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Perplexity AI Offers to Help New York Times With Tech Union Strike
New York Times tech workers are on strike for fairer pay and just cause job protections. In steps the CEO of Perplexity, an AI company that has repeatedly ripped-off the work of human journalists.
Announcements
404 Media Is Partnering With Wired
Wired is going to co-publish two of our articles a month.
Features
Inside the Massive Crime Industry That is Hacking Billion Dollar Companies
When you download that piece of pirated software, you might be also getting a piece of infostealer malware, and entering a highly complex hacking ecosystem that is fueling some of the biggest breaches on the planet.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Posting Nipples and Digging Data
This week, we talk about deciding what images to publish, digging through Meta and Snap data, and finding the Secret Service talking about you.
Podcast
Podcast: An Elon Musk-Funded PAC Is Running a Democrat Impersonation Campaign
The latest expansion of an Elon Musk-funded super PAC; how New York's largest hospital system is using AI; and how Epic Games' control over the 3D model market could "destroy" cultural heritage.
Podcast
Podcast: How the U.S. Government Tracks Your Phone
A massive story on how a U.S. government-bought tool can track phones at abortion clinics; a very special guest drops by to talk about The Abstract; and how we found where a Musk-funded PAC is targeting Snapchat ads.
Features
Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics
Privacy advocates gained access to a powerful tool bought by U.S. law enforcement agencies that can track smartphone locations around the world. Abortion clinics, places of worship, and individual people can all be monitored without a warrant.
News
Encrypted Chat App ‘Session’ Leaves Australia After Visit From Police
After federal police came to an employee’s house to ask questions, encrypted messaging company Session has decided to leave Australia and switch to a foundation model based in Switzerland.
News
Watch: Inside the FBI’s Secret Phone Company
Here is the full video of Joseph’s recent talk at the DEF CON hacking conference, showing never-before-shared details about the FBI’s secret phone company called Anom.
Podcast
Podcast: Why the WordPress Chaos Matters
How the WordPress chaos may impact the web; using AI to apply for jobs; and how the National Archives wants to push its employees to use Google's AI.
News
Hackers Advertise Stolen Verizon Push-to-Talk ‘Call Logs’
The breach does not appear to impact the main consumer Verizon network, and instead involves the company’s push to talk (PTT) product, marketed to public sector agencies and enterprises.
News
Thousands of Internal AI Training Datasets, Tools Exposed to Anyone on the Internet
“In addition to the ML models themselves, the exposed data can include training datasets, hyperparameters, and sometimes even raw data used to build models,” a security researcher said.