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.
An IT specialist from EPAM was detained in Zakarpattia on a «attempt to cross the border» — he says he has a reservation and came on vacation
The court ruled that the «case had incorrectly formulated the» charge and sided with the IT specialist.
Bloody broadcast: a streamer crashes a $200,000 McLaren and persuades a wounded cameraman to film
Famous YouTuber and streamer Jack Dougherty was banned from the Kick streaming service for life after crashing a car with a passenger on air.
Australian airline plays passengers a movie with «40 minutes of genitalia» — they say it’s a system error
A Qantas flight en route from Sydney to Japan encountered technical problems when the same movie was suddenly shown to all passengers during the flight. Everything would have been fine, but the movie was rated R and showed «sexual content», while passengers were unable to turn off the screens.
Lviv woman fined UAH 70,000 for online masturbation call under police surveillance
To catch the «offender», a special «agent» was involved, who watched the sex session under the supervision of law enforcement.
Brazil says Twitter lawyers paid fines «to wrong bank» — social network still blocked in country
The Brazilian Supreme Court has declared that Twitter (X) cannot resume operations in the country because the fine imposed on the social network was paid to the wrong bank.
Large-scale iPhone scam: two Chinese get prison sentences for defrauding Apple of $2.5 million
U.S. Department of Justice announced sentence to two men who defrauded Apple of millions of dollars using fake iPhones.
A driver sued for $150,000 from a car mechanic who had been repairing her Porsche for 11 years
The mechanic kept postponing the repairs and even claimed that the woman owed him money for storing the car.
Like Disney: those seriously injured in an Uber accident cannot sue the company for ordering a pizza by their underage daughter
Another company denies its customers the right to sue due to severe consequences, citing a license agreement. Last time it was Disney, now it’s Uber.
An absurd GeForce RTX GT610 video card is being sold on AliExpress — something in the name is obviously unnecessary
Finally, a dream video card: as powerful as RTX and as cheap as GT610.
The winner of a contest with an AI-generated painting now complains that «people are stealing his work»
My heart is torn to pieces.
Spooky packages with «six-fingered» gloves were sent to Meta and OpenAI executives
Six-fingered gloves — is a reference to the results of neural networks, which often add extra fingers to people in their images.
A nanochapel with ChatGPT instead of a priest was opened in Poland — it works around the clock
A nanochapel managed by artificial intelligence has been launched in the Wielkopolska province of Poland. Believers have access to a place for prayer and communication around the clock.
Waymo robot taxi blocked Kamala Harris’ motorcade — the cop had to tow the car manually
Videos circulating on social media show a Waymo robotaxi standing across the street with its headlights on, while the rest of the traffic is forced to carefully drive around the car.
A very expensive prank: $6 million fine to be paid by the author of calls in Biden’s voice
The Federal Communications Commission imposed a $6 million fine on Steve Kramer, who made thousands of automated calls imitating President Joe Biden’s voice.
New LG G4 TV for $2400 shows full-screen ads in standby mode
The screensavers promote both LG’s own products or LG Channels announcements and third-party products, reports FlatpanelsHD website, which tested the new LG G4 OLED TV, which costs from $2400.
Swiss government bans suicide capsule after first use due to… danger
Switzerland is one of the few countries where medically-assisted suicide is allowed. It turns out that the process is supposed to be… safe, as it may sound.
Monster Hunter Wilds collector’s edition for $1200 is sold with a bicycle
Japanese company Capcom has announced the release of Ultra Collector’s Edition for Monster Hunter Wilds. This exclusive version, available only in Japan, includes a Monster Hunter-style folding bike.
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds FE earpiece exploded and caused user’s hearing loss
A 24-year-old student from Adana, Turkey, shared with a shocking story on the Samsung forum.
OnlyFans instead of Netflix: an IT professional changed her job and now earns almost twice as much
The 36-year-old OnlyFans star, who goes by the pseudonym Space Ghost, attracted the attention of X (Twitter) users with her post about a radical career change. The girl told how, after 15 years of working in the IT field, in particular at Netflix, she left the industry to work in the adult industry.
WOG network programmer fined UAH 34,000 for downloading a script «main.ru» for sending SMS messages
According to the materials court case, software engineer of the company LLC «West Petroleum Market» (manages the WOG filling station network) intentionally downloaded a dangerous Python script, despite «awareness of the principles of malware and the prohibition of its distribution».
