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05 Feb 16:39 • Jason Koebler

This SpaceX Situation: Not Good!

Elon Musk's political projects are combining into a highly concerning megacompany.

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05 Feb 15:39 • Joseph Cox

This Tool Searches the Epstein Files For Your LinkedIn Contacts

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

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05 Feb 15:09 • Jason Koebler

The Washington Post Is No Longer Useful to Jeff Bezos

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

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04 Feb 16:09 • Becky Ferreira

Scientists Keep Discovering Mysterious Ancient Tunnels Across Europe

The discovery of a Medieval tunnel built within a prehistoric burial ground adds to the mystery of hundreds of underground passages without a known purpose.

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04 Feb 14:18 • Joseph Cox

FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled

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.

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04 Feb 14:18 • Joseph Cox

Podcast: The Latest Epstein Dump is a Disaster

This Epstein dump is probably the worst yet. Then we talk all about security issues in Moltbot and Moltbook. Then, even more security issues with some popular apps.

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03 Feb 15:33 • Joseph Cox

Hackers and Trolls Target Wave of ICE Spotting Apps

Hackers have targeted a spread of apps or sites that aim to track ICE activity, in one case even sending push notifications to users in an attempt to intimidate them.

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03 Feb 14:24 • Joseph Cox

Wedding Photo Booth Company Exposes Customers’ Drunken Photos

‘Curator Live’, a popular photo booth company for weddings and other events, is exposing all sorts of unsuspecting people’s photos.

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02 Feb 16:03 • Samantha Cole

DOJ Released Unredacted Nude Images in Epstein Files

A note from investigators in the files said some images Epstein had were "POSSIBLE CSAM."

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02 Feb 15:03 • Jason Koebler

Our Zine About ICE Surveillance Is Here

Download a PDF of our first ever zine here.

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02 Feb 14:03 • Joseph Cox

Privacy Telecom ‘Cape’ Introduces ‘Disappearing Call Logs’ That Delete Every 24 Hours

Usually telecoms keep customer's call and text logs for months if not years.

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02 Feb 13:27 • Joseph Cox

How Identity Literally Changes What You See (with Samuel Bagg)

Joseph speaks to Samuel Bagg about all the ways identities dictate what people see, and how what they choose to believe is based much more on those identities than the evidence in front of them.

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01 Feb 00:15 • Matthew Gault

Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site

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

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30 Jan 21:30 • Jason Koebler

Musk to Epstein: ‘What Day/Night Will Be the Wildest Party on Your Island?’

New emails show Musk has been lying about his relationship with Epstein.

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30 Jan 17:13 • Samantha Cole

Behind the Blog: Own Goals and Lying Devs

This week, we discuss a trip to Kenya, reconstructing images, and lying developers.

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30 Jan 17:13 • Matthew Gault

Silicon Valley’s Favorite New AI Agent Has Serious Security Flaws

The AI agent once called ClawdBot is enchanting tech elites, but its security vulnerabilities highlight systemic problems with AI.

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30 Jan 16:55 • Becky Ferreira

Dozens of Bizarre Ancient Lifeforms Discovered in ‘Extraordinary’ Fossil Find

The remains of a rich ancient ecosystem in China is so well-preserved that it contains guts, tentacles, and even an intact nervous system.

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30 Jan 14:57 • Joseph Cox

Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE

404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.

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30 Jan 14:33 • Matthew Gault

Erotic Parody 'Melania: Devourer of Men' Sales Surge on Amazon Amid Documentary Flop

A Reddit-led protest is trying to push an eight year old erotic thriller to the top of Amazon’s sales charts.

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29 Jan 19:21 • Jason Koebler

Senators Push for Answers on ICE's Surveillance Shopping Spree

Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine asked the inspector general of the DHS about a host of surveillance technologies, including Flock, mobile phone spyware, and location data.

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29 Jan 15:00 • Emanuel Maiberg

Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations

Chat & Ask AI, which claims 50 million users, exposed private chats about suicide and making meth.

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28 Jan 15:55 • Joseph Cox

Hackers Say They've Hacked Match Group, Maker of Hinge, OkCupid

Match Group says it is investigating claims that a mass of internal data was hacked from its popular dating apps.

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28 Jan 15:55 • Matthew Gault

The Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight. Does Anyone Care?

The Doomsday Clock, a symbol of how close humanity is to destroying itself, has moved from 89 seconds to 85 seconds, four seconds closer to “doomsday.” That is the closest the Clock has ever been to midnight. That’s when, in the metaphor proposed by the keepers