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404 Media is an independent media company founded by technology journalists Jason Koebler, Emanuel Maiberg, Samantha Cole, and Joseph Cox.
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
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.
404 Media
• Emanuel Maiberg
“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.
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
Come learn how we got records all about an AI company working with cops.
404 Media
• Jason Koebler
Deere now must face two different major lawsuits over the repairability of its tractors.
404 Media
• Samantha Cole
Domains owned by Nvidia, Stanford, NPR and the U.S. government are being quietly eaten by AI slop.
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
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.
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
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.
404 Media
• Jason Koebler
A new website and API called AI.gov is set to launch on the Fourth of July.
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data.
404 Media
• Samantha Cole
Michael Pratt led Girls Do Porn, a sex trafficking operation that targeted hundreds of young women with force, fraud and coercion.
404 Media
• Samantha Cole
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.
404 Media
• Jason Koebler
A company spokesperson said it is working with law enforcement to determine when it can move the cars that have been.
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
Local police, state authorities, DHS, and the military all flew aircraft over the Los Angeles protests this weekend, according to flight path data.
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
Phone numbers are a goldmine for SIM swappers. A researcher found how to get this precious piece of information from any Google account.
404 Media
• Becky Ferreira
Plus: a surprising case of galactic eschatology, nematode cheerleading pyramids, ancient makeup kits, and more.
404 Media
• Matthew Gault
Charles Brooks knows that people will share and alter his work. He just wants credit for his photos when it happens.
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
This week, we discuss the phrase "activist journalist," waiting in line for a Switch 2, and teledildonics.
404 Media
• Jason Koebler
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.
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
Push notification data can sometimes include the unencrypted content of notifications. Requests include from the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Israel.
404 Media
• Emanuel Maiberg
Why is so much AI slop about Jesus and the Bible, and why do Christians appear to love it?
404 Media
• Jason Koebler
Direct File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the "future of tax filing."
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
How human sexuality will outsmart prudish algorithms and hateful politicians; the open source software behind the Ukraine drone attack; and how even pro-AI subreddits are dealing with AI delusions.
404 Media
• Matthew Gault
Ukraine used ArduPilot to help it wipe out Russian targets. It wasn’t the first time and it won’t be the last.
404 Media
• Samantha Cole
Anti-porn laws can't stop porn, but they can stop free speech. In the meantime, people will continue to get off to anything and everything.
404 Media
• Becky Ferreira
For nine days in September 2023, the world was rocked by an “Unidentified Seismic Object.”
404 Media
• Emanuel Maiberg
“AI is rizzing them up in a very unhealthy way at the moment.”
404 Media
• Jason Koebler
AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."
404 Media
• Becky Ferreira
A dead star 15,000 light years from Earth is pulsing every 44 minutes in both X-rays and radio waves.
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
The move comes after internal pressure and 404 Media’s reporting.
404 Media
• Joseph Cox
This week, we discuss an exciting revamp of The Abstract, tech betrayals, and the "it's for cops" defense.
