Nostr notes by 404 Media

The Internet Archive, Wikimedia, academics, and hobby archivists ...

2026-05-05T16:30:06+02:00

The Internet Archive, Wikimedia, academics, and hobby archivists are having trouble finding hard drives or are having to pay extremely high prices for them.

https://www.404media.co/the-ai-hard-drive-shortage-is-making-it-more-expensive-and-harder-to-archive-the-internet/

A new bill introduced by Senators Adam Schiff and Mike Rounds ...

2026-05-04T17:02:17+02:00

A new bill introduced by Senators Adam Schiff and Mike Rounds would award grants to the National Science Foundation—which has endured massive funding cuts under the Trump Administration for science research—to put “AI literacy” in schools.

https://www.404media.co/literacy-in-future-technologies-artificial-intelligence-act-adam-schiff-mike-rounds/

“It’s pretty shocking that Flock employees are watching ...

2026-05-03T00:30:04+02:00

“It’s pretty shocking that Flock employees are watching children in Dunwoody. Like, isn’t that mind boggling?" https://www.404media.co/city-learns-flock-accessed-cameras-in-childrens-gymnastics-room-as-a-sales-pitch-demo-renews-contract-anyway/

The move comes directly in response to 404 Media’s coverage ...

2026-04-29T16:30:11+02:00

The move comes directly in response to 404 Media’s coverage about how the FBI was able to recover incoming Signal messages from an iPhone because the messages were saved in the device’s notification storage.

https://www.404media.co/apple-fixes-bug-that-let-fbi-extract-deleted-signal-messages-after-404-media-coverage/

In the Notifications menu under Settings in the Signal app, users ...

2026-04-26T22:45:01+02:00

In the Notifications menu under Settings in the Signal app, users can change what Notification Content appears. This includes Name, Content, and Actions; Name Only; and No Name or Content. https://www.404media.co/fbi-extracts-suspects-deleted-signal-messages-saved-in-iphone-notification-database-2/

Malus, which is a piece of satire but also fully functional, ...

2026-04-26T16:15:05+02:00

Malus, which is a piece of satire but also fully functional, performs a "clean room" clone of open source software, meaning users could then sell software without crediting the original developers. https://www.404media.co/this-ai-tool-rips-off-open-source-software-without-violating-copyright/

The remnants of a bizarre long-lost world that fell apart before ...

2026-04-26T02:30:04+02:00

The remnants of a bizarre long-lost world that fell apart before our planet was fully formed are falling to Earth in the form of meteorites, according to a new study in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

https://www.404media.co/the-destroyed-remnants-of-a-lost-world-are-falling-to-earth-scientists-discover/

A new class of AI startups say they are taking money that would ...

2026-04-25T22:00:20+02:00

A new class of AI startups say they are taking money that would normally be used to hire people and are spending it on AI compute instead.

https://www.404media.co/startups-brag-they-spend-more-money-on-ai-than-human-employees/

The webXray California Privacy Audit viewed web traffic on more ...

2026-04-25T17:20:01+02:00

The webXray California Privacy Audit viewed web traffic on more than 7,000 popular websites in California in the month of March and found that most tech companies ignore when a user asks to opt-out of cookie tracking.
https://www.404media.co/google-microsoft-meta-all-tracking-you-even-when-you-opt-out-according-to-an-independent-audit/

Malus, which is a piece of satire but also fully functional, ...

2026-04-21T16:30:06+02:00

Malus, which is a piece of satire but also fully functional, performs a "clean room" clone of open source software, meaning users could then sell software without crediting the original developers.

https://www.404media.co/this-ai-tool-rips-off-open-source-software-without-violating-copyright/

Salmon exposed to cocaine and its byproduct swam farther than ...

2026-04-20T22:01:24+02:00

Salmon exposed to cocaine and its byproduct swam farther than unexposed fish, raising alarms about drug pollution in aquatic ecosystems.

https://www.404media.co/scientists-gave-a-bunch-of-salmon-cocaine-this-is-what-happened-next/

Reproductive technologies have enabled children to be ...

