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Amazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Cheated | Employees admitted to 404 Media they had cheated to climb the leaderboard's ranks

We [404 Media] Sued ICE to Get Its Spyware Contract. The Agency Is Redacting Essentially Everything | Paragon's software is capable of remotely break into phones and accessing messages from encrypted messaging apps. Our lawsuit aims to pry records about it from ICE.

AlmaLinux To Unveil Media/Entertainment Linux OS Edition

Apple Announces WWDC 2026 Schedule, Sends Media Invites

ICE to Develop Own Smart Glasses to 'Supplement' Its Facial Recognition App

IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps)-linked media outlines plan to tax and control undersea internet cables in the Hormuz Strait — Iran's mouthpiece calls for a cut of $10 trillion of transactions that pulse through the cables daily

MPEG-2 Transport Stream Packaging for Media over QUIC Transport

Google Search AI Mode Gets 'Expert Advice' From Reddit and Social Media

SXSW Used AI-Powered Trademark Tool To Censor Dissent on Instagram: “You’re allowed to use a company’s name to talk about the company, right? How else are you going to do it?,” Cara Gagliano told 404 Media, a senior staff attorney who specializes in trademark and intellectual property law

Airbnb Hosts Don't Want to Talk to Guests Anymore, Are Outsourcing Messages to AI | An entire industry of companies offers Airbnb hosts AI to speak to guests on their behalf. 404 Media poked around the industry after one AI tool offered a guest a recipe for French toast

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Metacritic Will Kick Out Media Attempting To Submit AI Generated Reviews

Metacritic will kick out media attempting to submit AI generated reviews

How ICE and CBP Use Free Walkie-Talkie App ‘Zello’ to Power Their Operations | 404 Media found multiple users of Zello, an app previously used by January 6 insurrectionists, linked to ICE officials. An officer at the scene of an CBP official shooting a U.S. citizen also used the app

20-gigawatt Chinese microwave weapon touted as ‘Starlink’s worst nightmare’ by country's media — portable 5-ton device can deliver full-minute destructive bursts

AWS says you're on your own if media codec patent owners come knocking

Arkansas inmates restricted from receiving physical books, other media directly

Pentagon readies 1,500 troops to possibly deploy to Minnesota, US media say

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