Super Nintendo Hardware Is Running Faster as It Ages
Something very strange is happening inside Super Nintendo (SNES) consoles as they age: a component you’ve probably never heard of is running ever so slightly faster as we get further and further away from the time the consoles first hit the market in the early ‘90s. The discovery started a mild panic in the speedrunning…
Researchers Are Hunting America for Hidden Datacenters
A team of researchers at Epoch AI, a non-profit research institute, are using open-source intelligence to map the growth of America’s datacenters. The team pores over satellite imagery, building permits, and other local legal documents to build a map of the massive computer filled buildings springing up across the United States. They take that data…
Remnants of Lost Continents Are Everywhere. Now, We Finally Know Why.
🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Tiny remnants of long-lost continents that vanished many millions of years ago are sprinkled around the world, including on remote island chains and seamounts, a mystery that has puzzled scientists for…
Un vistazo a la base de datos del ICE que busca comentarios “despectivos” en línea
📄 Este artículo se publicó originalmente en inglés en octubre de 2023. Lo hemos traducido al español y lo ponemos a disposición del público de forma gratuita debido al interés público en el material. This article was originally published in English in October 2023. We have translated it into Spanish and are making it free…
Podcast: Cops Are Using AI Bots to Surveil People
We start this week with Emanuel and Jason’s big story on Massive Blue, a company that is selling AI-powered undercover bots posing as protesters and children to the cops. After the break, Sam tells us about visiting the millennial saint. In the subscribers-only section, we talk business and the state of 404 Media. Listen to…
Police Told to Be ‘as Vague as Permissible’ About Why They Use Flock
Police officers are being told to “be as vague as permissible” about why they are using the Flock surveillance system in order to not leak sensitive information via public records requests, according to records obtained using a public records request. The warning originated from a Houston-area police intelligence center that includes members of the FBI…
Researcher Captures Contents of ‘DEI.gov’ Before It Was Hidden Behind a Password
A German researcher captured the contents of the White House’s “DEI.gov” during a brief period when it was not password protected. The capture shows that the site contains a list of vague, alleged government-funded tasks and their costs, without sources or context, like “$1.3 million to Arab and Jewish photographers,” “$1.5 million for ‘art for…
‘HELLO BOSS’: Inside the Chinese Realtime Deepfake Software Powering Scams Around the World
“Oh my god. Oh my god,” I yelled as I looked at my own face on someone else’s body. It was all there: my five o’clock shadow, my goofy grin, even the bags under my eyes. I was on a Microsoft Teams call interacting with this deepfake version of myself in realtime. Ordinarily the other…
Stock market today: Nasdaq sinks, S&P 500 tumbles as AI fears rock tech stocks
A Chinese startup’s promise of cheaper AI has rattled faith in the growth prospects for tech stocks.
