Polygon Acquired by Porn Mogul Who Co-Founded Brazzers
Polygon, Vox Media’s video games website, has been acquired by Valnet, a company founded and helmed by Hassan Youssef, a […]
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The Infamous ‘You Wouldn’t Steal a Car’ Anti-Piracy Font Was Pirated. But By Who?
“You Wouldn’t Steal a Car,” one of the most infamous anti-piracy campaigns of all time, used a pirated font to
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This Sicko Caterpillar Wears the Bones of Its Victims
Welcome back to the Abstract! Beware: This week’s offerings are not for the faint of heart. There will be blood.
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Payment Processors Force AI Site Civitai to Remove Incest and Diapers
Civitai, a hugely popular site for sharing AI models and a critical piece of infrastructure for AI-generated pornography across the
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This Website Is Running on a Wii
The lives of most Wii consoles ended sometime in the early 2010s, left to collect dust in dorm rooms and
The Man Who Wants AI to Help You ‘Cheat on Everything’
Last month, Roy Lee was suspended from Columbia after he was accused of using AI to “cheat” on technical job
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‘They Sometimes Worry That I’m Dead Already:’ Deep-Sea Fishers Fight for Wi-Fi
Adrian Basar did not want to become a distant-water fisherman. With 22-hour workdays and pay of around 450 dollars per
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How 404 Media Is Navigating ‘Economic Headwinds’
Something that we’ve been thinking a lot about since we founded 404 Media was how one of the worst parts
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Behold, a Genuinely Promising Sign of Alien Life
Welcome back to the Abstract! It was a good week for the Fox Mulders among us. We want to believe,
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AI Slop Is Breaking the Internet as We Know It (404 Media Live at SXSW)
We’re excited to share audio and video of our panel at SXSW, where Jason, Sam, and our friend Brian Merchant
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