A NASA spacecraft into a small asteroid in 2022 moved its orbit around the Sun, according to a study that presents the “first-ever measurement of human-caused change in the heliocentric orbit of a celestial body.”

This week, we discuss a PC repair battle, a revealing comment from an FBI official, and a dangerous narrative.

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.

"As part of our commitment to supporting ICE, we will be adding a ‘Support ICE’ donation button to the footer of every email sent through our platform."

How Polymarket and Kalshi bet on Iran; AI translations are impacting Wikipedia; and an Amazon change impacting wishlists.

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

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

Scientists studied tiny, abnormal vibrations—called “glitches”—to discover what happens inside the Sun while it undergoes phases of low activity.

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.

Fake war footage is a problem as old as social media. AI has just supercharged it.

In a new series by CBC Podcasts, hosted by 404 Media's Sam Cole, join journalists, investigators, and targets of non-consensual intimate images on the hunt for the worlds’ most prolific deepfake mastermind.

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.

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

Some AWS services are down in the Middle East. Recovery is unclear as it requires 'careful assessment to ensure the safety of our operators,' according to Amazon.

Joseph speaks to Cooper Quintin all about how to find fake cell phone towers that can track your movements or intercept text messages.

A new genetic analysis reveals that human females and Neanderthal males interbred far more than the reverse, for reasons that remain mysterious.

This week, we discuss wishes made for better privacy, god complexes, and the point of it all.

Rep. Bennie G. Thompson and a host of other Democrats made the demand in a letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. “Your actions are abhorrent, blatantly unconstitutional, and corrosive to the functioning of a peaceful society.”

“We just want to take down posts about people who are being defamed," the company's founder said. “And when I say defamed, it means like, ‘this guy has a small penis,’ or ‘this guy smells.’"

On Wednesday, the government stopped supporting FPDS.gov, an indispensable resource for finding what ICE, the FBI, and every other agency is buying. Its replacement site completely sucks.

The group is talking about Epstein and filming propaganda videos in Roblox as a form of 'digital Jihad,' researchers say.

Amazon is allowing gift senders to choose items from third-party sellers, which could open recipients up to new privacy risks. 

A leaked Ring email; looksmaxxing; and another Grok screwup.

The FBI obtained prompts used to make more than 200 sexual videos of a woman in a harassment case.

The creator of the AI agent “Einstein” wants to free humans from the burden of academic labor. Critics say that misses the point of education entirely.

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.”

The Great Unconformity — a gap in Earth’s geological record — has puzzled scientists for 150 years. New research suggests it was created by shifting continents, rather than “snowball Earths” or Cambrian life.

Researchers say Meta’s patent for simulating dead users could be a “turning point” in “AI resurrections.”

Harlo and Sam discuss the important privacy and security work she does every day alongside and for journalists, and why it’s only becoming more crucial.

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