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404 Media is an independent media company founded by technology journalists Jason Koebler, Emanuel Maiberg, Samantha Cole, and Joseph Cox.
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• Matthew Gault
"Why have we gotten to the point where we have permitted militaries of various states to use civilian commercial data centers for their military purposes?"
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• Jason Koebler
Livestreamers used a robot to harass a woman for social media clout on the street in Germany.
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• Jason Koebler
New music genre just dropped. Also: A Tesla locks out cops, and more from around the web.
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• Jason Koebler
Character.ai enshittified its product but was still burning tons of cash, its bankruptcy documents say.
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• Samantha Cole
New music genre just dropped. Also: A Tesla locks out cops, and more from around the web.
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• Samantha Cole
DARQ DAGR combined BookTok romantasy and dubstep to create something new and somewhat controversial. “It’s accepting and embracing what you're into within a safe and healthy space," he said. "I think that's a really beautiful thing.”
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• Matthew Gault
A federal warrant application detailed how Tesla’s security protocols stopped agents from tracking a suspected drug trafficker’s car.
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• Samantha Cole
That washer/dryer combo could be used by cops to identify a property.
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• Joseph Cox
Raven, previously called GeoSpy, lets cops figure out what specific Airbnb or Zillow property a photo was taken in.
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• Becky Ferreira
A fast radio burst that traveled across 10 billion light years reached Earth in 2024, doubling the distance record for these unexplained and energetic signals from space.
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• Jason Koebler
Sen. Ron Wyden is seeking a privacy review report about the HIDTA license plate program.
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• Samantha Cole
This week, we discuss AI and spirituality.
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• Matthew Gault
Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."
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• Joseph Cox
Cops are getting around a very important iPhone security feature; someone made an LLM torture chamber; and lawyers going wild with ChatGPT.
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• Joseph Cox
We got the bodycam and in-car footage from the unconstitutional Flock search. Also now you can basically have sex with Claude Code?
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• Jason Koebler
"I saw her go by, and I just started running her info on Flock."
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• Becky Ferreira
Jonathan, a 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise, was born before the Civil War. Scientists have now sequenced his genome to reveal what’s behind his extreme longevity, so we can live longer too.
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• Samantha Cole
AI-generated political slop, a farewell to a good bird, and more.
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• Matthew Gault
‘Chris’ sentiment does not change,’ said the sister who created an AI avatar of her slain brother Christopher Pelkey to speak in court.
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• Jason Koebler
And 404's Flock coverage cited in proposed legislation.
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• Joseph Cox
Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.
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• Samantha Cole
“Indiscriminate mass surveillance," a Meta Muse scoop, and more in today's daily newsletter.
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• Matthew Gault
The academic publisher said submissions have doubled in the past two years and moderators are having a hard time keeping up.
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• Jason Koebler
The vulnerability could have let a Muse user access sensitive internal Meta databases.
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• Becky Ferreira
The estimated lifespan of the outer solar system has been downgraded from 100 billion years to just a few billion years, according to a study that probed “terminal instability” during the Sun’s death.
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• Jason Koebler
Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.
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• Joseph Cox
The massive FBI hack; a company wants to add facial recognition onto Flock; and Muse in some cases is actually just people.
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• Samantha Cole
This week, we discuss inbox slop, Claude cults, and more.
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• Samantha Cole
A look at the state of student journalism in light of the Cornell sexual assault case, and much more.
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• Claire Woodcock
As the Cornell 7 case highlights the importance of student journalism, public records reveal how schools try to censor on-campus news outlets.
