Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Company Comments and a Party Recap
This week, we discuss companies' responses to being monitored by an ICE contractor, caring about the little things, weight loss drug ads, and how our SXSW shindig went.
Podcast
Podcast: The Plan to Use AI to Purge Voter Rolls
This week we have Jason on EagleAI, Sam on Microsoft's gender AI mistake, and Joseph on the infostealer industry.
News
The Vatican’s Anime Mascot Is Now an AI Porn Sensation
AI and Rule 34 have inevitably turned the Catholic Church’s cute Luce mascot into very graphic pornography.
News
Alleged Snowflake Hacker Appears in Court, Says Prison in Lockdown
Connor Moucka said he didn't have a lawyer yet. He was arrested at the request of the U.S.
EagleAI
Inside the Plan to Use AI to Purge Voter Rolls
Audio obtained from board of elections meetings in Georgia show how a tool called EagleAI was pitched to election officials.
News
Suspected Snowflake Hacker Arrested in Canada
For more than a week Judische, the hacker linked to the AT&T, Ticketmaster and other breaches, has not been responding to messages. That's because he's been arrested.
Internet Mysteries
'The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet' Has Finally Been Identified
The mystery, which dates back to the 1980s, has finally been solved. The song is Fex—Subways of Your Mind.
News
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.
News
Netflix Bullish on Gen AI for Games After Laying Off Human Game Developers
Netflix exec says Generative AI is a ‘once in a generation’ inflection point for video game development.
Announcements
404 Media Is Partnering With Wired
Wired is going to co-publish two of our articles a month.
wired
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.
News
Here Come the Giant Crime Sniffing Rats
Lessons about echolocation topography, tadpole gigantism, rat police, and an iconoclastic star.
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.