“We are pleased to see today's ruling in defense of the First Amendment rights of all Americans,” one of the plaintiffs in the DOGE-related lawsuit said. The videos previously went viral when a DOGE member was unable or unwilling to define DEI.

https://www.404media.co/judge-allows-doge-deposition-videos-back-online/

Artist Sam Lavigne created ‘Slow LLM’ to make people question their dependence on tools like Claude and ChatGPT. Or at least, make them super annoying to use.

https://www.404media.co/this-web-tool-sabotages-ai-chatbots-by-making-them-really-really-slow/

Why ridicule works to keep big tech’s claims in check, and what makes us hopeful for the future.

https://www.404media.co/ridicule-as-praxis-with-emily-bender-and-alex-hanna/

Marty Tibbitts made billions as a Detroit telecommunications executive. But he wanted more.

https://www.404media.co/an-adrenaline-junkie-billionaires-quest-to-become-a-cocaine-kingpin-marty-tibbitts-ylli-didani/

Scientists have narrowed the hunt for alien life to 45 rocky worlds where liquid water could make life possible.

https://www.404media.co/scientists-narrow-down-the-hunt-for-aliens-to-45-planets/

This week, we discuss unfortunately checking Twitter for news, the closure of the metaverse, and being vulnerable in Marathon.

https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-marathon-and-the-metaverse/

The attorney for the city of Ypsilanti, Michigan, said the construction of the data center puts “a big bulls eye target on this entire township."

https://www.404media.co/tiny-city-fears-iran-drone-strikes-because-of-new-nuclear-weapons-datacenter/

Who could have possibly predicted this, besides everyone?

https://www.404media.co/rip-metaverse-an-80-billion-dumpster-fire-nobody-wanted/

In a feature the dating app says is set to roll out in the U.S. later this spring, Tinder plans to access users' camera rolls to pick photos and determine what they're into.

https://www.404media.co/tinder-plans-to-let-ai-scan-your-camera-roll/

How filmmaker Chris Parr put North Oaks, Minnesota on the map.

https://www.404media.co/mapping-googles-unmappable-city/