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@404media.coJonathan, a 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise, was born before the Civil War. Scientists have now sequenced his genome to reveal what’s behind his extreme longevity, so we can live longer too. www.404media.co/oldest-livin...
@404media.coFlock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.
@404media.coThe estimated lifespan of the outer solar system has been downgraded from 100 billion years to just a few billion years, according to a study that probed “terminal instability” during the Sun’s death.
@404media.co"Do you watch the news? Do you listen to the radio? Do you read anything about what's going on in the world?” one of the judges asked the lawyer, who submitted false testimony and witnesses after using ChatGPT. www.404media.co/chatgpt-fake...
@404media.coA fast radio burst that traveled across 10 billion light years reached Earth in 2024, doubling the distance record for these unexplained and energetic signals from space.
@jasonkoebler.bsky.socialReposted by @404media.coI really enjoyed doing this interview with Frances Haugen about how leaking to journalists works and why sources get caught, why Meta continues to he a disaster, and what it’s like to see yourself dramatized in a movie: youtu.be/oB3IxwCfP7M?...
@404media.coReposted by @404media.co"It's making me dumber."
At 404 Media's three-year anniversary, we got into how we report our stories. @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social talks about how he was able to talk to developers at Google about how forced AI use was making them feel stupid.
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Vj...
@404media.coReposted by @404media.coToday, "The Social Reckoning" hits theaters. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social sat down with Frances Haugen, one of the real-life whistleblowers the movie based on about why she exposed how Facebook’s algorithm was pushing people toward hate groups.
Watch our interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB3I...
@404media.coSen. Ron Wyden is seeking a privacy review report about the HIDTA license plate program.
@404media.coThis week, we discuss AI and spirituality.
@404media.coToday, "The Social Reckoning" hits theaters. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social sat down with Frances Haugen, one of the real-life whistleblowers the movie based on about why she exposed how Facebook’s algorithm was pushing people toward hate groups.
Watch our interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB3I...
@404media.co"It's making me dumber."
At 404 Media's three-year anniversary, we got into how we report our stories. @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social talks about how he was able to talk to developers at Google about how forced AI use was making them feel stupid.
Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Vj...
@404media.coJonathan, a 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise, was born before the Civil War. Scientists have now sequenced his genome to reveal what’s behind his extreme longevity, so we can live longer too.
@404media.coReposted by @404media.coIowa man kicks off controversy over religious freedom in the small town of Ottumwa by opening a city council meeting with a prayer to Satan, which then kicked off a debate about the proper time in the meeting agenda to undo the “curse
@jasonkoebler.bsky.socialReposted by @404media.cothis is the funniest thing i've seen in a looooong time.
city passes new rule allowing prayer before city council meetings. satanist prays. city council then debates proper time to "undo the curse that was just put on our city"
@404media.coIowa man kicks off controversy over religious freedom in the small town of Ottumwa by opening a city council meeting with a prayer to Satan, which then kicked off a debate about the proper time in the meeting agenda to undo the “curse
@404media.coIowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."
@404media.coCops are getting around a very important iPhone security feature; someone made an LLM torture chamber; and lawyers going wild with ChatGPT.
@404media.coWe got the bodycam and in-car footage from the unconditional Flock search. Also now you can basically have sex with Claude Code?
@404media.coReposted by @404media.coBody cam footage obtained by 404 Media reveals the first Flock camera searches ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, and highlights how the system has turned otherwise mundane traffic stops into interrogations for drivers.
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social scopp here: www.404media.co/watch-footag...
