Kodak is officially selling their own film again for the first time in many years and will be selling directly to photography stores now.
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https://www.404media.co/kodak-is-selling-its-own-film-again-for-the-first-time-in-a-decade/
An old school ransomware attack has a new twist: threatening to feed data to AI companies so itβll be added to LLM datasets.
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https://www.404media.co/hackers-threaten-to-submit-artists-data-to-ai-models-if-art-site-doesnt-pay-up/
Why DHS Agents Are Wearing Meta Ray-Bans
β’ CBP used Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses in a raid.
β’ Voice actorsβ AI strike explained.
β’ Subscribers: DEA official used a copβs login to access AI cameras.
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https://www.404media.co/podcast-why-are-dhs-agents-wearing-meta-ray-bans/
The Department of Energy said it will close FOIA requests from last year unless the requester emails the agency to say they are still interested. Experts say it's an "attempt to close out as many FOIA requests as possible."
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https://www.404media.co/trump-administration-outlines-plan-to-throw-out-an-agencys-foia-requests-en-masse/
DHS dropped an ICE Propaganda Video using Jay-Z's "Public Service Announcement" has been copyright striked and removed from X/Twitter.
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https://www.404media.co/ice-propaganda-video-that-used-jay-z-song-hit-with-copyright-takedown/
LAPD Interested In An AI Tool That Can Geolocate Photos in Seconds
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https://www.404media.co/lapd-eyes-geospy-an-ai-tool-that-can-geolocate-photos-in-seconds/
A DEA agent used a local police officerβs password to the Flock automated license plate reader system to search for someone suspected of an βimmigration violation.β
That DEA agent did this βwithout [the local police officerβs] knowledge,β
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https://www.404media.co/feds-used-local-cops-password-to-do-immigration-surveillance-with-flock-cameras/
Congress Launches Investigation into Flock After 404 Media Reporting
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https://www.404media.co/congress-launches-investigation-into-flock-after-404-media-reporting/
The British government is asking people to delete their emails to reduce stress on data centers.
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https://www.404media.co/uk-asks-people-to-delete-emails-in-order-to-save-water-during-drought/
404 Media's Second Anniversary Party:
We've survived and thrived for two years and are ready to celebrate with you, the ones who made it possible, also open bar!
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https://lu.ma/a0ay5bhi