We talk all about Webloc, ICE's tool for monitoring phone locations; the continuing Grok abuse wave; and how police unwittingly revealed millions of Flock surveillance targets.

Fake images of LeBron James, iShowSpeed, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and even Nicolás Maduro show them in bed with AI-generated influencers.

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

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

"Sex is human, sex is animal, sex is social," porn historian Noelle Perdue writes in her analysis of AI-powered erotic chatbots.

Scientists discovered that some dogs, known as Gifted Word Learners, can passively pick up language and may possess toddler-level cognitive skills.

This week, we discuss viewing terrible images online and giving out zines at a benefit show.

In an attempt to push more people toward a paying subscription, Grok now refuses to generate images in replies. The paywall is pretty leaky, though.

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.

"They're being told that this is inevitable," a member of the 806 Data Center Resistance told 404 Media. "But Texas is this other beast."

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.

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.

Putting people in bikinis is just the tip of the iceberg. On Telegram, users are finding ways to make Grok do far worse.

In the aftermath of Github banning or suspending dozens of popular accounts, the erotic game modding community wonders if they should move to platforms like GitGoon instead.

We talk about the organization mapping America's AI data centers; Grok's AI breakdown; and how we bought 404media.com.

“It is a massive surprise,” said one astronomer who measured the high temperatures of gas in galaxy cluster that existed 12 billion years ago.

The publisher is teaming with a company that claims its proprietary AI can ‘provide 2 to 3 times higher quality translations’ than other large language models.

On Tuesday, ICE was allowed to continue using Medicaid data in deportation cases.

The hotel told 404 Media in a statement “We are in touch with the impacted guests to ensure they are accommodated.”

We are experiencing world events like the kidnapping of Maduro through the lens of the most depraved AI you can imagine.

The most effective surveillance-evading gear might already be in your closet.

Hunter-gatherers cremated a small woman in Malawi 9,500 years ago, revealing a glimpse of their capabilities and practices.

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

The nonprofit research group Epoch AI is tracking the physical imprint of the technology that’s changing the world.

Lessons on laying out the 404 Media zine using a relatively weird setup—on Linux, using Affinity, with the help of the Windows translation layer WINE.

Joseph talks to Craig Silverman about how open source intelligence (OSINT) has changed over the years, and his new outlet Indicator.

Don’t worry, we’re not changing our website. But we’re finally the owners of the real deal: a .com domain.

Astronomers think they may have captured starlight from the first generation of stars, which shone more than 13 billion years ago.

This week, we discuss history repeating itself, a phone wipe scandal, Meta's relationship with links and more.

More than two miles under the Greenland Sea, tubeworms, snails, crustaceans, and microbes live on gas hydrate seeps that leak crude oil and methane.