Robocop’s time has come: police robot detains suspect after shooting
A robocop detains a bandit. An armed suspect barricaded himself in a motel and shot at a police robot. Despite this, the robot was able to overpower and detain the man.
«Hello, I have an iPhone»: Siri now suggests calling exes — and you’ll never guess why
Recently, screenshots with strange suggestions from Siri, which suddenly began demanding that iPhone owners call… their exes, have been circulating on social media.
Organizers of Dota 2 The International made a mistake in the name of Copenhagen on souvenirs and tried to change it on Wikipedia
PGL Esports S.R.L., the company that organized the largest Dota 2 tournament The International, made a mistake in spelling the name of the city of Copenhagen on its souvenirs.
Not just pagers: iPhones, laptops, electronic locks and other devices exploded in Lebanon today
On Wednesday, September 18, reports of a second wave of explosions began to come in from Lebanon, mostly from Beirut. Today, iPhones and other electronics were exploded.
Pagers of Mass Destruction: Thousands of communication devices exploded in Lebanon by members of «Hezbollah»
Today, on September 17, a mysterious massive series of communications bombings hit «Hezbollah» activists across Lebanon. By data As of the evening, 9 people were killed and 2750 injured.
Less than three years have passed: Meta bans Russian state media from Facebook and Instagram
Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, has announced that it is banning RT and other Russian state media from its platforms.
Italian police seize 12,000 fake retro consoles with €50m worth of pirated games
Italian law enforcement officers have confiscated counterfeit retro consoles and video games worth almost 50 million euros that were illegally imported from China.
An unexpected twist: ChatGPT wrote to the user on its own and asked about the first week at school
A Reddit user shared a screenshot of ChatGPT unexpectedly starting a dialog by asking about the first week of school, which triggered a flurry of comments and discussions online. Usually, people start a conversation with a chatbot themselves.
Healthy and happy: JP Morgan has reduced the working week of bankers to «some» 80 hours
Younger Wall Street bankers will now be able to «enjoy a» 80-hour workweek instead of the usual 100 hours. The impetus for these changes was the tragic death of an employee.
Ig Nobel Prize 2024: mammals that breathe through their anuses, drunken worms lining up, and pigeons guiding missiles
Ig Nobel Prize — is a parody of the Nobel Prize, which is being held for the 34th time and is traditionally «not without fun».
Fury road: A Chevrolet Silverado driver stole a tow truck and crashed his own car along with several neighboring cars
Last Friday in Brooklyn, New York, there was a devastating and at the same time funny incident with a Chevrolet Silverado. The owner, trying to save the car from being towed, did a lot of damage.
IT-specialist from Zaporizhzhia equipped an observation post «in his apartment» to detect air defense and HIMAR movement
Now the IT specialist is detained by the SBU — he faces up to 8 years in prison.
Elon Musk threatened to «impregnate» Taylor Swift — after the singer supported Kamala Harris
Billionaire Elon Musk, who only officially has 12 children from several different women, has set his sights on «impregnating» and the pop sensation of the last year, singer Taylor Swift.
Sony exec advises laid-off developers to «drive Uber» and «take a year off from work on the beach»
Chris Dearing, the former president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, expressed his opinion on the massive layoffs in the gaming industry during the latest episode of the My Perfect Console podcast. He talked about the reasons for the layoffs and gave advice to the fired developers.
Postal workers from Ternopil stole UAVs from military parcels — for resale «earned» ₴6 million
Employees of one of the Ukrainian postal services decided to «make some money» by selling stolen UAVs — drones were stolen simply from parcels intended for the military.
Obsessed with Disney: a couple spent $400,000 and offers a kidney to return to the elite club
A couple from California has been trying to renew their membership in an exclusive club at Disneyland for seven years, spending huge sums of money.
iPhone owners are reluctant to go on dates with Android users — Uswitch research
19% of iPhone owners categorically refuse to date Android owners — and among respondents aged 18-34, this figure rises to 32%, according to the study Uswitch.
How a $20 NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 video card became a $1000 fashion handbag
If you have an old NVIDIA video card, don’t rush to throw it away. You can turn it into a fashion accessory and sell it for 50 times more. The GPU Purse is just such a handbag for computer fans.
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