1mo ago
Katalyst’s $3,000 EMS suit runs into a human usability problem
A 404 Media test found Katalyst’s electrical muscle-stimulation suit delivered intense workouts, but also numbness, ting...
By Dana Voss/section
Security/
1mo ago
404 Media readers document the spread of AI flyers in public life
Reader submissions show AI-made posters and ads turning up on menus, store signs, civic notices and billboards, often wi...
By Mara Chen-Doyle
1mo ago
Astronomers find possible giant planet at Tabby’s Star
A TESS signal from 2019 points to a giant companion that could disturb comet-like debris around KIC 8462852 and help exp...
By Mara Chen-Doyle
1mo ago
European Parliament restores legal cover for voluntary CSAM message scans
Lawmakers revived a temporary rule letting major platforms scan for child sexual abuse material, despite privacy objecti...
By Mara Chen-Doyle
1mo ago
Researchers find structural tells in AI-written short fiction
A preprint from University of Maryland and Google DeepMind says AI stories differ from human fiction in plot, time, them...
By Dana Voss
1mo ago
License plate reader searches face new Fourth Amendment pressure
Legal scholars say the Supreme Court’s Chatrie ruling on geofence warrants could complicate warrantless police use of au...
By Dana Voss
1mo ago
Ryuk defendant pleads guilty as Blackcat fixer gets 70 months
U.S. prosecutors advanced two ransomware cases involving Ryuk and Blackcat, including a guilty plea in Oregon and a Flor...
By Dana Voss
1mo ago
Dutch police suspect local role in Odido breach affecting 6 million
Police say a Dutch-speaking caller helped attackers get access to Odido systems before customer data was stolen in Febru...
By Mara Chen-Doyle
1mo ago
China- and India-linked hackers hit the same Pakistani police systems
SentinelLabs says separate espionage campaigns targeted Balochistan Police data, including criminal, biometric and ident...
By Mara Chen-Doyle
1mo ago
Senteon adds Microsoft Office hardening to endpoint security platform
The new module applies CIS Benchmark-aligned Office controls, targeting macros, configuration drift and compliance work...
By Dana Voss
1mo ago
Patreon uses Cloudflare to block AI training crawlers from creator posts
CEO Jack Conte said the platform is blocking AI training bots at the network level as fights over consent, credit and pa...
By Dana Voss
1mo ago
FTC deal gives John Deere repair rights with enforcement attached
John Deere agreed to broader repair access for farmers in an FTC antitrust settlement that goes further than earlier dea...
By Dana Voss