The EU wants to control Telegram, but the messenger lacks 4 million users for the «gatekeeper» status
The EU is investigating whether Telegram falls under a new strict content law, as it is concerned about the spread of Russian disinformation on the platform.
Mt.Gox, the first crypto exchange to go bankrupt, starts returning bitcoins to customers — 10 years after the hack
In the first few hours, Mt.Gox moved 140,000 bitcoins worth $9 billion to an unknown address, presumably as part of a plan to pay off creditors. Moreover, the flagship coin fell at this time by about 2.5% under pressure from expected sales.
«Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery» — stars «Crown» and «Priscilla» to star in the continuation of the detective franchise with Daniel Craig
Josh O’Connor and Kaley Spaney are set to join the third installment of the «Knives Out» detective franchise, which announced a few days earlier.
Rada approves fines for sexual insults on the Internet — up to UAH 2700 or correctional labor
From now on, Ukraine can be fined for offensive sexual expressions sent via messengers — according to the law adopted by the Verkhovna Rada by Law No. 8329 in connection with the ratification of the Istanbul Convention.
In the movie "Furiosa", the features of Anya Taylor-Joy and Alila Brow were combined with the help of AI
If you’ve already seen the prequel «Mad Max», you’ve probably noticed how young «Furiosa» looks like Anya Taylor-Joy, who plays the character in her more mature years.
Get ready, ChatGPT — xAI Elon Musk has raised $6 billion to challenge OpenAI
Currently, xAI is estimated at $24 billion (the previous estimate was $18 billion).
Microsoft has launched a beta version of Copilot on Telegram — up to 30 requests per day for free
Requests for Copilot can be sent directly to the messenger for free, but with restrictions.
«Most people are aliens!». George Lucas responded to the criticism of «Star Wars» about «white male supremacy»
George Lucas, the creator of «Star Wars», responded to critics who accused the director of lacking diversity in the first six films of the franchise.
Ukrainians lost more than 29 thousand smartphones in 2023 — iPhone, Xiaomi, and Samsung are stolen most often
In 2023, Ukrainians lost 29,015 smartphones, which is almost half (46%) the number before the full-scale invasion.
«Furiosa» debuted at the box office with a modest $59 million, failing to live up to expectations of a «best start»
The prequel to «Mad Max», «Furious», earned $59 million in its opening weekend in 76 markets: $33.6 million came from foreign theaters, while the film opened domestically in North America with $25.6 million.
Kabosu — the legendary meme dog who became the face of Dogecoin, dies
Shiba Inu, who became the face of the meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin, died on May 24 at the age of 17.
The «Fallout» series breaks viewing records in 3 weeks after its debut on Amazon
From April 22 to April 28, the series adaptation of the post-apocalyptic game collected 1.5 billion minutes of views, which means that «Fallout» was the most popular among viewers even in the third week after its debut, considering data of all American streaming services.
Up to 30 transactions per month. The NBU will set restrictions on P2P transfers due to the spread of online fraud
The NBU’s decision will apply directly to outgoing transfers — you can receive funds to the card without restrictions.
«Beverly Hills Cop 4» — new trailer for the comedy with Eddie Murphy, who returned to the role of the detective for the fourth time
Netflix has released a new big trailer for the comedy «Beverly Hills Cop 4», which stars Eddie Murphy after a 30-year break returns to the role of detective Axel Fowle.
«He claimed to have invented bitcoin». The court found a computer scientist who introduced himself as Satoshi Nakamoto to be a liar
A High Court judge in London has ruled that computer scientist Craig Wright «lied «on a large scale» repeatedly» by claiming to have invented bitcoin.
Bing API glitch breaks Copilot, ChatGPT, and DuckDuckGo search functions
Currently, the search capabilities of ChatGPT, Copilot, DuckDuckGo, and other platforms are partially unavailable due to a Microsoft outage, which is likely related to the Bing software interface.
