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Journalist Discovers Google Vulnerability That Allowed People to Disappear Specific Pages From Search

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Journalist Discovers Google Vulnerability That Allowed People to Disappear Specific Pages From Search

Negative articles about a tech CEO vanished from Google after someone made fraudulent requests using the Refresh Outdated Content Tool.

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404 Media 7h ago

Come see us tonight in LA!

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404 Media Live @ RIP SPACE · Luma

Hello Los Angeles! 404 Media is partnering with the DIY hackerspace RIP.SPACE for a night of podcasting, Q&A, music, and hanging out. We will be discussing our…

404 Media 9h ago

Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content

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Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content

Submit to biometric face scanning or risk your account being deleted, Spotify says, following the enactment of the UK's Online Safety Act.

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404 Media 10h ago

The Tea Hack Just Keeps Getting Worse

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Podcast: The Tea Hack Just Keeps Getting Worse

The massive Tea breach; how the UK's age verification law is impacting access to information; and LeBron James' AI-related cease-and-desist.

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404 Media 11h ago

Living Next To Tesla Diner Is 'Absolute Hell,' Neighbors Say

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Living Next To Tesla Diner Is 'Absolute Hell,' Neighbors Say

We talked to people living in the building whose views are being blocked by Tesla's massive four-story screen.

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404 Media 1d ago

Tea User Files Class Action After Women’s Safety App Exposes Data

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Tea User Files Class Action After Women’s Safety App Exposes Data

The Plaintiff claims Tea harmed her and ‘thousands of other similarity situated persons in the massive and preventable cyberattack.’

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404 Media 1d ago

Gun Nerds Dismantle Infamous Pistol to Research If It Fires at Random

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Gun Nerds Dismantle Infamous Pistol to Research If It Fires at Random

The Sig Sauer P320 has a reputation for firing without pulling the trigger. The manufacturer says that's impossible, but the firearms community is showing the truth is more complicated.

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404 Media 1d ago

Meta Is Going to Let Job Candidates Use AI During Coding Tests

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Meta Is Going to Let Job Candidates Use AI During Coding Tests

"This is more representative of the developer environment that our future employees will work in."

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This Company Wants to Bring End-to-End Encrypted Messages to Bluesky’s AT Protocol

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This Company Wants to Bring End-to-End Encrypted Messages to Bluesky’s AT Protocol

Germ says it is the “first secure messaging service on the ATProtocol!”

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404 Media 2d ago

Former Moderator Sues Chaturbate for 'Psychological Trauma'

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Former Moderator Sues Chaturbate for 'Psychological Trauma'

“Without these safeguards, Mr. Barber eventually developed full-blown PTSD, which he is currently still being treated for,” the former mod's lawyer said.

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