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.
«TikTok’s life hack about free money from ATMs has been tried by thousands of Americans — they face fraud charges
Last week, a video on how to get free money from Chase ATMs in the United States went viral on TikTok. Now those who want easy money are facing charges.
Elon Musk disseminated information to a media company funded from Moscow — US Department of Justice uncovers Russian propaganda network
Elon Musk has repeatedly promoted posts on his X Twitter account from a right-wing media outlet that allegedly published Russian propaganda for money.
Created songs with AI and earned $10 million — musician faces 60 years in prison
Musician Michael Smith was arrested in New York (USA) for fraudulently using AI to create songs. He faces 60 years in prison for illegally receiving $10 million in royalties from streaming services.
Physical copies of Concord after the game’s closure are sold as «exclusives» — with prices up to $25,000 on eBay
Initially, Concord sold for $39.99 at retail, but after the heroic shooter’s closure, prices for «sealed» copies skyrocketed.
US Navy commanders «dumped» on Starlink to use prohibited Wi-Fi on a warship to watch movies
In June, the U.S. Navy one of the commanders was fired and demoted. but now it turned out that the woman was not acting alone.
IT specialist from Zakarpattia sold IP addresses to Russians to pretend to be Ukrainians on the Internet
An enterprising IT specialist from Zakarpattia sold unique IP addresses registered in the region to Russians so that they could pretend to be Ukrainian residents and spread pro-Russian views and propaganda on the Internet.
Clickbait for millions. How much do Ukrainian YouTube channels earn from videos about the war?
YouTube remains one of the key sources of information for Ukrainians — in 2024, 59.5% of citizens surveyed used the service to find out the latest news. Viewership figures increased sharply with the outbreak of a full-scale war — in 2021, according to Internews, only 25% of respondents watched news on YouTube, while in 2022 this number more…
US Navy captain who fired a rifle with a backward sight was fired «due to loss of trust»
Cameron Yaste, captain of the USS John S McCain destroyer, became wildly popular in April when his photo was posted on the official Instagram account of the US Navy — the military man posed with a rifle with an incorrectly installed optical sight.
«Don’t bark at me!»: Chinese robot dog sets a YouTuber on fire because of his behavior
American video blogger IShowSpeed decided to show a Chinese robot dog. When he asked the robot to bark and started barking himself, the dog poured fire on him.
Bitcoins or network paralysis: ex-engineer hacked a company and tried to blackmail it for $750,000
He wanted to get rich quick, and now he risks spending 35 years behind bars.
A partner of Facebook and Google boasted that it was listening to users to target ads
After the information leak, Google began to remove all traces of cooperation, while Facebook announced an audit.
The IT specialist told how Apple’s HR managers forced him to go through 13 interviews to finally… reject him
An experienced product manager shared his negative experience with an interview at Apple, calling it «the worst interview experience» in his career.
The kettle boiled — the network went down: how a cup of tea helped fix a computer system
An engineer at Norsk Data has solved the mystery of the constant crashes of the Wordplex word processing system in an unusual way.
Cyberlaundry on wheels: Tesla Cybertruck spotted with a tumble dryer in the back
We are waiting for the Cybertruck version with a dishwasher and microwave.
Traffic cameras in Kursk fine drivers fleeing from Ukrainian FPVs for speeding
Traffic cameras are still working diligently in Kursk, recording violations by Russians who «add gas», running away from Ukrainian FPVs.
Can a YouTube video really dry a wet smartphone? An experiment by The Verge and iFixit
For four years now, people have been liking and thanking each other in the comments section of the same YouTube video. It’s not very attractive, but that’s not the point. Journalists The Verge together with iFixit decided to check whether a YouTube video can really save a drowned smartphone.
TikTok bloggers vandalize a temple in Cambodia to recreate the game Temple Run
In the video, against the backdrop of the 900-year-old UNESCO World Heritage Site, tourists ran through Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple, mimicking the events of Temple Run, a mobile game in the endless runner genre.
Australia introduces a $60,000 fine for bosses who disturb employees after hours
Following a complaint from an employee, the Australian Fair Work Commission will determine the extent to which «unreasonable» was the request of the boss — and will evaluate what penalty to impose on him.
«A used 1998 Tesla Cybertruck for $5800» sold in the US — what’s wrong with that?
Someone from Georgia, USA, was selling a «1998 Tesla Cybertruck for $5800 on Facebook Marketplace. Elon Musk would have been very surprised, but the car has nothing to do with his company.
An Amazon tech worker earns $400,000 a year for… doing nothing — and no one has exposed him yet
One of Amazon’s senior technical specialists boasted on social media that he managed to earn a lot of money and do almost nothing for the company. For some time, the man was worried that he would be exposed, but the e-commerce giant has not yet learned of his fraud.
Alimony father hacked into government databases to fake his own death
An American man was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for hacking into government systems and officially declaring himself dead to avoid paying child support.
«British Bill Gates», software tycoon Mike Lynch, disappeared when his yacht crashed
Entrepreneur Mike Lynch, who is called the «British Bill Gates», went missing when his yacht sank. Lynch was the founder of the software company Autonomy, which was acquired by Hewlett Packard for $11.1 billion. Lynch is also a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society.
Millionaire tech blogger says Google didn’t invite him to the Pixel 9 unveiling after «harsh but honest» criticism of the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro
Arum Maini, who runs the YouTube channel Mrwhosetheboss, complains that Google ignored him and did not send him an invitation to the Pixel 9 — presentation, despite the fact that his page dedicated to technological innovations is followed by more than 19 million people.
BMW M Adaptive Suspension: fitted but not available at no extra cost
It was believed that the adaptive suspension in BMW cars (M Adaptive Suspension) is not a subscription option, as the company tried to do with heated seats. But in fact, it can be used on a subscription basis or received after purchasing a car.
If you subscribe to Disney+, you can’t sue the company. Even about the death of your wife
Disney is trying to cancel a lawsuit against the company over a woman’s death because the widower… signed up for a free trial of Disney+ five years ago.
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