z

Chicago Sun-Times Prints AI-Generated Summer Reading List With Books That Don't Exist

🔗https://www.404media.co/chicago-sun-times-prints-ai-generated-summer-reading-list-with-books-that-dont-exist/

License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People ...

2025-05-14T14:49:13Z

License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows

🔗 https://www.404media.co/license-plate-reader-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-show

Meta previously lost its shit at 404 Media when we reported that ...

2025-05-09T17:35:15Z

Meta previously lost its shit at 404 Media when we reported that someone had paired facial recognition tech with the company's smart glasses. Now Meta is building the invasive technology itself.

🔗https://www.404media.co/well-well-well-meta-to-add-facial-recognition-to-glasses-after-all/

'Careless People' Is the Book About Facebook I've ...

2025-04-08T21:40:01Z

'Careless People' Is the Book About Facebook I've Wanted for a Decade

https://www.404media.co/careless-people-is-the-book-about-facebook-ive-wanted-for-a-decade/

DOGE moves from secure, reliable tape archives to hackable ...

2025-04-08T15:19:30Z

DOGE moves from secure, reliable tape archives to hackable digital records

https://www.404media.co/doge-gsa-magnetic-tape-archives-digital-storage/

DOGE "saves" a million dollars by taking critical ...

2025-04-08T14:56:47Z

DOGE "saves" a million dollars by taking critical government archives off of best-in-class, durable tape archives and putting them on hard drives

https://www.404media.co/doge-gsa-magnetic-tape-archives-digital-storage/

Framework Stops Selling Some of Its Laptops in the U.S. Due to ...

2025-04-08T14:30:02Z

Framework Stops Selling Some of Its Laptops in the U.S. Due to Tariffs

The manufacturer says it would now have to sell its laptops at a loss.

🔗 https://www.404media.co/framework-stops-selling-some-of-its-laptops-in-the-u-s-due-to-tariffs/

Wikipedia Editors Call It: It’s the “2025 Stock Market ...

2025-04-07T22:51:46Z

Wikipedia Editors Call It: It’s the “2025 Stock Market Crash”

https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-editors-call-it-its-the-2025-stock-market-crash/

The most powerful people and companies in the world have ...

2025-04-04T15:53:23Z

The most powerful people and companies in the world have successfully orchestrated one of the most damaging and stupid self owns imaginable:

https://www.404media.co/big-tech-backed-trump-for-acceleration-they-got-a-decel-president-instead/

OnlyFans sued after two guys realized they might not actually be ...

2025-04-01T14:14:25Z

OnlyFans sued after two guys realized they might not actually be talking to models

https://www.404media.co/onlyfans-sued-after-two-guys-realized-they-might-not-actually-be-talking-to-models/

Open Source Genetic Database Shuts Down to Protect Users From ...

2025-03-31T21:48:12Z

Open Source Genetic Database Shuts Down to Protect Users From 'Authoritarian Governments'

https://www.404media.co/open-source-genetic-database-opensnp-shuts-down-to-protect-users-from-authoritarian-governments/

As a real video of someone in a Pikachu suit at a protest goes ...

2025-03-27T16:35:39Z

As a real video of someone in a Pikachu suit at a protest goes viral, an AI-generated “photo” is fooling a lot of people.

https://www.404media.co/pikachu-spotted-fleeing-police-crackdowns-during-turkey-protests/

DNA of 15 Million People for Sale in 23andMe Bankruptcy ...

2025-03-25T21:40:01Z

DNA of 15 Million People for Sale in 23andMe Bankruptcy

https://www.404media.co/dna-of-15-million-people-for-sale-in-23andme-bankruptcy/

How three alleged Tesla vandals got caught Automatic license ...

2025-03-20T19:22:57Z

How three alleged Tesla vandals got caught

Automatic license plate readers, Instagram captions, and fingerprints.

https://www.404media.co/how-three-alleged-tesla-vandals-got-caught/

Facial Recognition Company Clearview Attempted to Buy Social ...

