Publication: 404 Media
404 Media
has 31.5% among publications.
BS Score: 1.7%.
Articles analyzed: 9.
Words analyzed: 37,248.
Analyzed articles
404 Media
- By Joseph Cox
- 7/1/2026, 8:40 PM
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 45.2% - Biased Writer Voice 33.8% - Negativity Bias 23.7%
We start this week with Joseph’s story about the Tokenpocalypse, which is companies scrambling to stop spending so much on AI after providers started charging per AI token. After the break, Joseph and Emanuel tell us about the ways companies are trying to do this, including using a tool to make their LLMs talk like cavemen. In the... more
404 Media
- By Joseph Cox
- 7/1/2026, 10:00 AM
Negativity Bias 22.8% - Hasty Generalization 15.8% - Biased Writer Voice 14.2%
A vulnerability in Apple’s “Hide My Email” tool lets almost anyone discover a person’s real email address that is supposed to be hidden by the feature, and Apple has failed to fix it for more than a year, according to a security researcher and 404 Media’s own tests. 404 Media is not revealing the exact details of the vulnerability... more
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- By Samantha Cole
- 6/30/2026, 6:19 PM
Biased Writer Voice 68% - Negativity Bias 50.6% - Hasty Generalization 20.7%
Meta just released a new ad for its creeper glasses. In the video, Kylie Jenner, the new face of the glasses called Starfire, goes through a day-in-the-life style video from her point of view. Mostly, she’s led around her own house in a haze by various vendors and assistants. Kylie’s character makes half a glass of green smoothie, then... more
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- By Matthew Gault
- 6/30/2026, 3:49 PM
Biased Writer Voice 28.4% - Negativity Bias 21.6% - Loss Aversion 19.3%
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 — by 25%,... more
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- By Emanuel Maiberg
- 6/30/2026, 1:48 PM
Negativity Bias 100% - Biased Writer Voice 100% - Status Quo Bias 58.9%
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 the scam more widespread,... more
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- By Jason Koebler
- 6/30/2026, 1:01 PM
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 19.4% - Anecdotal 12.9% - Negativity Bias 11.3%
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 up and to the right. I clicked record on my camera, wanting to show my... more
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- By Matthew Gault
- 6/29/2026, 7:33 PM
Unattributed Quote 26.6% - Negativity Bias 17.4% - Biased Writer Voice 14.8%
Music streaming service Tidal announced it won’t pay royalties for AI-generated music in an email to users and an announcement on its website published Monday. “Tidal’s priority is ensuring royalties go to original works directly produced, written, and performed by people,” the announcement reads. “We will therefore not knowingly... more
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- By Jason Koebler
- 6/29/2026, 1:43 PM
Biased Writer Voice 38.1% - Negativity Bias 24.5% - Anecdotal 20.6%
I am standing just outside of the Yahoo Explorer’s Society, where the line for DJ Tiësto stretches well past Microsoft Gardens, out toward the Canva Creator Cabana and Influential Beach. Thankfully the line doesn’t cross with “Make Noise, Not Just Content” featuring Diplo at Salesforce Beach, or Mumford & Sons at Spotify Beach.... more
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- By Becky Ferreira
- 6/27/2026, 5:02 PM
Appeal to Authority 22.1% - Biased Writer Voice 21.4% - Overconfidence Bias 18%
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that yucked it up, went interstellar, controlled the weather, and sang our praises. First, the sounds of ape laughter have been gracing our planet for 15 million years. Then: a visit from a cosmic elder, a meteorological martial art, and bops by blowhards. As always, for more... more