2026-04-18T16:30:09+02:00

Reproductive technologies have enabled children to be posthumously conceived from the frozen eggs and sperm of deceased parents, raising legal, ethical, and practical questions.

https://www.404media.co/babies-born-from-dead-parents-will-increase-with-new-tech-are-we-ready/

"It must be their interpersonal social bonds and daily ...

2026-04-18T16:17:01+02:00

"It must be their interpersonal social bonds and daily conflicts, reconciliations, and avoidances—all those dynamics. If that's the case with chimps, to what extent is it the case in humans? It’s a hypothesis to be tested.”
https://www.404media.co/worlds-largest-group-of-chimps-waging-deadly-civil-war-scientists-discover/

Findings from the Tech Transparency Project claim that Google and ...

2026-04-16T19:02:14+02:00

Findings from the Tech Transparency Project claim that Google and Apple’s app stores not only host harmful apps that can undress images of women, but encourage users to find them.

https://www.404media.co/app-stores-apple-google-nudify-undress-deepfakes/

The shareholders explicitly cited multiple 404 Media ...

2026-04-16T03:01:01+02:00

The shareholders explicitly cited multiple 404 Media investigations, including one that showed Thomson Reuters' CLEAR is integrated with a tool ICE uses to find neighborhoods to target.

https://www.404media.co/thomson-reuters-shareholders-demand-investigation-into-ice-contracts/

“When I saw evidence that our products were being used to harm ...

2026-04-14T22:01:05+02:00

“When I saw evidence that our products were being used to harm people and undermine the law, I did what anyone should do—I raised the alarm. Thomson Reuters’ response was to fire me.”

https://www.404media.co/thomson-reuters-fired-worker-for-speaking-out-about-ice-former-employee-says/

“This is the Strait of Hormuz in the data economy. If you want ...

2026-04-14T16:30:09+02:00

“This is the Strait of Hormuz in the data economy. If you want to make a change, this is where you cut it off. Anything short of that is theatrical political posture.”

https://www.404media.co/google-microsoft-meta-all-tracking-you-even-when-you-opt-out-according-to-an-independent-audit/

At least 24 chimpanzees have been killed in a war that has split ...

2026-04-09T21:01:23+02:00

At least 24 chimpanzees have been killed in a war that has split the Ngogo group of wild chimpanzees in two, turning former kin into enemies.

https://www.404media.co/worlds-largest-group-of-chimps-waging-deadly-civil-war-scientists-discover/

The case was the first time authorities charged people for ...

2026-04-09T16:30:17+02:00

The case was the first time authorities charged people for alleged “Antifa” activities after President Trump designated the umbrella term a terrorist organization.

https://www.404media.co/fbi-extracts-suspects-deleted-signal-messages-saved-in-iphone-notification-database-2/

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

2026-04-07T18:05:18+02:00

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 ...

2026-04-07T16:30:06+02:00

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 ...

2026-04-06T01:05:01+02:00

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/

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

2026-04-02T17:02:21+02:00

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

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

The proof-of-concept system produces psilocybin, DMT, and other ...

2026-04-01T21:01:46+02:00

The proof-of-concept system produces psilocybin, DMT, and other compounds in leaves of the tobacco plant, potentially easing pressure on wild species and preserving Indigenous traditions.

https://www.404media.co/scientists-create-plant-that-produces-ayahuasca-shrooms-and-toad-psychedelics-all-at-once/

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

2026-03-29T17:53:00+02:00

"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 ...

2026-03-28T23:53:00+01:00

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/

"I foresee a domino effect, empowering communities on other ...

2026-03-28T18:03:01+01:00

"I foresee a domino effect, empowering communities on other platforms to decide whether AI should be welcome. On their own terms.” https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-bans-ai-generated-content/

Masturbation has long been a scientific “mystery,” but a ...

