«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.
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.
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