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Published: October 11, 2026 04:00

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 10, 2026 22:00

The estimated lifespan of the outer solar system has been downgraded from 100 billion years to just a few billion years, according to a study that probed “terminal instability” during the Sun’s death. …

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Published: October 10, 2026 16:29

"Do you watch the news? Do you listen to the radio? Do you read anything about what's going on in the world?” one of the judges asked the lawyer, who submitted false testimony and witnesses after using ChatGPT.…

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Published: October 9, 2026 16:30

Sen. Ron Wyden is seeking a privacy review report about the HIDTA license plate program. https://www.404media.co/following-404-media-investigation-senator-demands-info-about-white-houses-license-plate-surveillance-program/

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Published: October 9, 2026 15:52

Today, "The Social Reckoning" hits theaters. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social sat down with Frances Haugen, one of the real-life whistleblowers the movie based on about why she exposed how Facebook’s algorithm was pushing people toward hate groups. Watch our…

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Published: October 9, 2026 13:46

"It's making me dumber." At 404 Media's three-year anniversary, we got into how we report our stories. @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social talks about how he was able to talk to developers at Google about how forced AI use was making them feel stupid. Watch…

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Published: October 9, 2026 13:31

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 8, 2026 18:16

Iowa man kicks off controversy over religious freedom in the small town of Ottumwa 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 @mjgault.bsky.social…

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Published: October 8, 2026 18:15

Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city." https://www.404media.co/it-is-done-hail-satan-city-immediately-regrets-new-religious-liberty-law-that-allows-prayer-at-city-council-meeting/

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Published: October 8, 2026 16:30

Cops are getting around a very important iPhone security feature; someone made an LLM torture chamber; and lawyers going wild with ChatGPT. https://www.404media.co/podcast-leak-show-cops-can-break-into-locked-iphones/

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Published: October 8, 2026 16:15

We got the bodycam and in-car footage from the unconditional Flock search. Also now you can basically have sex with Claude Code? https://www.404media.co/watch-an-unconstitutional-flock-search/

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Published: October 8, 2026 15:37

Body cam footage obtained by 404 Media reveals the first Flock camera searches ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, and highlights how the system has turned otherwise mundane traffic stops into interrogations for drivers. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social…

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Published: October 8, 2026 15:31

SCOOP: 404 Media obtained body cam footage of the first Flock camera searches ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, and highlights how the system has turned otherwise mundane traffic stops into interrogations for drivers. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social…

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Published: October 7, 2026 18:15

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 7, 2026 16:48

Someone used a research paper to set up a "Saw"-inspired AI "torture" chamber. Then, users on X started the dumbest debate about "model welfare" and feared for the LLMs wellbeing. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social breaks it down in this week's pod. Watch now:…

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Published: October 7, 2026 15:48

Apple's Inactivity Reboot feature made it harder for cops to break into locked iPhones after 72 hours of inactivity. @lorenzofb.bsky.social obtained a video that shows how a new tool offered by GrayKey can crack that. @josephcox.bsky.social has more. …

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Published: October 6, 2026 21:34

A man convicted of manslaughter in Arizona will be resentenced because an AI-generated video of his victim speaking from beyond the grave was ruled to have carried “undue emotional weight” as an impact statement. @mjgault.bsky.social story:…

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Published: October 6, 2026 19:30

‘Chris’ sentiment does not change,’ said the sister who created an AI avatar of her slain brother Christopher Pelkey to speak in court. https://www.404media.co/her-ai-generated-video-swayed-the-judge-the-court-said-it-carried-undue-emotional-weight/

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Published: October 6, 2026 18:28

@sanders.senate.gov, @aoc.bsky.social, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using ALPRs like Flock. Now, 404 Media needs your help. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Read now:…

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Published: October 6, 2026 13:30

Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.…

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Published: October 5, 2026 15:30

The academic publisher said submissions have doubled in the past two years and moderators are having a hard time keeping up. https://www.404media.co/arxiv-is-rate-limiting-submissions-because-it-cant-keep-up-with-ai-slop/

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Published: October 5, 2026 14:27

NEW: In the immediate weeks before Muse’s launch, Meta engineers found several security vulnerabilities, at least one of which could have allowed malicious users to break outside of Muse’s intended environment and access Meta’s own sensitive databases and…

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Published: October 5, 2026 14:15

The vulnerability could have let a Muse user access sensitive internal Meta databases. https://www.404media.co/meta-rushed-to-fix-muse-vm-escape-vulnerability-immediately-before-launch/

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Published: October 5, 2026 14:10

In the New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, execs admitted that scraping data was “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions." @jasonkoebler.bsky.social speaks to Jason Kint about how that case could impact AI companies. Watch…

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Published: October 4, 2026 23:45

How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program. https://www.404media.co/how-cities-are-forced-to-funnel-license-plate-data-to-a-massive-federal-surveillance-program-hidta/

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Published: October 4, 2026 20:30

A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses. https://www.404media.co/we-hacked-the-fbi-hackers-say-they-have-data-on-all-fbi-employees/

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Published: October 4, 2026 14:45

Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI images. …

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Published: October 3, 2026 22:30

Magent Forensics, the owner of the GrayKey phone unlocking tool, says it can bypass an iPhone rebooting feature that was locking cops out. https://www.404media.co/cops-can-bypass-iphone-automatic-inactivity-reboot-graykey/

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Published: October 3, 2026 20:30

“They’re in two different keys. One’s like a happy or upbeat sad song if that makes any sense, and one’s a sad, sad song. I think one’s in a minor key, one’s in a major key, but I’m not a music professional.” …

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Published: October 3, 2026 17:19

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 3, 2026 12:15

The estimated lifespan of the outer solar system has been downgraded from 100 billion years to just a few billion years, according to a study that probed “terminal instability” during the Sun’s death.…

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Published: October 2, 2026 18:15

The massive FBI hack; a company wants to add facial recognition onto Flock; and Muse in some cases is actually just people. https://www.404media.co/podcast-the-fbi-was-hacked-weve-seen-the-data/

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Published: October 2, 2026 14:21

OpenAI has thousands and thousands of contractors helping improve the company's AI models. Multiple contractors have been fired for using AI to train the AI. https://www.404media.co/people-training-openais-ai-fired-for-using-ai-to-train-the-ai/