Bay Area tech billionaires reportedly just lost enormous amounts of cash
DeepSeek, a new artificial intelligence company, is upending the industry.
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Exclusive: Hackers are targeting machine logins. Token Security just raised $20M to stop them
The number of machine identities is booming thanks to the growth of cloud and AI – and it’s posing real security problems by giving hackers way more entry
Breathing Through Our Butts Declared Safe After First Human Trial
🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Hold onto your butts, because one day you might be breathing through them. Scientists have tested out enteral ventilation—a possible method of administering oxygen with a liquid delivered through the rectum…
Trump administration disbands DHS board investigating Salt Typhoon hacks
Some experts are concerned that the dismissal of the Cyber Safety Review Board removes a critical security blanket and cancels a report that could have been valuable to cybersecurity leaders.
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
A US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany published a list of food banks in the area that could help soldiers and staff as part of its “Shutdown Guidance,” the subtext being that soldiers and base employees might need to obtain free food from German government services during the government shutdown. The webpage…
Hugging Face Is Hosting 5,000 Nonconsensual AI Models of Real People
Hugging Face, a company with a multi-billion dollar valuation and one of the most commonly used platforms for sharing AI tools and resources, is hosting over 5,000 AI image generation models that are designed to recreate the likeness of real people. These models were all previously hosted on Civitai, an AI model sharing platform 404…
‘Deportation Tok’ Is Taking Off
As immigration raids roll out across the U.S., those affected are processing the experience in the normal 2025 way—via vertical video. Across social media, people are uploading clips with uncanny-valley titles like “A normal day for me after being deported to Mexico” and “3 things I wish I knew before self-deporting from the US!” These…
White House Partners With PragerU to Make AI-Slopified Founding Fathers
Conservative content mill PragerU is partnering with the White House to make AI-generated videos of founding fathers and Revolutionary War-era randos. PragerU is a nonprofit organization with a mission “to promote American values through the creative use of digital media, technology and edu-tainment,” according to its website. It’s been criticized for advancing climate denial and…
‘Brainrot’ AI on Instagram Is Monetizing the Most Fucked Up Things You Can Imagine (and Lots You Can’t)
This article contains potentially disturbing graphics and descriptions that are nonetheless viral on Instagram and other major platforms. These are words I never thought I would type, and the people in my life who I have said them to have told me to immediately stop speaking. But here is how I would describe the type…
Hacktivist campaigns increase as United States, Iran, and Israel conflict intensifies
Rising tensions have sparked an increase in regional hacktivist activity, but impact has been minimal Categories: Threat Research Tags: hacktivism, Iran, israel, Operation Epic Fury