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Judge Rules Blanket Search of Cell Tower Data Unconstitutional

https://www.404media.co/judge-rules-blanket-search-of-cell-tower-data-unconstitutional/

Published: April 18, 2025 13:00

Judge says tower dumps violate the 4th amendment, but will let the cops do it this one time, as a treat.

Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People

https://www.404media.co/leaked-palantirs-plan-to-help-ice-deport-people/

Published: April 17, 2025 14:56

Internal Palantir Slack chats and message boards obtained by 404 Media show the contracting giant is helping find the location of people flagged for deportation, that Palantir is now a “more mature partner to ICE,” and how Palantir is addressing employee…

This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops

https://www.404media.co/this-college-protester-isnt-real-its-an-ai-powered-undercover-bot-for-cops/

Published: April 17, 2025 10:00

Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.”

LAPD Publishes Crime Footage It Got From a Waymo Driverless Car

https://www.404media.co/lapd-publishes-crime-footage-it-got-from-a-waymo-driverless-car/

Published: April 16, 2025 19:34

Police are starting to realize they can demand footage from driverless cars.

Following Layoffs, Automattic Employees Discover Leak-Catching Watermarks

https://www.404media.co/automattic-wordpress-p2-watermark-leakers/

Published: April 16, 2025 16:52

The watermarks, which could identify people leaking screenshots to the press, are in the background of internal communications platform P2.

ICE Just Paid Palantir Tens of Millions for ‘Complete Target Analysis of Known Populations’

https://www.404media.co/ice-just-paid-palantir-tens-of-millions-for-complete-target-analysis-of-known-populations/

Published: April 16, 2025 13:10

The records show that Palantir is actively working on the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts which could soon impact U.S. citizens.

Podcast: Inside the ICE Deportation Tool

https://www.404media.co/podcast-inside-the-ice-deportation-tool/

Published: April 16, 2025 13:00

The powerful database and tool ICE has access to; the AI service that will call your parents for you; and the apparent hack of 4chan.

I Went to See ‘God’s Influencer,’ the Millennial Saint Carlo Acutis

https://www.404media.co/visit-carlo-acutis-millennial-saint-assisi/

Published: April 16, 2025 12:40

Carlo loved Halo and programming, but he loved God more. I went to see him, lying under glass in his Nikes for eternity, at a church in Assisi.

4chan Is Down Following What Looks to Be a Major Hack Spurred By Meme War

https://www.404media.co/4chan-is-down-following-what-looks-to-be-a-major-hack-spurred-by-meme-war/

Published: April 15, 2025 16:34

Hackers claim to have obtained 4chan's code, emails of moderators, and internal communications.

The AI Tools CBP Is Using to Scan Social Media

https://www.404media.co/the-ai-tools-cbp-is-using-to-scan-social-media/

Published: April 15, 2025 15:18

Customs and Border Protection released more documents last week that show which AI-powered tools that agency has been using to identify people of interest.

Google DeepMind Is Hiring a 'Post-AGI' Research Scientist

https://www.404media.co/google-deepmind-is-hiring-a-post-agi-research-scientist/

Published: April 15, 2025 15:03

Google is preparing for a future with AGI, ASI, and machine consciousness.

Inside the Economy of AI Spammers Getting Rich By Exploiting Disasters and Misery

https://www.404media.co/inside-the-economy-of-ai-spammers-getting-rich-by-exploiting-disasters-and-misery/

Published: April 15, 2025 13:58

How AI spammers monetized the LA fires and other natural disasters.

I Tested The AI That Calls Your Elderly Parents If You Can't Be Bothered

https://www.404media.co/i-tested-the-ai-that-calls-your-elderly-parents-if-you-cant-bothered/

Published: April 14, 2025 14:02

inTouch says on its website "Busy life? You can’t call your parent every day—but we can." My own mum said she would feel terrible if her child used it.

The Ocean Spectacle that Has Entranced Sailors for Centuries

https://www.404media.co/the-ocean-spectacle-that-has-entranced-sailors-for-centuries/

Published: April 12, 2025 13:00

“It was like we were in the ‘Twilight Zone’ and peering at a negative of the real world,” said one mariner.

Behind the Blog: The Economy, Robot Umpires, and Monsters

https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-april-11-2025/

Published: April 11, 2025 15:12

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together.

New 'Rape and Incest' Game Tests the Limits of Steam’s Sex Policy

https://www.404media.co/new-rape-and-incest-game-tests-the-limits-of-steams-sex-policy/

Published: April 10, 2025 19:20

“No Mercy” is shocking people who are not familiar with Steam’s adult game ecosystem, but it’s mostly just shovelware.