Google Password Manager to get Family Link sharing feature
It’s worth noting that Family Link will only allow you to share your password with people in your family group, not with anyone who has a Google account.
iPhone will have a face emoji with eye bags
In Unicode created seven new emotions that will be available on iPhones and other devices, probably in late 2024 or early 2025.
Trained on «Xi Jinping's opinion». China launches new chatbot — with artificial «communist» intelligence
The large language model was trained on the Chinese leader’s political philosophy known as «Xi Jinping’s Thought on Socialism», as well as other official literature provided by the Cyberspace Administration of China.
«Star Trek» is returning in a new Paramount movie — probably with «X-Men» writer Simon Kinberg
Paramount is working on a new movie «Star Trek», which will take place a decade before the events of J.J. Abrams’ 2009 film (the eleventh feature film in the Star Trek universe).
Team Copilot — a new «colleague» in Microsoft Teams who will never say no to help
Microsoft positioning Team Copilot, as a video meeting facilitator — a specialist (in this case, artificial intelligence) that helps a group of people work together more effectively.
PayPal blocked the profits of a sex blogger who earned $90,000 by selling water from her bathtub
Adult content creator Belle Dolphin bragged in X that she made almost a hundred thousand dollars selling water from her bathtub — but in recent posts she complained that PayPal had blocked her account without warning, so she didn’t receive a cent.
Microsoft's Cocreator — «second wind» for Paint and the official image generator for PC Copilot+ devices
Paint is finally getting an AI-powered image generator, but it won’t be available to everyone.
ASUS announces Vivobook S 15 (S5507) — its first Snapdragon X-powered Copilot+ PC starting at $1299
Asus says the Arm-based chip will not only enhance several of the Vivobook’s current features, but also enable new AI-powered apps and workloads «fly» with a neural processing capacity of 45 TOPS.
«Let us lower your IQ». New teaser for «Deadpool and Wolverine» and a disclayer from Ryan Reynolds
«Mostly we’re going to beat each other up, make enemies with Disney, and tell some jokes,» says Ryan Reynolds in the announcement.
Dell will release five Snapdragon X laptops in 2024 in the XPS 13, Inspiron 14, and Latitude lines starting at $1099
Dell has announced five laptops with Qualcomm configuration that will be released this year: XPS 13 (9345), Inspiron 14, Inspiron 14 Plus, Latitude 7455, and Latitude 5455.
«Firebrand» — Ukrainian trailer of the drama about the Tudor dynasty with Jude Law and Alicia Vikander
The film is adapted from Elizabeth Fremantle’s bestseller of the same name about the secrets of the Tudor royal court during the youth of the future Queen Elizabeth I.
Spam, junk... and slop? Zoomers coined a new word for «AI garbage» on the Internet
The literal translation of the word is «slop» — slop, and this is what they propose to call the invasion of unwanted artificial intelligence on the Internet.
Reserve+ from the Ministry of Defense: 250 thousand registrations in 1.5 days, availability in 176 countries and «yet» no e-subpoenas
On the second day of work at application of the Ministry of Defense more than 246 thousand citizens updated their data, which is 83 times more than through the ASCs and «ten times more than through the TCCs — according to Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Kateryna Chernogorenko.
The action-adventure «Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes» earned $237 million in 2 weekends — and is the fourth highest-grossing movie of 2024
The fourth chapter of the «Monkeys» franchise earned $101 million at the US box office and $136 million abroad.
150,000 Ukrainians registered in the Reserve+ app in 10 hours — but there were some glitches
Overnight, the App Store and Google Play have launched mobile application of the Ministry of Defensewhere persons liable for military service, conscripts and reservists can update their data online and not have to go to an ASC or TCC.
The Ministry of Defense launches Reserve+ application for persons liable for military service — in the App Store and Google Play on May 18
On May 18, the following will come into force in Ukraine updated Law on mobilization — from that day on, all men aged 18-60 must update their accounts within 60 days (until July 16 inclusive). To make it possible to do this online, the Ministry of Defense launched mobile application Reserve+.
