Recruited through a Russian sect: IT specialist and teacher from Kyiv were sentenced to 13 years for cooperation with the FSB
Publication Watchers Media revealed details of an old case regarding the strike on the Ivano-Frankivsk airport, involving a rather strange trio — consisting of an IT specialist, a teacher, and a blogger, who were recruited by the FSB before the full-scale war.
Black Friday in Ukrainian: 64% of citizens don’t believe in discounts, but one-third plan to buy clothes and only 12% — gadgets
Recent surveys indicate that interest in Black Friday discounts is declining year by year.
Hell’s car industry: Tesla plant suffered «toxin leakage» due to faulty furnace door, staff worked in fog and +38°C, — media
As reported by The Wall Street Journal, workers at Tesla’s Austin factory were forced to work for several months in temperatures up to +38°C and in «constant fog» due to a faulty giant door of the foundry — at the same time, the company «ignored the problem, increasing production of Tesla Model Y in 2022».
«Russian spirit»: cosmonauts detect toxic» odor in Russian spacecraft «Progress» docked to the ISS
During a routine mission to deliver about 3 tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), after opening the hatch to the Russian cargo ship «Progress», the astronauts smelled an unpleasant odor and quickly closed it. The incident occurred on Saturday, and the spacecraft itself was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome…
The Mountain from «Game of Thrones» lifted a record 450+ kilograms of SSD with a total capacity of 282 petabytes
Icelandic athlete Hafthor Julius Bjornsson, known to “Game of Thrones” fans as Gregor Clegane (The Mountain), set a new world record for “deadlift data”, lifting a barbell reinforced with SSD drives with a total weight of 452 kilograms.
How Ukrainians joke about the release of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: a selection of memes
Ukrainian gamers greeted the release of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 with a wave of creative memes and jokes.
A Swiss church installed an AI Jesus in the confessional — visitors called communication with it a «spiritual experience»
The oldest church in Lucerne, Switzerland, St. Peter’s Chapel, has turned its confessional into a place to commune with a digital Christ. The «Deus in Machina» project was launched in August in cooperation with the local university’s interactive technology laboratory.
«Weekend — is an error». The head of one of the largest IT companies in India proposes to introduce a 70-hour work week
Infosys founder Narayama Murthy, whom some media outlets call «the father of Indian IT», believes that the introduction of an additional day off in the country was a mistake and proposes to introduce a 70-hour working week
Elon Musk became the best player of Diablo 4 — set a new record
Elon Musk has set a new record by completing the 150th level of the Artificer’s Pit challenge in Diablo 4 in 1 minute 52 seconds.
Call of Duty player challenged lifecell owner to a real fight — billionaire Xavier Niel came
Sometimes you just need to show character to win a fight. A gamer asked a French telecom tycoon to «to get out», owner operator lifecell — but did not treat it responsibly.
«We didn’t sniff the white stuff»: Jaguar’s hallucinogenic rebranding has caused ridicule online and puzzled Elon Musk
British premium car manufacturer Jaguar has announced a «new era» for the brand with the transition to electric production and introduced a new font, logo and monogram.
Everyone on an offline diet: researchers have found that high-speed Internet «makes us» fat
Researchers believe that the rollout of high-speed Internet access has had a significant impact on people’s physical activity and eating habits, thereby triggering an increase in obesity rates in countries.
Crazy sale: PlayStation 5 for $179 caused a real battle of buyers in Paraguay
In the duty-free zone of Paraguay, near the Iguazu Falls on the border with Brazil, a local electronics store organized a large-scale sale of PlayStation 5 game consoles at an extremely low price of only $179. This led to a massive rush of customers.
iPhone owners hear strangers’ conversations on speakerphone due to unknown glitch
At least two reports say that some iPhone owners have started hearing strangers’ voices in the speakers of their smartphones.
Elon Musk is looking for revolutionaries with an ultra-high IQ — and a willingness to work 80+ hours a week at DOGE
DOGE (or Department of Government Effectiveness), which headed by Elon Musk in the team of President-elect Trump announced a competition to fill the positions.
