404 Media
Jason Koebler, Samantha Cole, Joseph Cox, Emanuel Maiberg — Journalist-owned tech publication, founded after Vice/Motherboard
404 Media is an independent media company founded by technology journalists Jason Koebler, Emanuel Maiberg, Samantha Cole, and Joseph Cox.
404media.coIn a kleptocracy, there is no reason for a billionaire to own an adversarial news outlet.
Four journalists who covered tech at Vice's Motherboard went independent and built something sharper than what came before. 404 Media breaks stories on surveillance, hacking, AI abuse, and internet culture with genuine investigative muscle — their reporting has triggered telecom fines, congressional investigations, and platform policy changes. The tone is direct, occasionally darkly funny, and never hedges when something deserves to be called out.
Written by Jason Koebler, Samantha Cole, Joseph Cox, Emanuel Maiberg since 2023.
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Podcast: The Depravity Economy
This week we discuss our coverage of the U.S.-Israel strikes against Iran, specifically how Polymarket and Kalshi are letting people profit from death, and that Amazon data centers were on fire after missiles hit Dubai. Then Emanuel talks about how AI translations are adding 'hallucinations' to Wikipedia articles. In the subscribers-only section, Sam tells us about a change with Amazon wishlists that may expose your address. Listen to the weekly podcast on Apple Podcasts, ...
Polymarket Pulls Bet on Nuclear Detonation in 2026
For a few hours on Tuesday, Polymarket hosted a bet about the possibility of nuclear war in 2026. The market asked the question “Nuclear weapon detonation by …?” and racked up close to a million dollars in trading volume before Polymarket took the unusual step to remove the market from its website. It did not simply close down the bet, but it’s been “archived” meaning that a record of it no longer exists. It’s strange as many older and paid out be...
AI Translations Are Adding ‘Hallucinations’ to Wikipedia Articles
Wikipedia editors have implemented new policies and restricted a number of contributors who were paid to use AI to translate existing Wikipedia articles into other languages after they discovered these AI translations added AI “hallucinations,” or errors, to the resulting article. The new restrictions show how Wikipedia editors continue to fight the flood of generative AI across the internet from diminishing the reliability of the world’s largest repository of knowledge...
The Sun Is 'Glitching.' Scientists Investigated and Solved a Cosmic Mystery
Scientists have peered inside the Sun and observed subtle shifts and “glitches” that have occurred over four decades, shedding light on the enigmatic long-term vibrations of our star, reports a study published on Tuesday in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.The Sun goes through a roughly 11-year cycle that includes a period of high and low activity, known as solar maximum and minimum. The past few cycles have revealed changes in solar behavior that could have implic...
The FBI Discusses the Potential to Use AI to Hack Targets
Update: after this article was published, the national press office for the FBI said in a statement that “Hemmen was discussing hypothetical FBI application of AI technology in the context of positive and negative outcomes resulting from the technology's development.” For clarity, 404 Media has updated the headline, included the FBI’s full statement below, but left the original article intact so readers can see the comments made at the conference. An FBI spokesperson to...
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