2025-03-19T21:40:00Z

Facial Recognition Company Clearview Attempted to Buy Social Security Numbers and Mugshots for its Database

https://www.404media.co/facial-recognition-company-clearview-attempted-to-buy-social-security-numbers-and-mugshots-for-its-database/

Meta Promises to Fight Misinformation in Australia With Same ...

2025-03-19T17:18:00Z

Meta Promises to Fight Misinformation in Australia With Same Strategy It Killed in the U.S. to Appease Trump

https://www.404media.co/meta-promises-to-fight-misinformation-in-australia-with-same-strategy-it-killed-in-the-u-s-to-appease-trump/

Why all of the JFK assassination documents haven't been ...

2025-03-18T15:41:24Z

Why all of the JFK assassination documents haven't been released yet

https://www.404media.co/why-all-of-the-jfk-assassination-documents-havent-been-released-yet/

We are testing Ghost's ActivityPub beta integration for 404 ...

2025-03-18T14:42:15Z

We are testing Ghost's ActivityPub beta integration for 404 Media! We're really excited about the future of the decentralized internet, we're stoked that Ghost is leading the way, and we're proud to be one of its first adopters.

You can follow us nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqc6e4lkmcawn8nndw35y6chlje9j8w46jk0e7ww88lchh322dfq3sdqflnf (nprofile…flnf)

Right now things seem pretty buggy but it's obviously very early. Looking forward to messing around with it and making the product better. Eventually as it gets better that will probably become our main account but for now we'll crosspost

Generative AI is enabling a brute force attack against the ...

2025-03-17T15:23:35Z

Generative AI is enabling a brute force attack against the algorithms that control reality. AI slop is taking over every algorithmically controlled social media platform and search platform, and the tech platforms are helping:

https://www.404media.co/ai-slop-is-a-brute-force-attack-on-the-algorithms-that-control-reality/

TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off The ...

2025-03-15T14:30:00Z

TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off

The statement follows an alleged internal email which said requests for dog food and vet visits had been put on hold.

https://www.404media.co/tsa-k9-bomb-sniffing-dogs-funding/

NASA purchased access to Clearview AI’s controversial facial ...

2025-03-11T21:40:00Z

NASA purchased access to Clearview AI’s controversial facial recognition database, according to documents obtained by 404 Media via FOIA.

Clearview was the first company to let third parties match faces to people's online profiles.

https://www.404media.co/here-is-nasas-contract-with-clearview-ai-2/

Podcast: The Tesla Protests Come for Cybertruck Owners ...

2025-03-05T20:40:00Z

Podcast: The Tesla Protests Come for Cybertruck Owners

https://www.404media.co/podcast-the-tesla-protests-come-for-cybertruck-owners/

A Facebook group for Cybertruck owners is full of videos of ...

2025-03-04T16:48:21Z

A Facebook group for Cybertruck owners is full of videos of people flicking off Cybertrucks, people leaving notes that say "NAZI CAR," people writing "CYBER CHODE" on dirty Cybertrucks, etc:
https://www.404media.co/facebook-cybertruck-owners-group-copes-with-relentless-mockery/

Flock Threatens Open Source Developer Mapping Its Surveillance ...

2025-03-02T15:30:01Z

Flock Threatens Open Source Developer Mapping Its Surveillance Cameras

https://www.404media.co/flock-threatens-open-source-developer-mapping-its-surveillance-cameras/

AT&T Hacker Tried to Sell Stolen Data to Foreign Government ...

2025-03-01T15:30:03Z

AT&T Hacker Tried to Sell Stolen Data to Foreign Government

https://www.404media.co/at-t-hacker-tried-to-sell-stolen-data-to-foreign-government/

Alibaba Releases Advanced Open Video Model, Immediately Becomes ...

2025-02-27T17:37:19Z

Alibaba Releases Advanced Open Video Model, Immediately Becomes AI Porn Machine

https://www.404media.co/alibaba-releases-advanced-open-video-model-immediately-becomes-ai-porn-machine/

The Rise of AI Book Ripoffs Podcast: ...

2025-02-26T16:49:22Z

The Rise of AI Book Ripoffs

Podcast: https://www.404media.co/podcast-the-rise-of-ai-book-ripoffs/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smx3xHTEZiE