AI
'Reverse Engineer Anything': AI Companies Crack Down on the Coolest Thing People Were Doing With AI
The future of hacking your devices is in local and open-weight AI.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Dam's Bursting
This week, we discuss election outcomes and code as a human endeavor.
Election 2026
‘There Is One Fight’: American Voters Reject Tech Oligarchy
Tuesday's election was a wholesale rejection of Silicon Valley's worldview and AI-powered kleptocracy.
Newsletters
America Votes: 'CEKEVPATIVG EDELDOA'
Slopfest 2k26 continues with an election, a fanfic fiasco, and World of Slopcraft.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Tech Support
This week, we discuss customer service and Proton fallout.
Newsletters
Objection, your honor
If you're in the EU or UK, you might be able to object to Meta's new AI scraping terms. Also: this week's pod's out and more from around the web.
Flock
In Leaked Audio, Flock CEO Tells Cops Backlash to the Company Isn’t Real
In comments at a private police conference, Garrett Langley also said his wife advised him to never apologize.
Newsletters
ChatGPT Says 404 Media Is Tech Support for Huge Corporations
"Draft an email to Jason Koebler at 404 Media."
AI
ChatGPT Keeps Telling People 404 Media Can Solve Their Tech Support Problems
Because big tech doesn't do customer service, we are being inundated with AI-generated emails begging us for help.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Brute Forces
This week, we discuss reverse engineering and some wild court docs.
Cybersecurity
AI Is Changing Everything About Hacking. No One Knows What Happens Next
'Black October:' The PHP vulnerabilities and a series of other hacks and bugs have cybersecurity experts freaking out and unsure what happens next.