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Customs and Border Protection Says It Will Stop Buying Smartphone Location Data
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Customs and Border Protection Says It Will Stop Buying Smartphone Location Data

For years, journalists and lawmakers have investigated CBP and other agencies’ purchase of smartphone location data without a warrant. Now CBP says it will stop using such data at the end of the month.
Masked Man Filmed Smashing San Francisco RoboTaxi With Hammer
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Masked Man Filmed Smashing San Francisco RoboTaxi With Hammer

A Cruise robotaxi was bashed repeatedly with a hammer and spraypainted in the middle of a San Francisco intersection.
Starfield Bug Forces Players to Change Gender to Fire Guns
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Starfield Bug Forces Players to Change Gender to Fire Guns

Starfield players looking for how to fix a bug that breaks guns figured out changing their character's gender is a solution.
Archivists Back Up Nonprofit TV History Museum Before Sony Copystrikes Get It Taken Down From YouTube
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Archivists Back Up Nonprofit TV History Museum Before Sony Copystrikes Get It Taken Down From YouTube

The Museum of Classic Chicago Television eventually came back up, but the incident shows how fragile our shared history is in an age of overzealous copyright enforcement.
Forensic Investigators Allege Nina Agdal's Snapchat Was Hacked to Steal Private Video
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Forensic Investigators Allege Nina Agdal's Snapchat Was Hacked to Steal Private Video

“I have concluded that Ms. Agdal’s Snapchat account was in fact compromised," an affidavit by a forensic investigator said.
404 Media Got CEO Coaching From John Hittler
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404 Media Got CEO Coaching From John Hittler

John Hittler told us why he hasn’t changed his name, and why we need to celebrate 404 Media at the French Laundry next year.
Let's Check What Drugs, Guns, and Counterfeit Money Instagram Is Advertising Today
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Let's Check What Drugs, Guns, and Counterfeit Money Instagram Is Advertising Today

Two weeks after a 404 Media investigation, let’s see if Meta has learned to do a basic search of its own platform.
Meet the Guy Preserving the New History of PC Games, One Linux Port at a Time
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Meet the Guy Preserving the New History of PC Games, One Linux Port at a Time

Ethan Lee has been keeping your favorite indie games running for years by porting them to Linux. Now he wants developers to start thinking about “maintenance” instead of “remasters.”
Andreessen Horowitz Funds ‘Uncensored’ AI That Will Tell You How to Kill Yourself
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Andreessen Horowitz Funds ‘Uncensored’ AI That Will Tell You How to Kill Yourself

a16z funds open source AI developers who are building alternatives to OpenAI’s closed systems, but we still have no idea what’s going to happen when anyone can access uncensored LLMs.
AI Image Company Rebrands After 404 Media Investigation
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AI Image Company Rebrands After 404 Media Investigation

On Wednesday 404 Media reported Kaedim had promised AI-powered 2D to 3D conversions, but had actually used human workers. Hours later, Kaedim rebranded its website and messaging.
Leaked Email: CBP Tells Airports Its New Facial Recognition Target is 75% of Passengers Leaving the US
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Leaked Email: CBP Tells Airports Its New Facial Recognition Target is 75% of Passengers Leaving the US

An internal airport email obtained by 404 Media shows CBP is changing how it measures its goals for biometric boarding when people fly out of the U.S.
Tesla, Which Has Fought Repair Constantly: ‘Tesla’s History of Supporting Right to Repair Is Well-Documented’
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Tesla, Which Has Fought Repair Constantly: ‘Tesla’s History of Supporting Right to Repair Is Well-Documented’

Documentation of Tesla's support of right to repair is difficult to find. Documentation of all the things it's done to make Teslas harder to repair is not.