Here is the bonus podcast we recorded at our second year anniversary! We answered a bunch of questions from subscribers and attendees. Some weird ones too. Apple/Spotify/YouTube:
Tariffs are here and they're causing complete chaos on eBay, every hobby now a logistical minefield. Buying cameras, retro games, skincare, flashlights, sex toys, watches, and anything else from overseas just became far more complicated, slow, and expensive.
New from 404 Media: Imgur's community is in a full on revolt against its owner. Full of pictures of John Oliver raising his middle finger and telling MediaLab AI, the site’s parent company, “fuck you.” Spoke to former employee about lay-offs with no notice too
New from 404 Media: a developer just unlocked the popular line of Echelon exercise bikes. Recently the company made them online only, locked down functionality behind a subscription. This developer cracked it. But they can't release the code due to copyright law
those AI 80s nostalgia videos going viral are weird! and bad! here's why listen here:
Breaking from 404 Media/Court Watch: notorious troll forums 4chan and Kiwi Farms are suing the UK over its age verification law "American citizens do not surrender our constitutional rights just because Ofcom sends us an e-mail."
New: Flock, the ALPR company in thousands of U.S. communities and which ICE taps into, wants to partner with a firm that sells dashcams to ordinary drivers. Nexar gets "trillions" of images a month from the dashcams. Could turn cars into roaming surveillance devices
New from 404 Media: Customs and Border Protection had direct access to more than 80,000 Flock cameras around the U.S. We previously reported local cops were doing lookups for ICE. Turned out CBP had its own access. Flock says it has now "paused all federal pilots"
New from 404 Media: crime-awareness app Citizen is using AI to generate alerts, and then pushing them without any human involvement. The AI is publishing incorrect info, gory details, personal data. Only fixed after live. Comes as Citizen laid off 13 union workers
I spoke to the hackers who may end up supercharging car thefts, using a tool that can break into nearly 200 models of vehicles. And the tool might be public and free soon