People don’t distinguish ChatGPT poems from Shakespeare and Byron (research)
ChatGPT is probably a future Nobel Prize winner in literature.
Artificial intelligence imitating a grandmother and exhausting phone scammers is created in the UK
The British mobile operator O2 has developed Daisy (or dAIsy) artificial intelligence that imitates the most popular target of fraudsters — an elderly woman.
«Hacking guarantee»: NordPass names the most popular password of 2024
NordPass password manager published has released a new ranking of the world’s most popular passwords, and it shows that the situation is not changing for the better from year to year.
«Please die»: Google’s Gemini chatbot suddenly wished the user death and called «a blot on the landscape»
Google Gemini unexpectedly showed aggression and wished the user to die.
Remote workers sleep only 24 minutes longer than office workers
According to a survey conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), people who work remotely save at least an hour by not having to commute to work.
Mark Zuckerberg released a song in a duet with rapper T-Pain — but Instagram seems to be blocking it
While Elon Musk builds his political careerMark Zuckerberg is trying his hand at the music business.
Four Tesla passengers burned alive because they could not open the electronic doors during the accident
A terrible accident in Toronto involving a Tesla Model Y resulted in the deaths of four passengers after ramming into a road pole — the driver survived only because a passerby broke the window and helped her leave the burning car.
Apple Music to release a $450 collector’s book about its 100 best albums
For the most dedicated Apple fans.
Amsterdam police launch hologram of dead sex worker in the Red Light District to find her killer
A hologram of a woman is displayed in the windows of the Red Light District, calling on possible witnesses to help find the killer.
Two players sue Ubisoft over the closure of The Crew: «They left a skeleton of what we paid for»
The plaintiffs are convinced that they have been deceived by Ubisoft.
A painting created by a robot was sold for more than $1,000,000 at auction
An unusual event happened in the art world: a painting created by a humanoid robot found its owner for a fabulous sum of money.
Mattel dolls from the movie «Wicked» are sent to a porn site
Toy maker Mattel has said it deeply regrets a typo on the packaging of dolls inspired by the new Wicked movie that includes the address of a porn site.
Intel brings free coffee back to offices for «moral» support — after laying off 15,000 workers
Free coffee in Intel’s offices was canceled as part of cost-cutting efforts (which included layoffs of thousands) — but now the bonus is being returned to «morale» support employees.
The author of the «most mysterious song on the Internet» — was revealed on Reddit after 20 years of searching and appearing in a Doom mod
The digital trail «of the most mysterious song on the Internet» goes back to 2004, when Darius S. from Germany posted digitized recordings of tracks he recorded as a teenager in 1984 from a radio program.
Trump’s support, conspiracy theories, and a meme with a sink in the White House: what did Elon Musk «tweet» on the day of the US election?
Elon Musk took full advantage of the opportunities of your Twitter profile (for the acquisition of which, we recall, spent $40 billion) on the day of the US election — in addition to calls to vote for Trump, there was room for conspiracy theories, memes, and a few interesting photos.
A rare species of bees prevented Mark Zuckerberg from building a nuclear data center
Mark Zuckerberg faces an unexpected obstacle in the competition to create infrastructure for artificial intelligence — a rare species of bee that lives at the site of the potential construction of the nuclear-powered Meta data center.
Elon Musk wants to move his children and their mothers to a strange complex
Elon Musk, a father of 11, wants to move his entire divided family to a complex of three mansions in Austin, Texas.
Google Maps «leak» location of Ukraine’s military positions: response of the Center for Countering Disinformation
Google has published updated images of the territory of Ukraine in its Google Maps service. These images show the location of military systems of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. About said Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council Andriy Kovalenko.
Scientist calculates optimal glass shape for keeping beer cold
One of the underestimated challenges of modern science is keeping beer as cold as possible during leisurely consumption. It seems that a scientist has invented the optimal glass shape for this.
