Telegram says it will now provide user data to the police; the walls are closing in on the Snowflake hacker; and why Nintendo's lawsuit against Palworld is bad (and Nintendo will probably win).

Telegram says it will now provide user data to the police; the walls are closing in on the Snowflake hacker; and why Nintendox27;s lawsuit against Palworld is bad (and Nintendo will probably win).#Podcast

Podcast: Telegram is Working With the Cops

Telegram says it will now provide user data to the police; the walls are closing in on the Snowflake hacker; and why Nintendo's lawsuit against Palworld is bad (and Nintendo will probably win).

^{Joseph Cox (404 Media)}

Optery initially planned to send users' data to OpenAI by default, but walked back the decision over the weekend.

Optery initially planned to send usersx27; data to OpenAI by default, but walked back the decision over the weekend.#News #Privacy

Privacy Service Optery Faces Backlash After Plan to Send OpenAI User Data

Optery initially planned to send users' data to OpenAI by default, but walked back the decision over the weekend.

^{Joseph Cox (404 Media)}

Lithium-ion battery fires are dangerous, but small batteries alone don't usually cause this much damage.

Lithium-ion battery fires are dangerous, but small batteries alone donx27;t usually cause this much damage.#Lebanon #Hezbollah #Batteries #BatteryFires

Experts: Lebanon Pager Explosions Likely Not Lithium Batteries Alone

Lithium-ion battery fires are dangerous, but small batteries alone don't usually cause this much damage.

^{Jason Koebler (404 Media)}

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss communicating risks, brain rot, and the arrest of Telegram's CEO.

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss communicating risks, brain rot, and the arrest of Telegramx27;s CEO.#BehindTheBlog

Behind the Blog: Risks, Attention, and Telegram

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss communicating risks, brain rot, and the arrest of Telegram's CEO.

^{Joseph Cox (404 Media)}

"If another user interacting with the chatbot asked the ‘Victim’ where she lived, the chatbot could provide the Victim’s true home address followed by ‘Why don’t you come over?'"

"If another user interacting with the chatbot asked the ‘Victim’ where she lived, the chatbot could provide the Victim’s true home address followed by ‘Why don’t you come over?x27;"

Stalker Allegedly Created AI Chatbot on NSFW Platform to Dox and Harass Woman

"If another user interacting with the chatbot asked the ‘Victim’ where she lived, the chatbot could provide the Victim’s true home address followed by ‘Why don’t you come over?'"

^{Jason Koebler (404 Media)}

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss last night's shindig.

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss last nightx27;s shindig.#BehindTheBlog

Behind the Blog: Party Time

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss last night's shindig.

^{Samantha Cole (404 Media)}

On the podcast this week: generative AI Doom, drama in NaNoWriMo, and Apple's face swap problem.

On the podcast this week: generative AI Doom, drama in NaNoWriMo, and Applex27;s face swap problem.#Podcast

Podcast: Is Criticizing AI Ableist?

On the podcast this week: generative AI Doom, drama in NaNoWriMo, and Apple's face swap problem.

^{Samantha Cole (404 Media)}

If you got an email containing your address and a PDF with a photo of your street, don't freak out: it's a fake sextortion scheme.

If you got an email containing your address and a PDF with a photo of your street, donx27;t freak out: itx27;s a fake sextortion scheme.#News

Sextortion Scammers Try to Scare People by Sending Photos of Their Homes

If you got an email containing your address and a PDF with a photo of your street, don't freak out: it's a fake sextortion scheme.

^{Samantha Cole (404 Media)}

Pfizer, Microsoft, Palantir, Home Depot, and Lockheed Martin were all shown as "clients" of LobbyMatic. All of them say they haven't worked with the company.

Pfizer, Microsoft, Palantir, Home Depot, and Lockheed Martin were all shown as "clients" of LobbyMatic. All of them say they havenx27;t worked with the company.#LobbyMatic #JacobWohl #AIImages #AI #AILobbying

Big Tech ‘Clients’ of Jacob Wohl’s Secret AI Lobbying Firm Say They've Never Heard of It

Pfizer, Microsoft, Palantir, Home Depot, and Lockheed Martin were all shown as "clients" of LobbyMatic. All of them say they haven't worked with the company.

^{Jason Koebler (404 Media)}