Podcast
Podcast: How Algorithms Make Us Feel Bad and Weird
Lost in the wedding algorithm sauce, "clean rooms" for AI, and founders obsessed with "tokenmaxxing" in this week's 404 Media Podcast.
Podcast
Why Journalists Are Going Indie (with Maddy Myers)
Maddy and Sam get into the launch of Mothership and the importance of owning one's own work.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Jazz and Journalism
This week, we discuss the Madonna-whore algorithm, reader tips, and jazz.
Deepfakes
App Stores Push Users Toward Nudify Apps, New Research Shows
Findings from the Tech Transparency Project claim that Google and Apple’s app stores not only host harmful apps that can undress images of women, but encourage users to find them.
I Almost Lost My Mind in the Bridal Algorithm
As a #2026Bride, the constant, aggressive content started to make me feel like I was losing sight of what mattered. And I'm far from alone.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Smoking the Whole Carton
This week, we discuss gun violence and chatbots and acceptance of depravity.
age verification
Wisconsinites Can Keep Watching Porn After Governor Vetoes Age Verification Bill
“I am vetoing this bill in its entirety because I object to this bill's intrusion into the personal privacy of Wisconsin residents,” Governor Tony Evers wrote.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Systems As Designed
This week, we discuss crypto, journalists using AI, and a cool photo of Earth.
nasa
Artemis II Astronauts Have ‘Two Microsoft Outlooks’ and Neither Work
In space, no one can hear you scream at Microsoft’s legacy software.
porn
I Tried to Find the ‘Arousal Intelligence’ In An Animated, Augmented Reality Porn Star
I spent some time with a new browser-based augmented reality porn app.
Podcast
Ridicule as Praxis (with Emily Bender and Alex Hanna)
Why ridicule works to keep big tech’s claims in check, and what makes us hopeful for the future.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: DOGE Bros and Data Labelers
This week, we discuss traveling for reporting and watching way too much DOGE testimony.