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Normally, it’s bad news to be next to an exploding star. But ancient supernovae may have aided the formation of our home world—and perhaps Earthlike planets elsewhere.
Earth-Like Planets Are More Common Than We Thought, Study Says
Normally, it’s bad news to be next to an exploding star. But ancient supernovae may have aided the formation of our home world—and perhaps Earthlike planets elsewhere.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Normally, it’s bad news to be next to an exploding star. But ancient supernovae may have aided the formation of our home world—and perhaps Earthlike planets elsewhere.
Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go.
How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE's Facial Recognition Tech
Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go.
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December 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go.
This week, we discuss conversational AI, a behind the scenes of the zine, and more.
Behind the Blog: Is This Headline 'Clickbait'?
This week, we discuss conversational AI, a behind the scenes of the zine, and more.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This week, we discuss conversational AI, a behind the scenes of the zine, and more.
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Iron Man coming at you soon, nice and sloppy
Disney Invests $1 Billion in the AI Slopification of Its Brand
With OpenAI investment, Disney will officially begin putting AI slop into its flagship streaming product.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Iron Man coming at you soon, nice and sloppy
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Disney just invested $1 billion into OpenAI, in other words, a billion in the AI slopification of its brand. Disney princesses have also become one of the most common fictional subjects of AI porn on the internet
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Disney Invests $1 Billion in the AI Slopification of Its Brand
With OpenAI investment, Disney will officially begin putting AI slop into its flagship streaming product.
www.404media.co
December 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Disney just invested $1 billion into OpenAI, in other words, a billion in the AI slopification of its brand. Disney princesses have also become one of the most common fictional subjects of AI porn on the internet
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Was just saying yesterday that even for the internet, even for rule 34, it is alarming how much disney princess ai porn is out there. glad disney has decided this is a technology worth investing in and supporting
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Disney Invests $1 Billion in the AI Slopification of Its Brand
With OpenAI investment, Disney will officially begin putting AI slop into its flagship streaming product.
www.404media.co
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Was just saying yesterday that even for the internet, even for rule 34, it is alarming how much disney princess ai porn is out there. glad disney has decided this is a technology worth investing in and supporting
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It should be noted how stupid all of this is, which is perhaps appropriate for the year 2025, in which most of the economy consists of reckless gambling on AI. People spent more than $55m betting on the Time Person of the Year on Polymarket, $19m on Kalshi.
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‘Architects of AI’ Wins Time Person of the Year, Sends Gambling Markets Into a Meltdown
People who bet on "AI" did not win and are incredibly mad.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It should be noted how stupid all of this is, which is perhaps appropriate for the year 2025, in which most of the economy consists of reckless gambling on AI. People spent more than $55m betting on the Time Person of the Year on Polymarket, $19m on Kalshi.
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another day another meltdown on Polymarket over the exact wording of a bet
‘Architects of AI’ Wins Time Person of the Year, Sends Gambling Markets Into a Meltdown
People who bet on "AI" did not win and are incredibly mad.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
another day another meltdown on Polymarket over the exact wording of a bet
People who bet on "AI" did not win and are incredibly mad.
‘Architects of AI’ Wins Time Person of the Year, Sends Gambling Markets Into a Meltdown
People who bet on "AI" did not win and are incredibly mad.
www.404media.co
December 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
People who bet on "AI" did not win and are incredibly mad.
With OpenAI investment, Disney will officially begin putting AI slop into its flagship streaming product.
Disney Invests $1 Billion in the AI Slopification of Its Brand
With OpenAI investment, Disney will officially begin putting AI slop into its flagship streaming product.
www.404media.co
December 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
With OpenAI investment, Disney will officially begin putting AI slop into its flagship streaming product.
Dozens of government websites have fallen victim to a PDF-based SEO scam, while others have been hijacked to sell sex toys.
Porn Is Being Injected Into Government Websites Via Malicious PDFs
Dozens of government websites have fallen victim to a PDF-based SEO scam, while others have been hijacked to sell sex toys.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Dozens of government websites have fallen victim to a PDF-based SEO scam, while others have been hijacked to sell sex toys.
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Porn is being injected into dozens of government websites across the country using malicious PDFs. A separate attack is hijacking govt websites to redirect to penis enlargement scams and animal vagina masturbators. Cool stuff:
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www.404media.co/porn-is-bein...
Porn Is Being Injected Into Government Websites Via Malicious PDFs
Dozens of government websites have fallen victim to a PDF-based SEO scam, while others have been hijacked to sell sex toys.
www.404media.co
December 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Porn is being injected into dozens of government websites across the country using malicious PDFs. A separate attack is hijacking govt websites to redirect to penis enlargement scams and animal vagina masturbators. Cool stuff:
www.404media.co/porn-is-bein...
www.404media.co/porn-is-bein...
The discovery of fire-cracked handaxes and sparking tools in southern Britain pushes the timeline of controlled fires back 350,000 years.
Scientists Discover the Earliest Human-Made Fire, Rewriting Evolutionary History
The discovery of fire-cracked handaxes and sparking tools in southern Britain pushes the timeline of controlled fires back 350,000 years.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The discovery of fire-cracked handaxes and sparking tools in southern Britain pushes the timeline of controlled fires back 350,000 years.
