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Published: October 23, 2026 17:15

How people are removing surveillance ads from their TVs; a big AI shakeup at Accenture; and the Character.ai bankruptcy. https://www.404media.co/podcast-reverse-engineer-anything-is-the-next-wave-of-ai-slop/

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Published: October 23, 2026 15:03

Archaeologists have discovered a puncture wound from a spear in the shoulder blade of a Neanderthal that lived 75,000 years ago, offering a possible glimpse of early interpersonal violence. @beckyferreira.bsky.social has more:…

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Published: October 23, 2026 14:27

companies to employees a few months ago: you better use AI companies now: wait, wait, just $29 a month on claude pls https://www.404media.co/accenture-tells-employees-they-can-now-spend-only-29-on-claude-per-month/

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Published: October 23, 2026 14:15

A small grove of historic American chestnut trees has become the site of resistance against an AI data center in West Virginia. @samleecole.bsky.social has more. Read now: https://www.404media.co/west-virginia-american-chestnut-trees-data-center/

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Published: October 22, 2026 20:32

NEW: Texas has suspended construction permits of 17 data center projects. This comes after 404 Media's @mjgault.bsky.social reported that a group of Texans discovered the state had continued to issue construction permits related to data centers despite…

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Published: October 22, 2026 20:30

Commissioners in Texas said they’re making sure ‘all applications are reviewed by agency staff to determine if they are related to data centers.’ https://www.404media.co/texas-commission-on-environmental-quality-portal-down/

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Published: October 22, 2026 14:50

Remember the viral Darth Vader public comment over Flock? Well, San Diego is actually coming closer to cancelling their $2M Flock contract. This comes after a councilmember flipped his support of Flock, and in response, Anthony Ralphs, the man behind the…

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Published: October 22, 2026 14:30

The people who write the Laws of Armed Conflict want to put guardrails on AI weapons systems. Will the world listen? https://www.404media.co/ai-is-already-amplifying-the-destruction-of-war/

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Published: October 22, 2026 13:29

In June, 404 Media obtained leaked audio from Accenture where execs shared that a big source of AI token ‘chewing’ is people just converting PDFs to presentation slides. Now, they're capping use to $29 a month. Employees are stressed.…

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Published: October 21, 2026 19:01

“They're trying to turn it into my problem [...] that I need to prove that I'm innocent,” Amanda Smith told 404 Media. “That's not what I grew up believing was the way it worked.” @josephcox.bsky.social has more. Read now:…

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Published: October 21, 2026 17:15

A surveillance document tells cops to expect "emotional confrontations" at Flock city council meetings. https://www.404media.co/cops-warned-to-look-for-suspicious-behavior-from-people-opposing-flock-at-city-council-meetings/

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Published: October 21, 2026 14:30

Amanda Smith spent three nights in jail after a Facebook Marketplace scam led to a CashApp account in her name. She says she didn't make it. https://www.404media.co/amanda-smith-opened-a-cashapp-in-her-name-she-faces-years-in-prison-cashapp-fraud/

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Published: October 21, 2026 14:25

Sick of AI slop posters? Well, we're on a new level now... Decompiled, cloned, and modified software is going viral and might slopify everything—even your exercise bike. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social explains: Watch the full thing:…

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Published: October 21, 2026 13:48

A small grove of historic American chestnut trees has become the site of resistance against an AI data center in West Virginia. https://www.404media.co/west-virginia-american-chestnut-trees-data-center/

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Published: October 20, 2026 18:05

Officials said they wanted to search the phone of Samuel Tunick, a Stop Cop City activist, for child abuse material. It was actually because he was suspected of “terrorist activities.” @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Read @josephcox.bsky.social story…

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Published: October 20, 2026 16:15

Officials said they wanted to search the phone of Samuel Tunick, a Stop Cop City activist, for child abuse material. It was actually because he was suspected of “terrorist activities.”…

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Published: October 20, 2026 14:45

What this promises is a way to easily clone and modify other people’s products. One of the main problems? AI-powered, cloned software often has bugs that the person using the AI doesn’t understand or know how to fix, but they're unleashing into the world…

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Published: October 20, 2026 12:15

Why is the universe the way it is? A long-overlooked particle might have given matter an edge over antimatter in the split-seconds after the Big Bang, which researchers say “could transform our understanding of cosmic evolution and the fundamental laws of…

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Published: October 19, 2026 22:41

A group of Texans believe they’ve discovered evidence that the state’s environmental regulatory agency has continued to issue permits to data centers despite Governor Greg Abbott’s call for it to stop. @mjgault.bsky.social reports. Read now:…

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Published: October 19, 2026 22:15

“The Caldwell Technology Park [...] the Stargate facility, and a bunch of other very large hyperscale facilities have gotten regulatory approvals [...] so it's not like a real pause."…

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Published: October 19, 2026 13:30

A sophisticated organized crime gang hacked into Staples, issued millions of dollars worth of gift cards, and went on a spending spree across the U.S. https://www.404media.co/how-a-massive-chinese-crime-ring-hacked-staples-to-steal-millions/

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Published: October 19, 2026 12:38

Today on the pod, @mjgault.bsky.social is joined by @parismarx.com who gets into why data centers are worse than we think. Watch our full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er84wCCgRs8

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Published: October 19, 2026 04:15

In other words, from a single photo, Raven appears to be able to quickly find the specific home it was taken in, without using location data or other metadata attached to the image.…

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Published: October 19, 2026 01:30

The way that the cop came to this conclusion was unconstitutional, U.S. District Court Judge Sara Hill ruled, and all of the evidence—including the car’s travel history and everything the police found—must be disregarded in court.…

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Published: October 18, 2026 19:01

The "AI Torture Chamber" has opened an upsetting and absurd window into the effective altruist obsession with "model welfare." https://www.404media.co/someone-torturing-llms-in-a-robot-prison-has-triggered-the-dumbest-debate-in-ai-yet/

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Published: October 18, 2026 04:30

A man has kicked off controversy over religious freedom in the small town of Ottumwa, Iowa by opening a city council meeting with a prayer to Satan, which then kicked off a debate about the proper time in the meeting agenda to undo the “curse.” …

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Published: October 18, 2026 01:45

Jonathan, a 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise, was born before the Civil War. Scientists have now sequenced his genome to reveal what’s behind his extreme longevity, so we can live longer too. …

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Published: October 17, 2026 13:48

Archaeologists have discovered a puncture wound from a spear in the shoulder blade of a Neanderthal that lived 75,000 years ago, offering a possible glimpse of early interpersonal violence.…

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Published: October 16, 2026 15:30

As of last January, Telegram had given U.S. authorities data on 2,253 users, 404 Media previously reported. @josephcox.bsky.social has the latest. Read now: https://www.404media.co/heres-what-telegram-giving-data-to-the-u-s-government-looks-like/

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Published: October 16, 2026 15:15

Newly filed court records include a letter from Telegram to U.S. authorities in which the company shares user data following a court order. https://www.404media.co/heres-what-telegram-giving-data-to-the-u-s-government-looks-like/

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Published: October 16, 2026 14:15

Christopher Thomas Mertens, a high school maintenance worker, was arrested after attempting to meet up with an AI persona that he thought was a 15 year old boy. https://www.404media.co/undercover-cops-using-ai-generated-child-arrest/