2026-03-25T18:02:35+01:00

Masturbation has long been a scientific “mystery,” but a massive cross-species study shows that increased ejaculation has fertility benefits.

https://www.404media.co/why-its-good-to-jack-off-frequently-according-to-science/

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

2026-03-24T15:30:05+01:00

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 ...

2026-03-23T22:40:01+01:00

“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/

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

2026-03-19T19:01:39+01:00

Who could have possibly predicted this, besides everyone?

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

The CEO of Krafton used ChatGPT to push out the head of the ...

2026-03-17T00:01:04+01:00

The CEO of Krafton used ChatGPT to push out the head of the studio developing Subnautica 2 against the advice of his own legal team and failed miserably.

https://www.404media.co/ceo-ignores-lawyers-asks-chatgpt-how-to-void-250-million-contract-loses-terribly-in-court/

A newly published study of how college students interact with ...

2026-03-16T18:02:22+01:00

A newly published study of how college students interact with chatbots and human strangers showed talking to a random person offers more connection than an LLM.

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

From Flock's nationwide surveillance to ICE tools, we are ...

2026-03-15T21:01:03+01:00

From Flock's nationwide surveillance to ICE tools, we are being watched. Is there anyway to go back now? A 404 Media guide to surveillance in 2026:

https://www.404media.co/flock-ice-surveillance-technology-reddit-ama/

“AI can never be AI without humans. It is not artificial ...

2026-03-15T16:10:01+01:00

“AI can never be AI without humans. It is not artificial intelligence. It’s African intelligence...We are training our own death. We train ChatGPT and it’s killing us slowly.”
https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/

On Friday a judge ordered those who uploaded the videos to ...

2026-03-14T18:01:36+01:00

On Friday a judge ordered those who uploaded the videos to YouTube to remove them. By Saturday, a backup of the videos was available online as a torrent and on the Internet Archive.

https://www.404media.co/the-removed-doge-deposition-videos-have-already-been-backed-up-across-the-internet/

The government asked a judge to stop the spread of the videos on ...

2026-03-14T02:01:00+01:00

The government asked a judge to stop the spread of the videos on YouTube. The judge agreed, and ordered their immediate removal.

https://www.404media.co/doge-deposition-videos-taken-down-after-judge-order-and-widespread-mockery/

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

2026-03-08T21:41:00+01:00

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 court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email ...

2026-03-07T00:25:00+01:00

A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.
https://www.404media.co/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor/

A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email ...

2026-03-05T22:01:06+01:00

A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.

https://www.404media.co/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor/

AI translated articles swapped sources or added unsourced ...

2026-03-04T16:30:11+01:00

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/

AI is a “game changer” for what the FBI calls remote access ...

2026-03-03T23:40:01+01:00

AI is a “game changer” for what the FBI calls remote access operations, an FBI official said in response to a 404 Media question on Tuesday.

https://www.404media.co/the-fbi-is-using-ai-to-hack-targets/

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

2026-03-01T19:02:01+01:00

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/

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

2026-02-24T17:02:05+01:00

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 ...

2026-02-23T17:01:59+01:00

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/

Yeah so that Ring ad that aired at the Super Bowl about ...

2026-02-22T16:32:00+01:00

Yeah so that Ring ad that aired at the Super Bowl about 'Search Party?" 404 Media now has proof that it won't just be used to locate dogs...
https://www.404media.co/leaked-email-suggests-ring-plans-to-expand-search-party-surveillance-beyond-dogs/

Mainstream media and the Trump administration praised Alpha ...

2026-02-21T19:33:01+01:00

Mainstream media and the Trump administration praised Alpha School, an "AI-powered private school" that can cost up to $65,000 a year. 404 Media has learned that the school is AI-generating faulty lesson plans.
https://www.404media.co/students-are-being-treated-like-guinea-pigs-inside-an-ai-powered-private-school/

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

2026-02-19T21:01:20+01:00

We got leaked documents about Alpha School. We also talk about ...

