Flock
Police Used Flock to Give a Man a Traffic Ticket
“CAPTURED ON FLOCK CAMERA 31 MM 1 HOLDING PHONE IN LEFT HAND.”
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Blue Screens of Death
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss election coverage, blue screens, and audio engineering.
News
CrowdStrike ‘Deeply Sorry for the Inconvenience’
The Windows outage has disrupted hospitals, airports, public transit, and much more worldwide.
CrowdStrike
To Fix CrowdStrike Blue Screen of Death Simply Reboot 15 Straight Times, Microsoft Says
The advice, which is specifically for virtual machines using Azure, shows that sometimes the solution to a catastrophic failure is turn it off and on again. And again.
News
AI Hell Is Begging a Chatbot for a $5 Discount on a Light Fixture
I tried to get the best deal from Nibble, a chatbot that allows shoppers to “negotiate” the price of specific items in online stores.
AI
It May Soon Be Legal to Jailbreak AI to Expose How it Works
A proposed exemption to the DMCA would give researchers permission to break terms of service on AI tools to expose bias, training data, and potentially harmful outputs.
News
Generative AI Hype Cycle Is Hitting ‘Trough of Disillusionment’
“Investment in AI has reached a new high with a focus on generative AI, which, in most cases, has yet to deliver its anticipated business value," Gartner has said.
News
Leaked Docs Show What Phones Cellebrite Can (and Can’t) Unlock
The leaked April 2024 documents, obtained and verified by 404 Media, show Cellebrite could not unlock a large chunk of modern iPhones.
technology
I Tried to Vape the Internet
After a vape with a screen showing Twitter and Facebook icons on it went viral, I ordered the “Swype Vape 30K Puffs Touch Screen Disposable" to see if I could inhale some social media myself.
FOIA
Police Really Want a Cybertruck, Email Shows
The Anaheim Police Department said it wanted to be the first department with a Cybertruck, according to an internal email obtained by 404 Media. But the company advertising the modified vehicles hasn’t actually made one yet, the police said.
Podcast
Podcast: The Worst Telecom Breach Ever
We explain why the AT&T breach is possibly the worst one to hit a telecom ever. Then, the world of AI through the eye's of JD Vance, and inside a face fraud factory.
events
You're Invited: 404 Media's First Anniversary Party
We're throwing a party and you're invited!
News
AI Maxers Thrilled with Trump’s Vice President Pick JD Vance
AI maxers coming out in support of Vance and Trump more than they already have is not surprising given their libertarian bent.