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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.
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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.
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.
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Verizon Gave Her Data to a Stalker. ‘This Has Completely Changed My Life’
A stalker haphazardly posing as a cop demanded sensitive data from Verizon. Verizon complied, and the stalker drove to an address armed with a knife. 404 Media spoke to the victim.
AI
Facebook Is Being Overrun With Stolen, AI-Generated Images That People Think Are Real
The once-prophesized future where cheap, AI-generated trash content floods out the hard work of real humans is already here, and is already taking over Facebook.
AI
Company Brags About Using Smart Device Microphone Audio to Target Ads on Their Podcast
MindSift is the tiny company that says it’s using device microphone data to target ads.
Twitter Now Showing Ads For Nonconsensual 'AI Undress' Apps
Elon Musk's X scrapes straight through the bottom of the barrel, continues digging.
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Marketing Company Claims That It Actually Is Listening to Your Phone and Smart Speakers to Target Ads
“What would it mean for your business if you could target potential clients who are actively discussing their need for your services in their day-to-day conversations? No, it's not a Black Mirror episode—it's Voice Data, and CMG has the capabilities to use it to your business advantage.”
repair
Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them
After breaking trains simply because an independent repair shop had worked on them, NEWAG is now demanding that trains fixed by hackers be removed from service.
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No Record of 'Russian Economist' Who Flew to LAX Without a Ticket, Didn't Remember How He Got Here
A man boarded a plane in Denmark without a ticket, ate two meals on the plane, and arrived at LAX with no passport and no record of him being on the plane. Everyone involved is very confused.
Impact
Civitai and OctoML Introduce Radical New Measures to Stop Abuse After 404 Media Investigation
The moves come after 404 Media revealed the a16z funded AI platform was being used to generate images that "could be categorized as child pornography."
