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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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• Samantha Cole

RNC Sued Over WinRed's Constant 'ALL HELL JUST BROKE LOOSE!' Fundraising Texts

RNC Sued Over WinRed's Constant 'ALL HELL JUST BROKE LOOSE!' Fundraising Texts

The RNC and other Republican groups are violating Utah telecommunications law by continuing to text people incessantly after they've asked them to stop, a new complaint alleges.

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• Joseph Cox

I Tried Pre-Ordering the Trump Phone. The Page Failed and It Charged My Credit Card the Wrong Amount

I Tried Pre-Ordering the Trump Phone. The Page Failed and It Charged My Credit Card the Wrong Amount

I got a confirmation email saying I'll get another confirmation when it's shipped. But I haven't provided a shipping address.

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• Jason Koebler

Emails Reveal the Casual Surveillance Alliance Between ICE and Local Police

Emails Reveal the Casual Surveillance Alliance Between ICE and Local Police

Police departments in Oregon created an "analyst group" where they casually offer each other assistance with surveillance tools.

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• Samantha Cole

Meta Users Feel Less Safe Since It Weakened ‘Hateful Conduct’ Policy, Survey Finds

Meta Users Feel Less Safe Since It Weakened ‘Hateful Conduct’ Policy, Survey Finds

A survey of 7,000 active users on Instagram, Facebook and Threads shows people feel grossed out and unsafe since Mark Zuckerberg's decision to scale back moderation after Trump's election.

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• Becky Ferreira

Climate Change Warps Brains in the Womb, Scientists Discover

Climate Change Warps Brains in the Womb, Scientists Discover

Scientists exhumed bald cypress trees that lived thousands of years ago and recorded climactic turmoil.

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• Joseph Cox

Behind the Blog: Advertising and Aircraft

Behind the Blog: Advertising and Aircraft

This week, we discuss advertising, protests, and aircraft.

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• Becky Ferreira

Humans Have Now Seen the Dawn of Time from Earth After Breakthrough

Humans Have Now Seen the Dawn of Time from Earth After Breakthrough

Telescopes perched on the Andes Mountains glimpsed elusive encounters fueled by the first of the first stars in the universe more than 13 billion years ago.

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• Samantha Cole

AI Therapy Bots Are Conducting 'Illegal Behavior,' Digital Rights Organizations Say

AI Therapy Bots Are Conducting 'Illegal Behavior,' Digital Rights Organizations Say

Exclusive: An FTC complaint led by the Consumer Federation of America outlines how therapy bots on Meta and Character.AI have claimed to be qualified, licensed therapists to users, and why that may be breaking the law.

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• Emanuel Maiberg

Meta Sues Nudify App That Keeps Advertising on Instagram

Meta Sues Nudify App That Keeps Advertising on Instagram

As part of what it claims is a new crackdown, Meta is suing a nudify app and "strengthening" its enforcement.

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• Joseph Cox

CBP Confirms It Is Flying Predator Drones Above Los Angeles To Support ICE

CBP Confirms It Is Flying Predator Drones Above Los Angeles To Support ICE

The confirmation follows 404 Media's reporting using flight data and air traffic control (ATC) audio that showed the agency was flying Predator drones above Los Angeles.

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• Emanuel Maiberg

Wikipedia Pauses AI-Generated Summaries After Editor Backlash

Wikipedia Pauses AI-Generated Summaries After Editor Backlash

“This would do immediate and irreversible harm to our readers and to our reputation as a decently trustworthy and serious source,” one Wikipedia editor said.

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• Joseph Cox

Our New FOIA Forum! 6/18, 1PM ET

Our New FOIA Forum! 6/18, 1PM ET

Come learn how we got records all about an AI company working with cops.

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• Jason Koebler

John Deere Must Face FTC Lawsuit Over Its Tractor Repair Monopoly, Judge Rules

John Deere Must Face FTC Lawsuit Over Its Tractor Repair Monopoly, Judge Rules

Deere now must face two different major lawsuits over the repairability of its tractors.

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• Samantha Cole

A Spam Scheme Is Filling University, Government, and Tech Giants’ Sites With AI Trash

A Spam Scheme Is Filling University, Government, and Tech Giants’ Sites With AI Trash

Domains owned by Nvidia, Stanford, NPR and the U.S. government are being quietly eaten by AI slop.

