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@404mediaco

a journalist-founded tech outlet here to fuck up the internet.

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404 Media@404mediaco · 7 h

The NIH Is Capping Research Proposals Because It's Overwhelmed by AI Submissions 🔗 404media.co/nih-capping-re…

404mediaco's tweet card. The NIH wrote that it has recently “observed instances of Principal Investigators submitting large numbers of applications, some of which may have been generated with AI tools."

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404 Media@404mediaco · 9 h

We're Publishing Our ICE Reporting In Spanish 🔗404media.co/were-publishin…

404mediaco's tweet card. From ICE's facial recognition app to its Palantir contract, we've translated a spread of our ICE articles into Spanish and made them freely available.

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404 Media@404mediaco · 10 h

Pentagon Says It Will ‘Continuously’ Monitor Bathrooms to Comply With Anti-Trans Order 🔗404media.co/pentagon-says-…

404mediaco's tweet card. An internal memo obtained by 404 Media also shows the military ordered a review hold on "questionable content" at Stars and Stripes, the military's 'editorially independent' newspaper.

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404 Media@404mediaco · 10 h

Come hang out with us in LA and watch our live podcast about ICE with a Q&A. 🔗bit.ly/404ripspace

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404 Media@404mediaco · 11 h

Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission 🔗 404media.co/spotify-publis…

404mediaco's tweet card. "They could fix this problem. One of their talented software engineers could stop this fraudulent practice in its tracks, if they had the will to do so."

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404 Media@404mediaco · 11 h

A Startup is Selling Data Hacked from Peoples’ Computers to Debt Collectors 🔗404media.co/a-startup-is-s…

404mediaco's tweet card. Infostealer data can include passwords, email and billing addresses, and the embarrassing websites you use. Farnsworth Intelligence is selling to to divorce lawyers and other industries.

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404 Media@404mediaco · Jul 20

Hackers Can Remotely Trigger the Brakes on American Trains and the Problem Has Been Ignored for Years 🔗404media.co/hackers-can-re…

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404 Media@404mediaco · Jul 19

Podcast: The AI Exodus Begins 🔗 404media.co/podcast-the-ai…

404mediaco's tweet card. There is a massive exodus happening in the AI world; the 'Save Our Signs' campaign, and why AI won't save the media industry.

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404 Media@404mediaco · Jul 18

'Deportation Tok' Is Taking Off 🔗 404media.co/deportation-to…

404mediaco's tweet card. People are uploading videos of their post-deportation life to TikTok and other platforms.

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404 Media@404mediaco · Jul 18

We found hacked data that revealed dozens of people on deportation flights to El Salvador are missing. 🔗 404media.co/flight-manifes…

404mediaco's tweet card. Hacked data obtained by 404 Media reveals dozens more people on deportation flights to El Salvador who are unaccounted for. “We have not heard from these people’s families, so I think perhaps even...

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404 Media@404mediaco · Jul 18

Inside ICE’s Supercharged Facial Recognition App of 200 Million Images 🔗404media.co/inside-ices-su…

404mediaco's tweet card. 404 Media has seen user manuals for Mobile Fortify, ICE’s new facial recognition app which allows officers to instantly look up DHS, State Department, and state law enforcement databases by just...

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404 Media@404mediaco · Jul 18

The Astronomer CEO's Coldplay Concert Fiasco Is Emblematic of Our Social Media Surveillance Dystopia 🔗 404media.co/the-astronomer…

404mediaco's tweet card. Facial recognition and crowdsourced social media investigations are constantly being used not just on cringe CEOs, but on random people who are simply existing in public.

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404 Media@404mediaco · Jul 18

Facial recognition and crowdsourced social media investigations are constantly being used not just on cringe CEOs, but on random people who are simply existing in public. 🔗 404media.co/the-astronomer…

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404 Media@404mediaco · Jul 17

The 800-Year-Old Mystery of a Lost Medieval Legend Is Solved, Researchers Say 🔗 404media.co/the-800-year-o…

404mediaco's tweet card. The Song of Wade was a popular legend that survives in only one enigmatic text. Now, researchers think they have solved a longstanding puzzle about its meaning.

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404 Media@404mediaco · Jul 16

Steam Bends to Payment Processors on Porn Games 🔗404media.co/steam-bends-to…

404mediaco's tweet card. Steam, which has hosted sex games for years, says developers must now comply with the standards of payment processors and financial institutions.

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404 Media@404mediaco · Jul 16

3D Printing Patterns Might Make Ghost Guns More Traceable Than We Thought 🔗404media.co/3d-printing-pa…

404mediaco's tweet card. Early studies show that 3D printers may leave behind similar toolmarks on repeated prints.

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404 Media@404mediaco · Jul 16

The Real Future of AI Is Ordering Mid Chicken at Bojangles 🔗404media.co/the-real-futur…

404mediaco's tweet card. This month I ordered a meal at the Bojangles drive-thru in South Carolina, which is now using AI. This is how AI becomes the background noise of the world.

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404 Media@404mediaco · Jul 16

The Hyperpersonalized AI Slop Silo Machine Is Here 🔗 404media.co/the-ai-slop-ni…

404mediaco's tweet card. We are on a path to where social media will feed you hyperpersonalized AI slop about anything and everything.

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404 Media@404mediaco · Jul 15

Saving the Lost Silent Zuckerberg Interview With the Amazing Power of AI 🔗404media.co/saving-the-los…

404mediaco's tweet card. Nearly two minutes of Mark Zuckerberg's thoughts about AI have been lost to the sands of time. Can Meta's all-powerful AI recover this artifact?

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404 Media@404mediaco · Jul 15

Hackers Can Remotely Trigger the Brakes on American Trains and the Problem Has Been Ignored for Years 🔗404media.co/hackers-can-re…

404mediaco's tweet card. “All of the knowledge to generate the exploit already exists on the internet. AI could even build it for you,” the researcher told 404 Media.

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