The Cabinet of Ministers has updated the procedure for booking telecom and fuel and energy companies
Among other things, the restriction on reservations for 50% of persons liable for military service for some enterprises is canceled.
Google adds «Easter» Minecraft to Search for the game's 15th anniversary — Steve will destroy everything around him
Minecraft, one of the best-selling games of all time, is celebrating its 15th anniversary. The countdown starts on May 17, 2009, as the first iteration of what would soon become Minecraft was released «Cave Game».
Watch out, YouTube — TikTok is testing 60-minute video uploads
TikTok has started testing the uploading of long hour-long videos, and YouTube is unlikely to like it.
The director of «Mad Max» wanted to «rejuvenate» Charlize Theron for «Furiosa», but the technology looked «unconvincing»
«Mad Max» director George Miller considered using digital rejuvenation technology on Charlize Theron so that she could star in the «Fury Road» prequel — Furious» film.
Take a break, Siri. Apple to add voice control without calling an assistant to iOS 18
Apple has announced a new voice feature in iOS 18 — Vocal Shortcuts, which will allow you to control your smartphone using phrases, without the need to call «Siri».
ElevenLabs has launched a free iPhone app that speaks text on the screen — 11 voices and PDF capabilities available
The unicorn startup ElevenLabs, best known for its AI dubbing site, has launched its first public app.
Netflix has ordered «additional episodes» for the series «3 Body Problem»
The exact number of episodes and seasons is promised to be announced «later».
Boeing postpones «damned» Starliner mission — valve repaired, but there was a «small helium leak»
Starliner launch a week ago stopped due to a faulty oxygen valveHowever, it turned out that the spacecraft had other problems.
Monster sunspot «produced» the most powerful X8.7 flare in 11 years
The giant sunspot on the Sun, designated as AR3664, left us a parting gift, but this time without the bonus of the Aurora Borealis.
Ilya Sutzkever, the chief scientist who wanted to oust Sam Altman and changed his mind, is leaving OpenAI
OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever officially leaves the company — he is best known for leading the infamous failed coup to oust Sam Altman from the CEO position.
Google mentioned the word «AI» 121 times and gave out 1.5 «Gemini» per minute during the almost 2 hours of the I/O presentation
On May 14, Google I/O, a traditional annual event for developers, took place, where the company presents its latest web technologies and services.
Veo — Google's new neural network that produces «high-quality» 1080p videos over 60 seconds long
Google’s response to Sora by OpenAI The company did not hesitate to introduce the Veo AI generator capable of creating high-quality videos.
Gemini 1.5 Flash — fast multimodal Google model with a contextual window of 2 million tokens
Google announced announces the release of Gemini 1.5 Flash, a small multimodal model designed to scale and solve narrow high-frequency problems.
Helldivers 2 «beat» God of War Ragnarok and became the fastest-selling game for PlayStation (12 million copies in 12 weeks)
Arrowhead for PlayStation 5 and PC «far exceeded Sony’s» expectations.
Ukrzaliznytsia «upgraded» ticketing website — updated design, women's compartments and verification through Diia.Signature
Ukrzaliznytsia has launched a beta version of the updated website for buying railway tickets — with expanded and more convenient functionality.
Nicolas Cage to play an alternate version of Spider-Man in «Noir» series for Amazon
The actor has previously voiced the «noir» Spiderman in the animated film «Spider-Man: Across the Universe», which won an Oscar», and will now bring the «live-action» version to life on screen.
«Don't give up dating and be a nun». Dating service Bumble launched an anti-celibacy «ad» and is now apologizing for it
At the end of April, dating service Bumble launched a marketing campaign criticizing «celibacy» along with rebranding and app updates.
«Dune: Prophecy» — upcoming series about the female order of Benét Gesserit has attracted a Bollywood superstar to play Sister Francesca
Spinoff Films «Dune» is adapting the novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson «The Order of the Dune Sisters».
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