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Inside the Booming 'AI Pimping' Industry

AI-generated influencers that steal content from human models and adult content creators have taken over Instagram.

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Jason Koebler

· Nov 20, 2024

Pokémon Go Players Have Unwittingly Trained AI to Navigate the World

Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a “Large Geospatial Model” that can navigate the real world and power robots.

Emanuel Maiberg

· Nov 19, 2024

Leaked Documents Show What Phones Secretive Tech ‘Graykey’ Can Unlock

The documents provide never-been-seen insight into the current cat-and-mouse game between forensics companies and phone manufacturers Apple and Google.

Joseph Cox

· Nov 19, 2024

AI-Powered Buzzfeed Ads Suggest You Buy Hat of Man Who Died by Suicide

Buzzfeed is using an AI-powered ad platform that recommends products that attempts to match objects in disturbing images on its site.

Emanuel Maiberg

· Nov 18, 2024

Pregnancy Tracking App ‘What to Expect’ Refuses to Fix Issue that Allows Full Account Takeover

Vulnerabilities in the popular What to Expect app include one that allows a full account take over, and another that exposes that email address of forum admins.

Joseph Cox

· Nov 14, 2024

Here’s the Indictment Against the Alleged Snowflake and AT&T Hacker

The indictment also charges a second hacker that 404 Media previously reported as being linked to the AT&T breach.

Joseph Cox

· Nov 11, 2024

Amazon Confirms Breach of Employee Data

The breach includes the employees’ name, work contact information, and what location they work at.

Joseph Cox

· Nov 11, 2024

Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops

On Thursday 404 Media reported that police were freaking out about mysteriously rebooting iPhones. Now multiple experts have found that Apple introduced code that reboots locked phones after a period of time.

Joseph Cox

· Nov 8, 2024

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Nintendo Sues Streamer of Emulated, Pre-Released Games

The streamer, who opened new channels when Nintendo shut them down, said he “can do this all day.”

Emanuel Maiberg

· Nov 8, 2024

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Police Freak Out at iPhones Mysteriously Rebooting Themselves, Locking Cops Out

Law enforcement believe the activity, which makes it harder to then unlock the phones, may be due to a potential update in iOS 18 which tells nearby iPhones to reboot if they have not been in contact with a cellular network for some time, according to a document obtained by 404 Media.

Joseph Cox

· Nov 7, 2024