The 404 Media Podcast

By 404 Media

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Subscribers: 124
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Episodes: 38

Nick
 Oct 21, 2023
Unique journalism. i'm grateful we have access to these voices.

Tim Hetrick
 Aug 24, 2023
Looking forward to more great journalism from 404 media

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Welcome to the podcast from 404 Media where Joseph, Sam, Emanuel, and Jason catch you up on the stories we published this week. 404 Media is a journalist-owned digital media company exploring the way technology is shaping–and is shaped by–our world. We bring you unparalleled access to hidden worlds both online and IRL through investigative reporting, smart blogging, and breaking news. At 404 Media you’ll read, and hear, stories you can’t find anywhere else written by journalists who are leading experts on their beats. Subscribe to 404 Media at 404media.co to gain access to an ad-free version of this podcast, as well as a bonus podcast episodes. Subscribers are the bedrock of building a sustainable business for our journalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Date
Facebook is the 'Zombie Internet'
May 08, 2024
A Lost Media Mystery
May 01, 2024
The Humane Ai Pin Is a Disaster
Apr 24, 2024
The 'Com World War'
Apr 17, 2024
The Wild World of Fake AI Influencers
Apr 10, 2024
The Xz Backdoor and the AI Peer-Review Crisis
Apr 03, 2024
The Shaky Science of License Plate Readers
Mar 27, 2024
Shrimp Jesus
Mar 20, 2024
How Hackers Steal Mountains of Oxy and Adderall
Mar 13, 2024
The AI-Powered TikTok Hustlers
Mar 06, 2024
Tumblr and WordPress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools
Feb 28, 2024
Byron Tau on the New U.S. Surveillance State
Feb 27, 2024
A Deepfake Nightmare + Vibrator Malware
Feb 21, 2024
An Open Source Search Engine to Replace Google
Feb 14, 2024
Inside a Fraud Factory
Feb 07, 2024
This Is It. The Deepfake Reckoning
Feb 01, 2024
Why Google Is Shit Now
Jan 25, 2024
Google Finally Endorses Right to Repair
Jan 17, 2024
Deepfaked Celeb Scam Ads Are All Over YouTube
Jan 10, 2024
Inside a $7 Million Airbnb Scam
Jan 04, 2024
These Companies Say They're Using Microphone Audio to Target Ads
Dec 21, 2023
How Did a 'Russian Economist' Fly into LAX With No Ticket, No Passport, No Memory of How He Got There?
Dec 13, 2023
a16z Funded AI Platform Generated Images That “Could Be Categorized as Child Pornography,” Leaked Documents Show
Dec 06, 2023
Male Tech Conference Founder Runs Popular Woman-in-Tech Account (???)
Nov 29, 2023
OpenAI, Harry Potter Fanfic, and Hackers Who Gamble
Nov 23, 2023
Venture Capitalists a16z Fund Nonconsensual Deepfake Porn
Nov 15, 2023
How AI-Powered Cameras Took Over One Small American Town
Nov 08, 2023
YouTube Profiting from a Drug Market, and SIM Swappers Working with Ransomware Gangs
Nov 01, 2023
OSINT, Twitter, and a $30 Million Bitcoin Ring
Oct 25, 2023
AI is Muddying the Horrors of War, and a Film Community Implodes
Oct 18, 2023
SpongeBob, AI, and a Crisis Among Ticket Sellers
Oct 11, 2023
A Glitch Is Hiding Porn on YouTube, and Food Delivery Robots Feed Footage to the LAPD
Oct 04, 2023
Ticket Scalpers, The New Frontier of AI Chat Bots, and Mass Doxing on TikTok
Sep 27, 2023
The Tool That ICE Can Use to Track Pregnancy Websites and Fortnite
Sep 20, 2023
We Reveal One of the FBI's Most Closely Guarded Secrets
Sep 14, 2023
Amazon Is Selling AI-Generated Books That Are a Matter of 'Life or Death'
Sep 06, 2023
Instagram's Rampant Ads-for-Crime Problem
Aug 29, 2023
Welcome to 404 Media
Aug 22, 2023