For CJR I wrote about how we think about using AI at 404 Media which is to say we differentiate ourselves by being human beings writing articles for other human beings www.cjr.org/feature-2/ho...

Captured Ukrainian drones infect Russian operators with malware

The malware can:

-burn the operator's USB port
-prevent them from flashing other drones
-reveal their location

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En quoi les images peuvent-elles être utilisées comme preuve ? A l'heure du numérique et des sources ouvertes, comment mener des enquêtes et faire émerger la vérité ?
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NEW: Elon Musk’s Starlink is being used at scam compounds that have fleeced billions from people around the world, a @WIRED investigation shows

Between November 2024 and Feb, hundreds of phones at eight scam compounds in Myanmar logged 40,000 uses of Starlink, mobile data shows

Une journée Lebrun - biathlon, c'est pour nous achever ?

after days of grifters and con men at CES we stumbled upon the booth for VLC. they were all dressed as wizards and told us, "we have nothing to sell, we just decided to show up". i told them I'd been using their software to pirate media for 15 years and they said "keep doing that"

Facebook is censoring 404 Media stories about Facebook's censorship

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Just listened to @marketecture.tv 2025 predictions podcast and @aripaparo.com's prediction that Google is 100% going to announce divestiture of its adtech division raises a lot of interesting questions and issues. I agree it's likely but I also think it will likely benefit the rest of Google. 1/

Recommending the Blue Giant Soundtrack by Hiromi for listeners of Japanese Jazz. Hiromi is an incredibly talented Jazz pianist and this OST doesn't disappoint.

Any other recommendations for the genre?

Found out about a jazz-themed anime on Netflix called BLUE GIANT thanks to @outlawvern.bsky.social and now I'm gonna write it up for my next @stereogum.bsky.social column. It's a really engaging story of earnest young musicians, and the soundtrack (by Hiromi) is legitimately good.

Dear friends, I'm rejoining Redis. It's a long story, so it deserved a blog post to explain all the details: antirez.com/news/144

New blog drop with @selenalarson.bsky.social and the rest of the team. This one covers a lot of threats using the #ClickFix technique to lure targets to infect themselves by pasting malicious CMD/PS code. My "fave" is the chumbox #malvertising on major tech sites.
www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/thre...

Short seller's report claims misconduct in Zeta Global's data collection practices: Culper Research report alleges Zeta Global operates extensive consent farms and engages in revenue round-tripping.