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"I have a right to speak. I'm here to speak. I have a right to clap, and if you want me out, you're going to have to drag me out."

What happened when Flock came to Matthew's town; the rise of no phone Luddite events; and the influencers just making up BS about Flock.

A new AI data center can be up and running in a year. Building new energy infrastructure to power it could take a decade.

The U.S. government has charged Samuel Tunick with allegedly typing in a passcode to wipe his phone before officers could search it. “I hope people understand that the charges against me are meant to intimidate people,” he said.

“They didn't understand it was satire in the beginning until the end,” Casa Grande, Arizona resident Jacob Petrosky told 404 Media. “They were not happy, they were very upset.”

“I’m not going to apologize for using AI in the creation process.”

Apple’s Sensitive Content Warning is supposed to protect users from unwanted nude images. It accidentally blurred my friend’s dog video.

The Wikimedia Foundation waited until immediately after its largest annual conference to say it wouldn't voluntarily recognize its workers' union.

Police refused to release the arrest report, saying it could "could interfere with ongoing investigative efforts."

Joseph speaks to Mike Yeagley about how he bought the world's location data, and what that means for everyone's privacy and security.

Claude users are creating public share links, but probably don't realize that means their chats are now ending up in Google searches where anyone can dig through them.

Spotify doesn’t label AI music on its platform, so websites like SoullessMusic.com and SlopTracker.org do it instead.

As tech backlash hits the mainstream, the ‘Summer of Ludd’ proves we don’t need social media to hang out and have a good time.

Scientists have predicted that human linguistic diversity flourished between 3,000 and 1,000 years ago, before declining with the rise of multinational states and colonial expansion.

This week, we discuss astrology, Flock on the brain, The Odyssey, and more.

A judge in Indiana warns a court reporter that it's their job to proofread their work, after catching errors likely made by AI transcription services.

Flock's CEO Garrett Langley says people don't understand the capabilities of its ALPR system, but they do.

In an internal email shared with creators, CEO Jack Conte wrote that AI doesn’t replace human creativity — but it does affect how the company operates.

Instagram influencers are creating fake cease-and-desist letters, making themselves go viral and muddying the waters about mass surveillance.

From phone location data, to social media monitoring, to online undercover tools, a document obtained by 404 Media lays out the surveillance tech available across ICE agency wide.

A team captured first-of-its-kind footage of orcas holding a sunfish carcass still and ramming it so hard that it burst into fragments, which may be a form of social play. “We could hear the sound,” said one researcher.

Join us for our latest FOIA Forum where we teach you how to pry records from the government.

My small town in South Carolina will soon have more Flock cameras than police officers.

"For the time being, if you or someone on your crew has availability to secure black plastic bags (or something else) over the cameras, that would be great."

How cops are using Flock to look for specific people; the company buying mountains of books for AI companies; and the big Suno hack.

Here's how your personal address travels from your credit card provider, through middlemen companies, and ends up with ICE.

Do you have to show ID to get unlimited pasta at Olive Garden? Yes. Is this the same as secure voting? Definitely not.