there it is: Nvidia is being sued for unjust enrichment and violating labor laws, following my 404 Media investigation into how the company scraped YouTube and others to train its video model 404media.co/nvidia-sued-fo…

after the huge Vegas casino hack last year, everyone at DEF CON paid the price in paranoia. Joseph Cox wrote about the abysmal vibes this year 404media.co/the-golden-age…

New: Swift could sue Trump under new state law about those fake AI endorsement photos. Applies under a recently-enacted Tennessee law that protects the property rights of artists’ voices, names, and likenesses 404media.co/donald-trump-t…

Chinese fast fashion giant Shein, notorious for being accused of copyright infringement by small artists and big brands alike, is suing its competitor Chinese fast fashion giant Temu for... copyright infringement 404media.co/shein-temu-cop…

Years upon years of original reporting, investigations, and scoops vanished because of an update to VICE's website. Trying to access some of my privacy/surveillance/encryption reporting—gone. Available in Wayback, but a pain for the ordinary reader to find. VICE does it again.

The 404 Media Podcast is up! - how Swift could sue Trump for AI endorsement - how US is quietly tapping a half-billion encrypted message goldmine - subscribers-only: how we approach and generate impact w/ our journalism 404media.co/podcast-how-ta…

A year ago today we launched 404 Media. Thanks to the overwhelming support of our subscribers, we're very proud and humbled to say that our business and company is sustainable and stable, and more scoops, investigations, stunts, etc are coming in year 2 404media.co/what-we-learne…

This worker-owned journalism thing just might work!

Building on our 404 media one year anniversary post, I wrote about why we don't have editorial meetings. As Emanuel writes, some people literally laugh when they learn this. More: 404media.co/behind-the-blo…