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Amazon Change Means Wishlists Might Expose Your Address
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (174+ words) Amazon Change Means Wishlists Might Expose Your Address404 Media Amazon is telling people who use its wishlists feature to switch to post office boxes or non-residential delivery addresses if they want to ensure their home addresses remain private, as part of…...
This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (148+ words) This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby404 Media This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby A new hobbyist developed app warns if people nearby may be wearing smart glasses, such as Meta's Ray-Ban…...
Meta's AI Patent to Simulate Dead People Shows the Dangers of 'Spectral Labor"
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (462+ words) Meta's AI Patent to Simulate Dead People Shows the Dangers of 'Spectral Labor'404 Media Meta's AI Patent to Simulate Dead People Shows the Dangers of 'Spectral Labor' Last week, Business Insider reported on a Meta patent describing a system that…...
Underground Facial Recognition Tool Unmasks Camgirls
1+ week, 2+ day ago (66+ words) Underground Facial Recognition Tool Unmasks Camgirls404 Media Underground Facial Recognition Tool Unmasks Camgirls The site presents a serious privacy risk to sex workers, some who may not want stalkers, harassers, or employers to discover their profiles. The site's creator claimed to…...
Ars Technica Pulls Article With AI Fabricated Quotes About AI Generated Article
1+ week, 3+ day ago (441+ words) The Conde Nast-owned tech publication Ars Technica has retracted an article that contained fabricated, AI-generated quotes, according to an editor's note posted to its website." Ironically, the Ars article itself was partially about another AI-generated article." After Shambaugh rejected MJ…...
Behind the Blog: Unglamorous Work
1+ week, 5+ day ago (117+ words) Behind the Blog: Unglamorous Work404 Media Behind the Blog: Unglamorous Work JOSEPH: I think I might make this into a more full article in a couple weeks when it actually happens, but yesterday I realized that FPDS.gov is shutting down....
RFK Jr's Nutrition Chatbot Recommends Best Foods to Insert Into Your Rectum
2+ week, 1+ day ago (242+ words) The Department of Health and Human Services" new AI nutrition chatbot will gleefully and dangerously give Americans recommendations for the best foods to insert into one"s rectum and will answer questions about the most nutrient-dense human body part to…...
With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
2+ week, 1+ day ago (787+ words) With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet404 Media With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet America, it's time to refamiliarize yourself with Ring. It does not take an imagination of any sort to envision this being tweaked to work…...
Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad
2+ week, 3+ day ago (243+ words) Watch 404 Media's Super Bowl Ad404 Media Watch 404 Media's Super Bowl Ad Behold, 404 Media's Super Bowl ad. Yes, we bought a Super Bowl ad. No, we did not spend $8 million. Until now, 404 Media has never done any paid advertising, but we figured…...
Behind the Blog: The Neverending Cybersecurity Story
2+ week, 5+ day ago (164+ words) Behind the Blog: The Neverending Cybersecurity Story404 Media Behind the Blog: The Neverending Cybersecurity Story JOSEPH: This week we reported how the FBI has been unable to get into a Washington Post reporter's iPhone because it was in Lockdown Mode. Side…...