How a $2,000 'Made in the USA' Phone Is Manufactured

https://www.404media.co/how-a-2-000-made-in-the-usa-liberty-phone-phone-is-manufactured/

Published: April 10, 2025 18:09

"You could count the number of skilled electronics engineers on US soil, and there's probably a million in Shenzhen alone."

Scammers Used OpenAI to Flood the Web with SEO Spam

https://www.404media.co/scammers-used-openai-to-flood-the-web-with-seo-spam/

Published: April 10, 2025 14:37

A new report from SentinelOne exposed the inner workings of AkiraBot, a program that bypassed CAPTCHAs and used AI-generated messages to target 420,000 websites.

Facebook Pushes Its Llama 4 AI Model to the Right, Wants to Present “Both Sides”

https://www.404media.co/facebook-pushes-its-llama-4-ai-model-to-the-right-wants-to-present-both-sides/

Published: April 10, 2025 13:44

Meta’s Llama 4 model is worried about left leaning bias in the data, and wants to be more like Elon Musk’s Grok.

Inside a Powerful Database ICE Uses to Identify and Deport People

https://www.404media.co/inside-a-powerful-database-ice-uses-to-identify-and-deport-people/

Published: April 9, 2025 16:15

The database allows filtering according to hundreds of different categories, including visa status, “unique physical characteristics (e.g. scars, marks, tattoos),” “criminal affiliation,” license plate reader data, and more.

U.S. Army Says It Could Acquire Targets Faster With ‘Advanced AI’

https://www.404media.co/u-s-army-says-it-could-acquire-targets-faster-with-advanced-ai/

Published: April 9, 2025 13:48

The Pentagon is working to incorporate AI into everything and it has given investigators a status update.

Podcast: The FBI Secretly Ran a Massive Money Laundering Ring

https://www.404media.co/podcast-the-fbi-secretly-ran-a-massive-money-laundering-ring/

Published: April 9, 2025 13:00

How the FBI secretly ran a money laundering ring to catch hackers; a bunch of news on how the tariffs will impact the world; and the most illuminating book on Facebook in a long while.

A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy

https://www.404media.co/a-us-made-iphone-is-pure-fantasy/

Published: April 8, 2025 15:25

"The army of millions and millions of people screwing in little, little screws to make iPhones, that kind of thing is going to come to America."

Another Masterful Gambit: DOGE Moves From Secure, Reliable Tape Archives to Hackable Digital Records

https://www.404media.co/doge-gsa-magnetic-tape-archives-digital-storage/

Published: April 8, 2025 13:40

DOGE claimed it saved "$1M per year" by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes to digital storage.

‘Elon Musk’ Was a Prolific Money Launderer for Hackers and Drug Traffickers. It Was Secretly the FBI

https://www.404media.co/elon-musk-was-a-prolific-money-launderer-for-hackers-and-drug-traffickers-it-was-secretly-the-fbi/

Published: April 8, 2025 13:00

In 2023 the FBI quietly arrested a notorious money launderer called ElonmuskWHM. Then the FBI secretly ran his operation for nearly a year to catch (and give money to) more criminals.

Framework Stops Selling Some of Its Laptops in the U.S. Due to Tariffs

https://www.404media.co/framework-stops-selling-some-of-its-laptops-in-the-u-s-due-to-tariffs/

Published: April 7, 2025 20:44

The manufacturer says it would now have to sell its laptops at a loss.

'Benzinga' News Service That Falsely Reported a Possible 90-Day Break in Tariffs Blames X

https://www.404media.co/benzinga-news-service-that-falsely-reported-a-possible-90-day-break-in-tariffs-blames-x/

Published: April 7, 2025 17:46

The comments falsely attributed to a Trump advisor were repeated by multiple outlets and caused the stock market to briefly jump up.

Elon Musk Is Hounded by Haters in Path of Exile 2 Chat

https://www.404media.co/elon-musk-is-hounded-by-haters-in-path-of-exile-2-chat/

Published: April 7, 2025 15:31

‘YOU WILL ALWAYS FEEL INSECURE IT WILL NEVER GO AWAY,’ filled the screen of the richest man in the world.

Wikipedia Editors Call It: It’s the “2025 Stock Market Crash”

https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-editors-call-it-its-the-2025-stock-market-crash/

Published: April 7, 2025 14:22

While the title of the article can still change, for the moment Wikipedia editors have decided that Trump crashed the stock market.