An entrepreneur from Kharkiv helped «Roscosmos» set up satellites to adjust strikes on the Ukrainian Armed Forces
SBU Cyberpolice and SBU operatives detained a 47-year-old resident of Kharkiv region on suspicion of aiding a terrorist country: the businessman allegedly helped the occupiers to set up civilian radar satellites.
Unmanned Tesla Model Y rammed another car in a supermarket parking lot – Summon function led to the wrong place
A driver collided with a self-driving Tesla in a shopping center parking lot. This was yet another example of how Tesla’s driver assistance software, which is still in the testing phase, can be unstable.
«Graphics cards or death?»: Taiwanese children wear Jensen Huang’s costume for Halloween» with Nvidia
A 5-year-old boy from Taipei found a way to distinguish himself with an original Halloween costume and tried on the image of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
Fired employee hacked Disney World menu: added swearing, changed prices and allergens
Now Disney knows that revenge is a dish served with peanuts.
A young «IT specialist» from Kryvyi Rih created a program to hack AUTO.RIA, which he tried to sell online for 2600 UAH
The 16-year-old boy was an active participant in the hacker forum «zelenka.guru», where he offered his services in creating malware.
A gamer spent $2000 to sign up for PS Plus for 24 years — to avoid «absurd price increases»
One forward-thinking PlayStation fan found a way to fight the rising prices of PS Plus and spent $2000 to extend his subscription until 2048.
Elon Musk «revealed a» dialog with a SpaceX engineer in the Diablo IV stream — he made excuses for the «failure with Starship»
Elon Musk occasionally publishes slices of his Diablo game or launches streams with «rink»However, this time the audience was in for an unplanned surprise.
US teenager commits suicide after chatting with Daenerys Targaryen — chatbot from Character.AI
We are living in a time when artificial intelligence is becoming closer than our own.
Elon Musk says the movie «Blade Runner 2049» «sucks»
«Sucks», but it worked for the Mask presentation.
«She wanted to save her iPhone»: a girl fell into a cave and got stuck upside down for 7 hours
Matilda Campbell, a 23-year-old Australian woman, fell into a rock crevice while trying to rescue her iPhone — and got stuck upside down. She was unable to get out on her own, so she stayed in this position for seven hours until rescuers arrived.
Robert Downey Jr. says Elon Musk needs to «control his behavior more»
Elon Musk is often compared to the character Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr. in the Marvel movies. However, it seems that the actor himself is not too happy with «cosplay» and believes that the head of Tesla and SpaceX needs to «control his behavior more».
Paul DiAnno, the vocalist of Iron Maiden’s first albums, has died
On October 21, 2024, Paul DiAnno, whose voice can be heard on Iron Maiden and Killers albums, died.
Instagram blocked the request «Adam Driver, Megalopolis» with a warning about child sexual abuse
Since yesterday, Instagram and Facebook have blocked the query «Adam Driver, Megalopolis» (Adam driver Megalopolis) in search — with a warning about content that may be related to child sexual abuse.
Tesla caught speeding up video of Optimus robots — probably to make them look «more capable»
The latest video of Tesla’s humanoid robots roaming the workshops seemed to showcase the progress of Optimus development — if not for one interesting thing. The website Gizmodo I noticed that many of the shots were deliberately sped up (probably to make Tesla’s robots look «more capable»).
Meta fired 20 employees for «fraud» with food vouchers — they were spent on laundry detergent and acne patches
Meta fired about two dozen employees in Los Angeles for using food vouchers to buy personal or household items (pads, laundry detergent, or wine glasses). As noted by Arstechnica,ome employees pooled their money to buy more expensive goods, or ordered food at home in the evening instead of at the office.
Publisher Elden Ring has put 200 employees in «exclusion rooms», provoking layoffs — Bloomberg
According to the report Bloomberg, Bandai Namco (publisher of Elden Ring and Dragon Ball) placed 200 employees in «exile rooms», thus provoking them to resign at will.
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