News
Bodycam Shows Moment Cops Arrested a Man for Speaking Too Long at Data Center Meeting
We spoke to Darren Blanchard, the man arrested while speaking out against data centers at a community meeting. He's sharing the bodycam footage of his arrest for the first time with 404 Media.
cinema
Watch Peloton Instructor Dunk on ‘Tenet’ to Christopher Nolan’s Face
Director Christopher Nolan apparently sweated through Peloton instructor Jenn Sherman calling his 2020 film impossible to understand during a workout class.
News
Google Contractor Pays Parents $50 to Scan Their Childrens' Faces
Google is having parents film their children wearing hats and sunglasses, with the collected data to include eyelid shape and skin tone.
repair
Polish Hackers Say Manufacturer's Repair DRM Killed Train's Power, Broke Compressor
They found code that killed power to the train and broke a train's compressor: "We are 100% certain of our findings."
Podcast
Podcast: Inside a $7 Million Airbnb Scam
On this week's episode of the 404 Media Podcast, we go into a massive, nationwide Airbnb scam; talk about Pornhub cutting off access to Montana and North Carolina; and finish up with the death of Wickr.
News
Download the Newly Unsealed Jeffrey Epstein Documents Here
Hundreds of pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were unsealed Wednesday. Here they are.
Surveillance
New Jersey Used COVID Relief Funds to Buy Banned Chinese Surveillance Cameras
Cameras sold to police throughout New Jersey were made by a banned Chinese company but were modified to have different colors and the company's logo removed, court records show.
News
Wickr Is Dead
The app was a privacy-championing startup, before becoming an app of choice for drug traffickers and being acquired by Amazon Web Services. Near the stroke of midnight on December 31, 2023, AWS shut down the free version of Wickr for good.
age verification
North Carolina and Montana Just Lost Access to Pornhub
As North Carolina and Montana enact new age verification laws effective January 1, residents can’t view sites in Pornhub’s parent company network.
Video Games
13-Year-Old Becomes First Person to Ever Beat Tetris
34 years after its release on NES, Blue Scuti has become the first human to ever reach Tetris' Kill Screen.
News
Real Estate ‘Visionary’ Allegedly Behind Massive, Viral Airbnb Fraud Charged
Shray Goel allegedly duped guests to properties that didn’t exist and then refused to issue refunds. Years after a media report outed his scheme, authorities caught up with Goel last month.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: A Gift Guide, Goals, and Some End of Year Nostalgia
This week, we discuss the year we've had, technology journalism as a complicated feeling, and some gift ideas for your last minute shopping.
Announcements
404 Media Holiday Gift Guide: A Gift Subscription to 404 Media
The perfect gift: a subscription that supports independent digital journalism.