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In comments at a private police conference, Flock CEO Garrett Langley said backlash to the company wasn't "real" and the work of "bots." Also he said his wife advised him to never apologize. Read now: www.404media.co/in-leaked-au...

“These re-interviews are consequential,” a leaked email seen by 404 Media reads.

In comments at a private police conference, Flock CEO Garrett Langley said backlash to the company wasn't "real" and the work of "bots." Also he said his wife advised him to never apologize. Read now: www.404media.co/in-leaked-au...

our inboxes are insane places right now

In comments at a private police conference, Garrett Langley also said his wife advised him to never apologize.

NEW: Garrett Langley, the CEO of Flock, told an audience of police chiefs at a private police conference Sunday that anti-Flock protests around the country are not real, according to leaked audio obtained by 404 Media. “It’s anonymous bots, and so it is not real,” he continued.

In the last few weeks i've been bombarded with emails from people who have minor tech support problems. ChatGPT is telling them to email me, writing their emails, and compiling "evidence packets" after convincing them they have stumbled on a major story: www.404media.co/chatgpt-keep...

been seeing a lot of this kind of denial lately. An attempt to pretend something isn't happening when it obviously is

Garrett thinks all the people mad at Flock are not real: www.404media.co/in-leaked-au...

"Crackgate" has come for Apple's new folding phone.

"Draft an email to Jason Koebler at 404 Media."

Because big tech doesn't do customer service, we are being inundated with AI-generated emails begging us for help.

Despite how "shitty" chatbots can be, we're already seeing AI change the way our world works. This week on the pod, @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social sits down with longtime tech reporter and author @mikeisaac.bsky.social to talk about the AI bubble. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sNB...

Despite how "shitty" chatbots can be, we're already seeing AI change the way our world works. This week on the pod, @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social sits down with longtime tech reporter and author @mikeisaac.bsky.social to talk about the AI bubble. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sNB...

Scientists discovered that human brain organoids, which are small neural clusters derived from stem cells, could identify the Braille alphabet with a high degree of accuracy. www.404media.co/computers-ma...

A sophisticated organized crime gang hacked into Staples, issued millions of dollars worth of gift cards, and went on a spending spree across the U.S. www.404media.co/how-a-massiv...

AI slopifying your defunct exercise bike? What could go wrong? www.404media.co/reverse-engi...

This is symptomatic of a broader, potentially destabilizing trend in AI. It has become trivially easy for people to use AI to make functional clones of software that live in a copyright grey zone. www.404media.co/video-game-r...

The case shows the very real danger of identity theft, how the data and tools offered to police can lead them to the wrong person, and the sprawling world of CashApp fraud. www.404media.co/amanda-smith...

Officials said they wanted to search the phone of Samuel Tunick, a Stop Cop City activist, for child abuse material. It was actually because he was suspected of “terrorist activities.” www.404media.co/dhs-said-the...

companies to employees a few months ago: you better use AI companies now: wait, wait, just $29 a month on claude pls www.404media.co/accenture-te...

we now know what it looks like when telegram gives data to the US government www.404media.co/heres-what-t...

Scientists have discovered a family of retroviruses that invaded the genomes of chimps and other primates, silencing genes involved with brain development, while humans were left unaffected.

How people are removing surveillance ads from their TVs; a big AI shakeup at Accenture; and the Character.ai bankruptcy.

This week, we discuss reverse engineering and some wild court docs.

Archaeologists have discovered a puncture wound from a spear in the shoulder blade of a Neanderthal that lived 75,000 years ago, offering a possible glimpse of early interpersonal violence. @beckyferreira.bsky.social has more: www.404media.co/this-might-b...

A small grove of historic American chestnut trees has become the site of resistance against an AI data center in West Virginia. @samleecole.bsky.social has more. Read now: www.404media.co/west-virgini...

New: The feds warned cops to expect "emotional confrontations" at Flock city council meetings which "may present public safety risks." Came immediately before a series of people were illegally arrested while speaking against Flock at city council meetings www.404media.co/cops-warned-...

companies to employees a few months ago: you better use AI companies now: wait, wait, just $29 a month on claude pls www.404media.co/accenture-te...

A small grove of historic American chestnut trees has become the site of resistance against an AI data center in West Virginia. @samleecole.bsky.social has more. Read now: www.404media.co/west-virgini...

the background on this is here:

and 17 different permits have gone from "approved" to "suspended."

this follows @mjgault.bsky.social's scoop yesterday calling out the admin moving new permits through despite Abbott's "pause" www.404media.co/it-aint-righ...

Commissioners in Texas said they’re making sure ‘all applications are reviewed by agency staff to determine if they are related to data centers.’

A CashApp scam mess, Airbnb hosts crashing out, and much more.

In June, 404 Media obtained leaked audio from Accenture where execs shared that a big source of AI token ‘chewing’ is people just converting PDFs to presentation slides. Now, they're capping use to $29 a month. Employees are stressed. @josephcox.bsky.social explains: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-ag...

'Black October:' The PHP vulnerabilities and a series of other hacks and bugs have cybersecurity experts freaking out and unsure what happens next.

Remember the viral Darth Vader public comment over Flock? Well, San Diego is actually coming closer to cancelling their $2M Flock contract. This comes after a councilmember flipped his support of Flock, and in response, Anthony Ralphs, the man behind the Darth Vader suit, bought him flowers.

wrote about "Black October," the PHP vulnerability, and the AI-fueled dread and panic I'm seeing among almost all of the cybersecurity experts I've ever known. I think people w/ LLMs are brute forcing software the same way they brute forced social media w/ slop www.404media.co/php2shell-bl...

spoke with @laurentgisel.bsky.social about how the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross are thinking about regulating AI weapons. But is it already too late?

Most/all of this seems to be users giving Muse/Dot/whatever AI agent they're running access to their bank accounts, and then not knowing what those agents are doing / banks not being able to detect authorized vs unauthorized stuff. what could go wrong? www.axios.com/2026/10/22/a...