Joint Statement of the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix.

So much going on today I almost forgot. IT'S BANDCAMP FRIDAY!! #Bandcamp #Friday

#Eurovision is dead to me.

Scrooge Vs. Santa

Remembering Frank Zappa, who died on this day in 1993. MOJO’s Phil Alexander pays tribute to the godfather of invention with a rundown of his greatest ever albums.

if you've been on the fence about joining the coolest club in indie tech media, now is the time

Santa just ran into the factory in a full-blown panic—one leg still out of his pants—screaming “THERE ARE ONLY 12 WEEKS LEFT TO CHRISTMAS!!!” I don’t know how we ever get this shit done in time.

While Santa's away at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade we'll be drinking Snoopy Sno-Cone frozen margaritas until our hearts pump tequila #Thanksgiving #ThanksgivingDay

U Rs!! 💙🤍 #BLAQPR

I'm blessing your timeline with this image, because I know that you will have occasion to use it, and more frequently than any of us would like to admit. Use it responsibly, friends.

The 404 Media Podcast is up! This week - a massive breach reveals people using an AI chatbot to make porn from women's yearbook photos - how America became the world's side hustle with social media spamming - how we helped shut down a warrantless surveillance program www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgOt...

Here is the archived video of our FOIA Forum about how to do reporting on Flock.

You know you're sitting on the lap of the real Santa Claus if he asks you for money, a place to crash, or a ride around the world come Christmas Eve.

So happy to announce on Clem’s birthday today! You can honor his legacy by supporting the Clem Burke Drumming Project The CBDP undertakes research using drums to better lives: explores emotional expression for trauma, SA, foster kids, autism and more! musicspromise.salsalabs.org/ClemBurkeDru...

wtf?! It really is turning into wordpad, isn't it. I loves notepad because it stripped all the formatting. If I wanted formatting I always used wordpad (great for html and css 20 years ago, even), which has been killed off. Tabs in notepad is ok, who wants all this other crap?

Get Ready...

A good Sunday afternoon is about to get a whole lot better! #MuppetChristmasCarol

Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...

Gmail users!! They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off. Pass it on!! www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

Nick Cave is Geese-pilled

Exchange/Microsoft365 account support built into Thunderbird now! Thunderbird users have asked us for this for years and now it is here. Enjoy. For nerds: the architecture built for this opens the door for JMAP support. blog.thunderbird.net/2025/11/thun...

Happy 20th anniversary to the Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal, in which the company secretly installed software to hide DRM technology on CD buyers’ PCs. XCP was a security risk that led to public outcry, class action lawsuits, and, 20 years ago today, a recall of dozens of album titles.

Santa gets very tense Christmas Eve. So if you surprise him while he's delivering gifts that roundhouse kick is on you.

#AIslop #music www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The Robinson brothers’ gloriously unreconstructed third album rebuilt, included the scrapped Tall LP. Read MOJO's review and the tracklisting in full.

I saw some rumblings of this thing but figured it can't be that stupid. Just an overpriced Apple accessory as is normal. Wow, was I wrong about the not stupid part 😂 🤣 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Every time a bell rings Santa got another worksite violation.

Flu spreads more easily in winter as we spend more time indoors with others. It can be more serious during pregnancy, affecting both mum and baby. Alongside the flu vaccine, pregnant women are also advised to get vaccinated against RSV and whooping cough: https://bit.ly/3rxrwZz

So wait, do I have this right? #Google considers the ones in military tactical kit attacking people without identifying themselves with covered faces and meta ray bans recording the events to be the vulnerable ones? WTAF?!! www.404media.co/google-has-c...

OpenAI's "guardrails" for copyright infringement are falling for the oldest trick in the book. OpenAI will never stop Sora from doing copyright infringement because the AI generator was built with stolen content. www.404media.co/openai-cant-...

If you wake up Christmas Eve to find Santa sitting on the edge of your bed crying and drinking, get ready to hear A LOT about his ex.

Great book that is a must read to understand the history of hacking culture, and the cybersecurity industry.

I recently had an expansive convo with two of the kickass leaders of a HUGE collective action archiving project, and it's out today. check it out: youtu.be/xrCElwgY5Co?...

as part of the @datarescueproject.org & @SafeguardingResearch, the project has collected more than 10k signs and counting "The administration was asking for the public to weigh in. Okay then... We the people of America are going to say we think this is important." www.404media.co/podcast-a-ma...

Read all about it… 😉

#Strongbad Trogdor the Burninator LEGO needs your vote! beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea... Thanks @fark.com

If you asked for LEGO and got Mega Bloks instead, would you be happy? No. Remember that when we ask for keys to your liquor cabinet and you leave out milk for us instead.

How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...

I love #Criterion! Blu-ray, 4K dvd, and the extras. #RepoMan

I generally don't like ranking/lists, but it's Aimee Mann and they're all great, order be damned. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n... cc @crewless.bsky.social

We try to give as much insight into how we report our stories and our dealings with tech companies as we can, and the narratives that they push. Meta has become obsessed with telling reporters that its smart glasses are no different than an iPhone. So we wrote this: www.404media.co/whats-the-di...

Latest on ‘London’s streets are crusted with diamonds’: London councils face a £4.7 billion gap in funding for homelessness costs

Someone recently managed to get on a Microsoft Teams call with representatives from phone hacking company Cellebrite, and then leaked a screenshot of the company’s capabilities against many Google Pixel phones 🔗 www.404media.co/someone-snuc...

Maybe technically not illegal or criminal, but to me this is morally repugnant. All imvolved shoud be in deep sh!t. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

In which @crewless.bsky.social's debut tops my Tubi recommendation page over Holland, Gordon, and Raimi. It's there for a reason, folks.

Rest In Power to the GOAT. Jack DeJohnette - the incredible drummer, pianist, & composer, whose influence & importance to Jazz, and contemporary improvised music can not be overstated. #LivingColour offers heartfelt condolences to his family, fellow musicians, friends & fans💜🌹 @vurnt22.bsky.social

@qprnewyorkcity.bsky.social wondering if the purple shirts might be at the club shop on Saturday? Wasn't able to order in time for UK delivery. Probably not but wanted to ask.