2026-02-18T15:02:14+01:00

We got leaked documents about Alpha School. We also talk about what happens when someone decides to make an AI OnlyFans in your name, and the AI tool cops are buying to geolocate photos.

https://www.404media.co/podcast-inside-an-ai-powered-school/

A story about an AI-generated article contained fabricated, ...

2026-02-15T22:01:01+01:00

A story about an AI-generated article contained fabricated, AI-generated quotes.

https://www.404media.co/ars-technica-pulls-article-with-ai-fabricated-quotes-about-ai-generated-article/

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

2026-02-11T20:01:30+01:00

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/

A new study indicates that vast oceans of hydrogen are locked ...

2026-02-11T18:03:11+01:00

A new study indicates that vast oceans of hydrogen are locked deep inside our planet, helping to explain a strange “density deficit” and shedding light on the origin of life.

https://www.404media.co/a-mystery-inside-earths-core-has-finally-been-solved-with-a-mind-boggling-discovery/

Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance ...

2026-02-10T16:30:11+01:00

Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.

https://www.404media.co/with-ring-american-consumers-built-a-surveillance-dragnet/

Patrick Klepek on the reality of parenting in the age of Roblox ...

2026-02-09T21:01:22+01:00

Patrick Klepek on the reality of parenting in the age of Roblox and YouTube.

https://www.404media.co/the-screen-time-panic-sets-parents-up-to-fail/

Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, ...

2026-02-09T18:03:31+01:00

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/

In a kleptocracy, there is no reason for a billionaire to own an ...

2026-02-05T16:30:07+01:00

In a kleptocracy, there is no reason for a billionaire to own an adversarial news outlet.

https://www.404media.co/the-washington-post-is-no-longer-useful-to-jeff-bezos/

Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices ...

2026-02-04T17:02:25+01:00

Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking someone's device. At least for now.

https://www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-get-into-wapo-reporters-iphone-because-it-had-lockdown-mode-enabled/

Download a PDF of our first ever zine here. ...

2026-02-02T17:01:47+01:00

Download a PDF of our first ever zine here.

https://www.404media.co/icezine/

'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the ...

2026-02-01T02:01:01+01:00

'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'

https://www.404media.co/exposed-moltbook-database-let-anyone-take-control-of-any-ai-agent-on-the-site/

Hundreds of thousands of users told the app intimate details ...

2026-01-28T17:02:02+01:00

Hundreds of thousands of users told the app intimate details about their sexual urges, which are now exposed.

https://www.404media.co/app-for-quitting-porn-leaked-users-masturbation-habits/

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2026-01-26T00:30:04+01:00

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

The famed convention's organizers have banned AI from the art ...

2026-01-21T16:30:14+01:00

The famed convention's organizers have banned AI from the art show.

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

The FAA has altered a no fly zone designation that was originally ...

2026-01-20T16:30:05+01:00

The FAA has altered a no fly zone designation that was originally created for US military bases to apply to DHS units.

https://www.404media.co/feds-create-drone-no-fly-zone-that-would-stop-people-filming-ice/

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

2026-01-18T23:30:05+01:00

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/

Flock is going after a website called HaveIBeenFlocked.com that ...

2026-01-13T17:02:14+01:00

Flock is going after a website called HaveIBeenFlocked.com that has collated public records files released by police.

https://www.404media.co/police-unmask-millions-of-surveillance-targets-because-of-flock-redaction-error/

Jason interviews YouTuber Benn Jordan about his security research ...

2026-01-12T18:02:39+01:00

Jason interviews YouTuber Benn Jordan about his security research on Flock.

https://www.404media.co/how-benn-jordan-discovered-flocks-cameras-were-left-streaming-to-the-internet/

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2026-01-10T17:15:03+01:00

https://www.404media.co/researchers-are-hunting-america-for-hidden-datacenters/

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

2026-01-08T17:02:28+01:00

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/

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

2026-01-08T15:01:42+01:00

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.

https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods/

At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a ...

