The lovefest from Musk’s conservative fans completely overlooks the unscrupulous tactics behind his immense wealth For 12 glorious days in June, Elon Musk experienced something nobody else in the history of humankind has ever experienced: trillionaire status. Did all those zeros make Musk happy? Did the army of children he ...
County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’
On June 26, the County Manager of Henrico County, Virginia, John Vithoulkas, sent an email to thousands of county employees asking them to help the local government conserve electricity. “Beginning July 1st, the rate we pay for electricity used in all Henrico County government and school facilities will increase dramatically ...
Scammers Sell Seeds for Exotic AI-Generated Flowers That Don’t ExistScammers Sell Seeds for Exotic AI-Generated Flowers That Don’t Exist
Scammers are selling seeds for plants that don’t exist with spectacular, AI-generated images of technicolor leaves that bloom in the shape of birds, butterflies, and cat heads. This type of fake seeds scam predates widespread access to AI image generators, but the ability to easily create these images has made ...
Companies Are Making Claude and Codex Talk Like Cavemen to Stop AI’s Soaring CostsCompanies Are Making Claude and Codex Talk Like Cavemen to Stop AI’s Soaring Costs
Companies are deliberately making their AI tools speak like cavemen in an attempt to stop burning through AI tokens and curb their massive expenditure on AI, 404 Media has found. The tool turns the usually verbose outpost of LLMs like Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini into a much more to ...
How I Bought a Private Jet By Selling $10 Subscriptions to 404 MediaHow I Bought a Private Jet By Selling $10 Subscriptions to 404 Media
Sitting on a white leather recliner on my private jet, I needed to decide how many millions of dollars to give myself, a process that was less about thinking and more about how many times to hit random number keys on my keyboard. I watched 404 Media’s revenue graph go ...
Starmer trims budgets to fund extra £15bn for defenceStarmer trims budgets to fund extra £15bn for defence
The plan outlines how billions will be spent on equipping the UK armed forces in the years ahead. ...
Will Starmer’s plan for defence help UK hit Nato’s spending target?Will Starmer’s plan for defence help UK hit Nato’s spending target?
BBC Verify looks at what the big numbers around the Defence Investment Plan mean for spending on the military and hitting the government’s pledges. ...
US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to TrumpUS Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump
The ruling is a major setback for Donald Trump’s immigration agenda, and has been welcomed by civil rights groups. ...
Government promises to act on maternity care failings which ‘shame our society’Government promises to act on maternity care failings which ‘shame our society’
An independent inquiry has found “unacceptable racism and discrimination” is affecting patient safety. ...
Manhunt after bomb injures Ukrainian oligarch in MonacoManhunt after bomb injures Ukrainian oligarch in Monaco
The blast was caused by an explosive device which appeared to contain bolts and pellets, the head of Monaco’s government said. ...