The Executive Office of the President registered the domain aliens.gov on Wednesday a little after 6:30 AM according to a bot that monitors federal domains. There’s no associated website just yet, but the registration comes a month after Trump said he would direct the government to release files related to ...
Day: March 18, 2026
Podcast: The Disappearing DOGE DepositionsPodcast: The Disappearing DOGE Depositions
This week we start with Joseph’s series of articles about the DOGE depositions. He watched hours and hours of them, then a judge ordered them removed from YouTube. But, they’ve already been archived all over the web. After the break, Jason tells us about the AI data labelers who are ...
Was Life Seeded from Space? ‘Complete Set’ of DNA Ingredients Discovered on AsteroidWas Life Seeded from Space? ‘Complete Set’ of DNA Ingredients Discovered on Asteroid
🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Scientists have discovered all five nucleobases—the fundamental components of DNA and RNA—in pristine samples from the asteroid Ryugu, according to a study published on Monday in ...
AI Job Loss Research Ignores How AI Is Utterly Destroying the InternetAI Job Loss Research Ignores How AI Is Utterly Destroying the Internet
Over the last few months, various academics and AI companies have attempted to predict how artificial intelligence is going to impact the labor market. These studies, including a high-profile paper published by Anthropic earlier this month, largely try to take the things AI is good at, or could be good ...
CEO Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Ignores His Lawyers, Loses Terribly in CourtCEO Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Ignores His Lawyers, Loses Terribly in Court
A judge ordered the reinstatement of a video game developer after he was fired as part of a scheme cooked up by a CEO using ChatGPT. Facing the possibility of paying out a massive bonus to the developer of Subnautica 2, the CEO of publisher Krafton used ChatGPT to create ...
Iran’s intelligence minister Esmail Khatib killed in air strikeIran’s intelligence minister Esmail Khatib killed in air strike
Israel said it had killed Khatib, whose death was confirmed by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday. ...
‘Very difficult to stop’: BBC visits scene of Iran cluster bomb strike on Israel‘Very difficult to stop’: BBC visits scene of Iran cluster bomb strike on Israel
An elderly couple was killed after a bomb flew into their apartment in central Israel and exploded. ...
Russian archaeologist can be sent to Ukraine for trial, Polish judge rulesRussian archaeologist can be sent to Ukraine for trial, Polish judge rules
Archaeologist Alexander Butyagin is accused of conducting illegal excavations in Crimea – Ukraine’s peninsula annexed by Russia. ...
Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile storyGamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story
Bettors are using death threats to try to get The Times of Israel’s military correspondent to change his report on a missile impact in central Israel. This is his alarming account ...
Government backtracks on AI and copyright after outcry from major artistsGovernment backtracks on AI and copyright after outcry from major artists
However, the government’s position is now unclear, saying it “no longer has a preferred option” for what to do next. ...