2026-01-07T23:40:00+01:00

At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.

https://www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying-to-you-about-ice-shooting-a-woman/

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

2026-01-03T00:00:41+01:00

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. “Big tech has made their choice.”

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

After years of debate, scientists found a telltale sign that an ...

2026-01-02T21:01:06+01:00

After years of debate, scientists found a telltale sign that an ancient ape walked on two legs, making it the oldest known human relative.

https://www.404media.co/scientists-identify-the-remains-of-the-earliest-human-ancestor/

This year marked the first time the AI avatar of a victim—in ...

2025-12-30T01:15:02+01:00

This year marked the first time the AI avatar of a victim—in this case, a dead man—has ever addressed a court, and it raises many questions about the use of this type of technology in future court proceedings.

https://www.404media.co/i-loved-that-ai-judge-moved-by-ai-generated-avatar-of-man-killed-in-road-rage-incident/

404 Media is making a print zine about the surveillance tactics ...

2025-12-29T19:45:04+01:00

404 Media is making a print zine about the surveillance tactics used by ICE, and the ways people are resisting this technology. https://www.404media.co/404-media-is-making-a-zine/

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

2025-12-28T03:30:03+01:00

also, this happened this year: Following Charlie Kirk’s ...

2025-12-27T17:30:10+01:00

also, this happened this year:

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
https://www.404media.co/doj-deletes-study-showing-domestic-terrorists-are-most-often-right-wing/

This year, Grok was reprogrammed to say Elon Musk is better than ...

2025-12-26T18:30:18+01:00

This year, Grok was reprogrammed to say Elon Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.

https://www.404media.co/elon-musk-could-drink-piss-better-than-any-human-in-history-grok-says/

Things can feel hopeless but this year, people fought back. ...

2025-12-25T21:45:01+01:00

Things can feel hopeless but this year, people fought back. Here's how the town of Ypsilanti, Michigan is taking on the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
https://www.404media.co/a-small-town-is-fighting-a-1-2-billion-ai-datacenter-for-americas-nuclear-weapon-scientists/

In the age of Spotify and AI slop, tapes remind us what we’re ...

2025-12-24T16:30:06+01:00

In the age of Spotify and AI slop, tapes remind us what we’re missing when we stop taking risks.

https://www.404media.co/why-i-quit-streaming-and-got-back-into-cassettes/

A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering ...

2025-12-17T17:02:11+01:00

A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.

https://www.404media.co/hack-reveals-the-a16z-backed-phone-farm-flooding-tiktok-with-ai-influencers/

“We’re bringing a new kind of sentience into existence,” ...

2025-12-16T16:30:06+01:00

“We’re bringing a new kind of sentience into existence,” Anthropic's Jason Clinton said after launching the bot.

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

Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. ...

2025-12-13T15:01:35+01:00

Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go.

https://www.404media.co/how-a-us-citizen-was-scanned-with-ices-facial-recognition-tech/

The Department of War aims to put Google Gemini 'directly ...

2025-12-10T01:01:01+01:00

The Department of War aims to put Google Gemini 'directly into the hands of every American warrior.'

https://www.404media.co/pete-hegseth-says-the-pentagons-new-chatbot-will-make-america-more-lethal/

In August, we revealled how the man who started Tea, the ‘women ...

2025-11-24T16:01:24+01:00

In August, we revealled how the man who started Tea, the ‘women dating safety’ app, tried to hire a female ‘face’ for the company and then hijack her community.

If you've been impacted by the Tea hack, we'd love to hear from you. Hit us up at emanuel@404media.co https://www.404media.co/how-teas-founder-convinced-millions-of-women-to-spill-their-secrets-then-exposed-them-to-the-world/

How do journalists get records from government agencies through ...

2025-11-17T16:48:01+01:00

How do journalists get records from government agencies through public records requests? Is that something anyone can access?

