From mind-boggling murder investigations to decade-long scams, there’s no shortage of documentaries about real-life awfulness. We list the most incredible Since the true-crime explosion a decade ago – kickstarted by Netflix’s Making a Murderer – audiences have been fed a steady small-screen diet of cold-case killings, catfishing scams and creepy ...
Day: August 6, 2026
Scientists Designed a Virtual Alien Lifeform to Hunt for ExtraterrestrialsScientists Designed a Virtual Alien Lifeform to Hunt for Extraterrestrials
🌘 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 designed a virtual model of an alien cell and dropped it onto a hypothetical exoplanet to see how it behaves, an approach that could ...
Cities Are Ditching Flock, Immediately Replacing It With Axon License Plate ReadersCities Are Ditching Flock, Immediately Replacing It With Axon License Plate Readers
A handful of cities across the U.S. have ditched Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras and immediately replaced them with equivalent systems from law enforcement contracting giant Axon, according to local media reports and government documents from around the country. Axon, for example, advertises AI-powered cameras that attach to ...
Trump denies US weapons shortage and says information ‘leakers’ being ‘hunted down’Trump denies US weapons shortage and says information ‘leakers’ being ‘hunted down’
While precise data is classified, publicly available information suggests the US has used up many difficult-to-manufacture weapons. ...
Burnham orders review of grooming gang early releasesBurnham orders review of grooming gang early releases
The announcement of the review comes after the Tory leader raised concerns that child sex offenders could leave jail early. ...
Calls for inquiry into Army training college for teenagers after reports of rape and abuseCalls for inquiry into Army training college for teenagers after reports of rape and abuse
Four women told the BBC they were sexually assaulted and harassed while attending the Army Foundation College (AFC) at Harrogate in North Yorkshire. ...
Majority of England’s rivers and lakes fail new environmental reviewMajority of England’s rivers and lakes fail new environmental review
A comprehensive assessment of England’s waterways is the first in six years and shows little improvement. ...
Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row resignsCambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row resigns
Prof Jason Arday said he had “concluded that the only way to bring this chapter to an end is to step away”. ...
Ukraine hits two oil refineries deep in Russian territoryUkraine hits two oil refineries deep in Russian territory
Ukraine’s president says the strikes aim to limit revenues Russia “used to finance” its war. ...
Americans turning to AI for financial advice but confidence low, poll showsAmericans turning to AI for financial advice but confidence low, poll shows
About 20% of Americans have recently used AI for financial advice, but their confidence in its expertise remains low. Fewer than one in three Americans have some or a great deal of confidence in the financial advice they get from AI, according to new polling by Gallup and Edward Jones ...