Sophos Partners with Capsule on New Cyber Insurance Program
The partnership rewards real-world, observable security controls, while removing the traditional barriers to insurance coverage.
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23andMe Sale Shows Your Genetic Data Is Worth $17
Monday, the genetic pharmaceutical company Regeneron announced that it is buying genetic sequencing company 23andMe out of bankruptcy for $256 million. The purchase gives us a rough estimate for the current monetary value of a single person’s genetic data: $17. Regeneron is a drug company that “intends to acquire 23andMe’s Personal Genome Service (PGS), Total…
Kansas Mom Sues Porn Sites Because Her Son Visited Chaturbate 30 Times
A Kansas mother who left an old laptop in a closet is suing multiple porn sites because her teenage son visited them on that computer. The complaints, filed last week in the U.S. District Court for Kansas, allege that the teen had “unfettered access” to a variety of adult streaming sites, and accuses the sites…
Student Makes Tool That Identifies ‘Radicals’ on Reddit, Deploys AI Bots to Engage With Them
A student has made a tool, which they call PrismX, which scans for users writing certain keywords on Reddit and other social media networks, assigns those users a so-called “radical score,” and can then deploy an AI-powered bot to automatically engage with the users in conversation in an attempt to de-radicalize them. The news highlights…
Behind the Blog: The Art of the ‘Catharticle’
This week, we discuss Star Wars’ weird little guys, catharticles, and spectacular views.
CBP Seizes Shipment of T-Shirts Featuring Swarm of Bees Attacking a Cop
Customs and Border Protection seized a shipment of t-shirts from a streetwear brand that sells an “Eliminate ICE” t-shirt and multiple shirts critical of police and capitalism. Among the shirts seized was a design that features a swarm of bees attacking a police officer. Emails seen by 404 Media indicate that the shirts are going…
‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ DRM Is Locking Out Linux Users Who Bought the Game
Doom: The Dark Ages, Bethesda’s recently released prequel to the demon slaughtering first-person shooter, is using anti-piracy software that’s locking out Linux users who paid for the game. According to multiple posts on Reddit, Doom: The Dark Ages uses the infamous anti-piracy software Denuvo. One Reddit user on the Linux gaming subreddit said that they…
This Chatbot Promises to Help You Get Over That Ex Who Ghosted You
A startup is throwing chatbots at “ghosting”—being abandoned by someone abruptly and without explanation—by roleplaying as your ex, former friend, or absentee job recruiter who is just so sorry about how it all went down. Closure is currently in open beta, and launched on Product Hunt on Thursday. The company has been running ads on…
Why Did Grok Start Talking About ‘White Genocide’?
For a few hours on Wednsday, X’s Grok AI wouldn’t stop talking about about white genocide. When the X account for a baseball podcast asked Grok about the stats for Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson, it answered the question, then monologued about white farmers being attacked in South Africa. “Gunnar Henderson’s 2025 season WAR is approximately…
American Schools Were Deeply Unprepared for ChatGPT, Public Records Show
📄 This article was primarily reported using public records requests. We are making it available to all readers as a public service. FOIA reporting can be expensive, please consider subscribing to 404 Media to support this work. Or send us a one time donation via our tip jar here. In February 2023, a brief national…