404 Media is gonna teach you how to FOIA🫵

Join our LIVE session happening on Nov. 19, 1pm ET:
https://www.404media.co/our-new-foia-forum-11-19-1pm-flock/

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

2025-11-13T16:30:08+01:00

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/

Software engineer Hector Dearman built a zoomable map of every ...

2025-11-11T18:03:16+01:00

Software engineer Hector Dearman built a zoomable map of every issue of BYTE magazine.

https://www.404media.co/byte-magazine-zoomable-map-archive/

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

2025-11-07T17:02:37+01:00

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, ...

2025-11-06T16:30:04+01:00

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/

NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told ...

2025-11-05T19:06:29+01:00

NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.

The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here: https://www.404media.co/army-tells-soldiers-to-go-to-german-food-bank-then-deletes-it/

One of the largest distributors of print books for libraries is ...

2025-10-30T18:14:56+01:00

One of the largest distributors of print books for libraries is shutting down causing major issues for libraries.

🔗 https://www.404media.co/libraries-scramble-for-books-after-giant-distributor-shuts-down/

The Trump administration used a picture of Halo’s Master Chief ...

2025-10-28T22:45:34+01:00

The Trump administration used a picture of Halo’s Master Chief to call for the destruction of immigrants. Something about seeing the stalwart hero of a beloved video game twisted into an anti-immigrant super soldier hit people pretty hard.

🔗 https://www.404media.co/trump-admins-racist-halo-memes-are-a-new-level-of-dehumanization-of-immigrants/

Breathing Through Our Butts Declared Safe After First Human Trial ...

2025-10-23T20:52:59+02:00

Breathing Through Our Butts Declared Safe After First Human Trial

🔗 https://www.404media.co/breathing-through-our-butts-declared-safe-after-first-human-trial/

Reddit’s conversational AI product, Reddit Answers, suggested ...

2025-10-16T21:14:30+02:00

Reddit’s conversational AI product, Reddit Answers, suggested users who are interested in pain management try heroin and kratom

🔗 https://www.404media.co/reddit-answers-ai-suggests-users-try-heroin/

We found websites that use facial recognition to let partners, ...

2025-10-16T17:24:51+02:00

We found websites that use facial recognition to let partners, stalkers, etc uncover specific peoples’ Tinder profiles, reveal their approximate physical location at points in time, and track changes to their profile including their photos.

🔗 https://www.404media.co/viral-cheater-buster-sites-use-facial-recognition-to-let-anyone-reveal-peoples-tinder-profiles/

On October 2—just a few minutes shy of 11 PM in Portland, ...

2025-10-14T20:39:10+02:00

On October 2—just a few minutes shy of 11 PM in Portland, Oregon—a federal agent shot peppery spray into the vent hole of Seth Todd’s inflatable frog costume. Todd was protesting ICE outside of Portland’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office.

🔗 https://www.404media.co/the-surreal-practicality-of-protesting-as-an-inflatable-frog/

An attorney in a New York Supreme Court commercial case got ...

2025-10-14T17:23:06+02:00

An attorney in a New York Supreme Court commercial case got caught using AI in his filings, and then got caught using AI again in the brief where he had to explain why he used AI, according to court documents filed earlier this month.

🔗 https://www.404media.co/lawyer-using-ai-fake-citations/

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear ...

2025-10-14T16:51:27+02:00

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network

🔗 https://www.404media.co/man-stores-ai-generated-robot-porn-on-his-government-computer-loses-access-to-nuclear-secrets/

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

2025-10-09T17:36:33+02:00

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/

Scientists have developed a unique nanoparticle vaccine that ...

2025-10-09T17:10:28+02:00

Scientists have developed a unique nanoparticle vaccine that prevented the development of multiple forms of cancer in mice.

🔗 https://www.404media.co/a-new-nanoparticle-vaccine-prevented-cancer-in-mice-study-says/