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• Joseph Cox

Podcast: Feds Flew Predator Drones Over The LA Protests

Podcast: Feds Flew Predator Drones Over The LA Protests

All about the spy planes and burning Waymos at the anti-ICE protests in LA, and a guilty plea for a massive sex trafficking ring.

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• Joseph Cox

DHS Flew Predator Drones Over LA Protests, Audio Shows

DHS Flew Predator Drones Over LA Protests, Audio Shows

Air traffic control (ATC) audio unearthed by an aviation tracking enthusiast then reviewed by 404 Media shows two Predator drones leaving, and heading towards, Los Angeles.

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• Jason Koebler

GitHub is Leaking Trump’s Plans to 'Accelerate' AI Across Government

GitHub is Leaking Trump’s Plans to 'Accelerate' AI Across Government

A new website and API called AI.gov is set to launch on the Fourth of July.

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• Joseph Cox

Airlines Don't Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS

Airlines Don't Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS

A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data.

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• Samantha Cole

Girls Do Porn Ringleader Pleads Guilty, Faces Life In Prison

Girls Do Porn Ringleader Pleads Guilty, Faces Life In Prison

Michael Pratt led Girls Do Porn, a sex trafficking operation that targeted hundreds of young women with force, fraud and coercion.

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• Samantha Cole

Senators Demand Meta Answer For AI Chatbots Posing as Licensed Therapists

Senators Demand Meta Answer For AI Chatbots Posing as Licensed Therapists

Exclusive: Following 404 Media’s investigation into Meta's AI Studio chatbots that pose as therapists and provided license numbers and credentials, four senators urged Meta to limit "blatant deception" from its chatbots.

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• Jason Koebler

Waymo Pauses Service in Downtown LA Neighborhood Where They're Getting Lit on Fire

Waymo Pauses Service in Downtown LA Neighborhood Where They're Getting Lit on Fire

A company spokesperson said it is working with law enforcement to determine when it can move the cars that have been.

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• Joseph Cox

DHS Black Hawks and Military Aircraft Surveil the LA Protests

DHS Black Hawks and Military Aircraft Surveil the LA Protests

Local police, state authorities, DHS, and the military all flew aircraft over the Los Angeles protests this weekend, according to flight path data.

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• Joseph Cox

A Researcher Figured Out How to Reveal Any Phone Number Linked to a Google Account

A Researcher Figured Out How to Reveal Any Phone Number Linked to a Google Account

Phone numbers are a goldmine for SIM swappers. A researcher found how to get this precious piece of information from any Google account.

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• Becky Ferreira

Scientists Just Discovered a Lost Ancient Culture That Vanished

Scientists Just Discovered a Lost Ancient Culture That Vanished

Plus: a surprising case of galactic eschatology, nematode cheerleading pyramids, ancient makeup kits, and more.

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• Matthew Gault

Elon Musk Claimed the Art This Man Painstakingly Created Was Generated by Grok

Elon Musk Claimed the Art This Man Painstakingly Created Was Generated by Grok

Charles Brooks knows that people will share and alter his work. He just wants credit for his photos when it happens.

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• Joseph Cox

Behind the Blog: Activism and Evangelism

Behind the Blog: Activism and Evangelism

This week, we discuss the phrase "activist journalist," waiting in line for a Switch 2, and teledildonics.

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• Jason Koebler

TSA Working on Haptic Tech To 'Feel' Your Body in Virtual Reality

TSA Working on Haptic Tech To 'Feel' Your Body in Virtual Reality

The tech would "detect the contour of a target (a person and/or an object) at a distance, optionally penetrating through clothing" and transmit it to a haptic feedback glove.

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• Joseph Cox

Apple Gave Governments Data on Thousands of Push Notifications

Apple Gave Governments Data on Thousands of Push Notifications

Push notification data can sometimes include the unencrypted content of notifications. Requests include from the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Israel.

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• Emanuel Maiberg

Why Do Christians Love AI Slop?

Why Do Christians Love AI Slop?

Why is so much AI slop about Jesus and the Bible, and why do Christians appear to love it?

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• Jason Koebler

The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced

The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced

Direct File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the "future of tax filing."