New from 404 Media: a site called 'Dogequest' claims to be doxing Tesla owners across the U.S. Verified that at least some of the people in there are Tesla/Musk supporters. Comes as Trump has said that violence against Tesla would be domestic terrorism.
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‘Dogequest’ Site Claims to Dox Tesla Owners Across the U.S.
The site also has information on Tesla dealerships and members of DOGE. “At DOGEQUEST, we believe in empowering creative expressions of protest t...
New: TSA confirms to 404 Media that the agency has a credit card freeze for its bomb-sniffing dogs. Comes after an alleged internal email said that requests for dog food and vet visits were on hold.
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TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off
The statement follows an alleged internal email which said requests for dog food and vet visits had been put on hold.
This is crazy interesting: Super Nintendos are getting *faster* as the hardware ages. We spoke to the person who discovered this and has been collecting more data. They even put a SNES in the freezer to test a hypothesis
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Super Nintendo Hardware Is Running Faster as It Ages
Why is this speedrunner putting his Super Nintendo in the freezer? Science.
New from 404 Media: scientists from NASA, Yale, Stanford are already considering "scientific exile" by moving to a French university. French university says it has already gotten interest about the idea. We spoke to one researcher at a leading US university who has considered it "We are witnessing a new brain drain."
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NASA, Yale, and Stanford Scientists Consider 'Scientific Exile,' French University Says
“We are witnessing a new brain drain.”
Saudi Arabia just bought Pokemon Go, and probably all of your location data. Niantic (Pokemon Go creator) now spinning off their AI mapping business which was using Pokemon Go data to build an AI model
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Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data
A company owned by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund just bought the most popular AR video game of all time.
New: we've obtained a leaked list of the more than 200 sites, services, apps an ICE surveillance contractor monitors. Bluesky, OnlyFans, many more. Used to track targets. Highly relevant with the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil by ICE. We've published the full list here:
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The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring
404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the...
Google and Amazon's AIs say that Hitler's Mein Kampf is a "true work of art"
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Google and Amazon AI Say Hitler’s Mein Kampf Is ‘a True Work of Art’
An example of AI attempting to summarizing nuanced reviewed of Hitler's Nazi manifesto turned into an example of algorithms eating themselves.
New from 404 Media: powerful Chinese AI video generators have unleashed a new flood of nonconsensual porn. All it takes is one image of someone to create an entire porn video. This isn't deepfakes, we're far beyond that. These systems lack the most basic guardrails
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Chinese AI Video Generators Unleash a Flood of New Nonconsensual Porn
A new crop of AI video generators is producing an endless stream of nonconsensual AI generated porn.
New from 404 Media: buying this $250 ID from the tropical nation of Palau allows you to bypass U.S. crypto laws. The law blocks certain exchanges and limits trades. I bought the ID, verified it works for making accounts on crypto exchanges. Traders are doing this.
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Buying a $250 Residency Card From a Tropical Island Let Me Bypass U.S. Crypto Laws
U.S. traders are buying 'digital residency' in Palau to skirt restrictions on the amount of cryptocurrency they can withdraw and the exchanges they...
I wrote about the UK's backdoor demand to Apple, and the (I think wrong) takes that Apple should have just pulled out of the UK entirely. I think Apple did the best option available to it from a series of bad choices, and ultimately protected its worldwide users
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Behind the Blog: Stunt Blogging and the 'Fuck It' Paradigm
This week, we discuss stunt blogging, Signal pains, and murderous Reels.
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