Announcements
Introducing the First 404 Media Fellow: Jules Roscoe
Jules will be covering labor and automation and helping our stories show up on all platforms as our first 404 Media fellow.
Podcast
Podcast: The Xz Backdoor and the AI Peer-Review Crisis
The fascinating Xz backdoor; a looming AI crisis in peer-review; and news around the infamous Lena image. That's all on this week's episode.
FOIA
Officer Screamed ‘Stop Shooting Her’ While Police Killed Unarmed Teen After Car Chase
404 Media has obtained newly released video and audio material related to the 2022 killing of Savannah Graziano.
News
Criminals Are Weaponizing Child Abuse Imagery to Ban Discord Servers
Criminals are deliberating uploading child abuse material to rival hacking and fraud related Discord servers to have them shut down.
Podcast
Podcast: The Shaky Science of License Plate Readers
On this week's episode we talk about a shaky study into Flock; what people are doing now that Pornhub has pulled out of some states; and how we dug into the new owners of Deadspin.
FOIA
The Air Force Bought a Surveillance-Focused AI Chatbot
The chatbot, which has entered a test phase, is designed for intelligence analysts to ask questions about aerial and surveillance imagery.
Announcements
404 Media Now Has a Full Text RSS Feed
We paid for the development of full text RSS feeds for Ghost-based publishers. Now we can offer them to our paid subscribers, and other Ghost sites can use the service too.
Podcast
Podcast: Shrimp Jesus
Shrimp Jesus (of course); Pornhub pulling out of Texas; and backdoors in safe locks. That's all on this week's episode of the 404 Media Podcast.
News
Cleaner for SWAT Team Leaks DEA Investigative File on Her Fentanyl Dealing Cousin
In an unusual insider threat case, a cleaner working in a SWAT office allegedly snapped photos of a DEA investigative file and leaked them.
News
FTC Goes Undercover Against Fake Antivirus Companies
Companies called Restoro and Reimage are allegedly behind pop-ups that trick people into downloading a piece of fake antivirus software and paying sizable fees.
News
Massively Popular Safe Locks Have Secret Backdoor Codes
Senator Ron Wyden has found that the DoD banned the use of such locks for U.S. government systems, but deliberately kept information about the backdoors from the public.
Podcast
Podcast: How Hackers Steal Mountains of Oxy and Adderall
Fraudsters and hackers hijack the electronic prescription system; 404 Media is included in a Russia disinformation campaign; and how we bypassed the "no-go voice" policy of ElevenLabs.