Mark Russo reported the dataset to all the right organizations, but still couldn't get into his accounts for months.
A Developer Accidentally Found CSAM in AI Data. Google Banned Him For It
Mark Russo reported the dataset to all the right organizations, but still couldn't get into his accounts for months.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Mark Russo reported the dataset to all the right organizations, but still couldn't get into his accounts for months.
Our new zine; a very strange change at Instagram; and the creator of ICEBlock is suing the U.S. government.
Podcast: Zines Are Back
Our new zine; a very strange change at Instagram; and the creator of ICEBlock is suing the U.S. government.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Our new zine; a very strange change at Instagram; and the creator of ICEBlock is suing the U.S. government.
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NEW: an activist has been charged for allegedly wiping a Google Pixel phone before CBP could search it. Search was by a secretive CBP Tactical Terrorism Response Team, which ACLU says "interrogate innocent travelers." We uploaded the indictment here: www.404media.co/man-charged-...
Man Charged for Wiping Phone Before CBP Could Search It
The exact circumstances around the search are not known. But activist Samuel Tunick is charged with deleting data from a Google Pixel before CBP’s Tactical Terrorism Response Team could search it.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
NEW: an activist has been charged for allegedly wiping a Google Pixel phone before CBP could search it. Search was by a secretive CBP Tactical Terrorism Response Team, which ACLU says "interrogate innocent travelers." We uploaded the indictment here: www.404media.co/man-charged-...
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The Department of War aims to put Google Gemini 'directly into the hands of every American warrior.'
Pete Hegseth Says the Pentagon's New Chatbot Will Make America 'More Lethal'
The Department of War aims to put Google Gemini 'directly into the hands of every American warrior.'
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December 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The Department of War aims to put Google Gemini 'directly into the hands of every American warrior.'
The Department of War aims to put Google Gemini 'directly into the hands of every American warrior.'
Pete Hegseth Says the Pentagon's New Chatbot Will Make America 'More Lethal'
The Department of War aims to put Google Gemini 'directly into the hands of every American warrior.'
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December 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The Department of War aims to put Google Gemini 'directly into the hands of every American warrior.'
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this holiday season, the Pentagon is promising to put Google Gemini 'directly into the hands of every American warrior'
the secretary of war wants YOU to make AI slop
the secretary of war wants YOU to make AI slop
Pete Hegseth Says the Pentagon's New Chatbot Will Make America 'More Lethal'
The Department of War aims to put Google Gemini 'directly into the hands of every American warrior.'
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
this holiday season, the Pentagon is promising to put Google Gemini 'directly into the hands of every American warrior'
the secretary of war wants YOU to make AI slop
the secretary of war wants YOU to make AI slop
Instagram is generating headlines for Instagram posts that appear on Google Search results. Users say they are misrepresenting them.
Instagram Is Generating Inaccurate SEO Bait for Your Posts
Instagram is generating headlines for Instagram posts that appear on Google Search results. Users say they are misrepresenting them.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Instagram is generating headlines for Instagram posts that appear on Google Search results. Users say they are misrepresenting them.
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Happy to talk to @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social at @404media.co about this issue of Instagram adding weird sometimes inaccurate headlines and summaries for Google searches. I find it troubling. www.404media.co/instagram-is...
Instagram Is Generating Inaccurate SEO Bait for Your Posts
Instagram is generating headlines for Instagram posts that appear on Google Search results. Users say they are misrepresenting them.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Happy to talk to @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social at @404media.co about this issue of Instagram adding weird sometimes inaccurate headlines and summaries for Google searches. I find it troubling. www.404media.co/instagram-is...
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Instagram is creating 2014 Buzzfeed-style SEO headlines for your Instagram posts and guess what? They're often misleading. Thanks to @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social and @mrdang.photos for flagging this to me www.404media.co/instagram-is...
Instagram Is Generating Inaccurate SEO Bait for Your Posts
Instagram is generating headlines for Instagram posts that appear on Google Search results. Users say they are misrepresenting them.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Instagram is creating 2014 Buzzfeed-style SEO headlines for your Instagram posts and guess what? They're often misleading. Thanks to @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social and @mrdang.photos for flagging this to me www.404media.co/instagram-is...
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Border patrol agents are clearly recording raids with Meta glasses www.404media.co/border-patro...
Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal ...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Border patrol agents are clearly recording raids with Meta glasses www.404media.co/border-patro...
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New from 404 Media: a man has been charged for allegedly wiping a Google Pixel phone before CBP could search it. Search was by a CBP Tactical Terrorism Response Team, which ACLU says "interrogate innocent travelers." Man is described as an activist online
www.404media.co/man-charged-...
www.404media.co/man-charged-...
Man Charged for Wiping Phone Before CBP Could Search It
The exact circumstances around the search are not known. But activist Samuel Tunick is charged with deleting data from a Google Pixel before CBP’s Tactical Terrorism Response Team could search it.
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New from 404 Media: a man has been charged for allegedly wiping a Google Pixel phone before CBP could search it. Search was by a CBP Tactical Terrorism Response Team, which ACLU says "interrogate innocent travelers." Man is described as an activist online
www.404media.co/man-charged-...
www.404media.co/man-charged-...
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on.
This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal devices...
This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal devices...
Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal ...
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on.
This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal devices...
This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal devices...