News
Mike Waltz Accidentally Reveals Obscure App the Government Is Using to Archive Signal Messages
A photograph of Trump administration official Mike Waltz's phone shows him using an unofficial version of Signal designed to archive messages during a cabinet meeting.
News
NASA, Yale, and Stanford Scientists Consider 'Scientific Exile,' French University Says
“We are witnessing a new brain drain.”
Pokemon Go
Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data
A company owned by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund just bought the most popular AR video game of all time.
News
'Pretty Vile:' Spotify Removes Andrew Tate 'Pimping Hoes' Class After Employees Complain
Internal Spotify communications viewed by 404 Media show Spotify’s own employees complaining about Andrew Tate’s course being available on the platform.
News
The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring
404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it and draw connections between people.
Podcast
Podcast: We're Not Ready for Chinese AI Video Generators
We chat the lack of guardrails on China-based AI video models; how cops are using AI to summarize evidence from seized mobile phones; and the AI game that is making $50,000 a month.
News
Here is NASA’s Contract with Clearview AI
The oversight and investigative body of NASA spent $16,000 on the technology, 404 Media previously reported.
News
Columbia Protestor Arrested by ICE Moved to Louisiana Detention Facility
On Sunday Mahmoud Khalil’s wife was unable to find the protester at the New Jersey facility he was allegedly detained in. ICE’s system now says he is in Louisiana.
News
Photographers Are on a Mission to Fix Wikipedia's Famously Bad Celebrity Portraits
WikiPortraits, a group of volunteer photographers, has been covering festivals and shooting celebrities specifically to improve images in the public domain.
The Abstract
Scientists Made a ‘Woolly Mouse’ in Quest to Resurrect Mammoths
They are cute, but are they mammoths? No. They are mice.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Merch Drops, Riso Prints and Big Cars
This week, we discuss a Supreme drop, a visit to a local Risograph printer, and what is up with Big Car.
AI
Google and Amazon AI Say Hitler’s Mein Kampf Is ‘a True Work of Art’
An example of AI attempting to summarizing nuanced reviewed of Hitler's Nazi manifesto turned into an example of algorithms eating themselves.
News
Chinese AI Video Generators Unleash a Flood of New Nonconsensual Porn
A new crop of AI video generators is producing an endless stream of nonconsensual AI generated porn.