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BMW M Adaptive Suspension: fitted but not available at no extra cost

News Auto 08-15-2024 at 18:59 comment
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

News WTF 08-15-2024 at 13:52 comment
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.

Twitter plunges into chaos with new uncensored image generator

News Software 08-15-2024 at 10:02 comment
Without any questions, the Twitter chatbot generated a naked Taylor Swift, Donald Trump in a Nazi uniform, or Barack Obama with a cocaine track.

Boxer Iman Khelif filed a complaint about online bullying — Elon Musk is involved in the lawsuit

News WTF 08-14-2024 at 10:28 comment
Helif became an Olympic champion, but faced a torrent of online bullying after failing the «gender test» — Now the boxer has filed a lawsuit accusing Elon Musk and J.K. Rowling of cyberstalking, among others.

A million listeners, a DDOS attack and Putin’s praise — the main thing about Elon Musk’s interview with Trump

News WTF 08-13-2024 at 12:38 comment
Trump called a conversation with Musk one of the «largest interviews in history», and Elon expected at least 8 million listeners. However, everything went wrong from the start.

The sysadmin went for a smoke break and left half of Africa without the Internet

News Technologies 08-12-2024 at 16:37 comment
An engineer at a South African Internet service provider accidentally deleted important network settings while rushing out for a cigarette break, causing the largest Internet outage on the African continent at the time.

You’re mooring it wrong: Steve Jobs’ yacht rammed into a Mexican billionaire’s boat

News WTF 08-12-2024 at 15:12 comment
In perhaps the slowest boat collision in history, Steve Jobs’ yacht Venus rammed into the Mexican billionaire’s vessel. Fortunately, no one was injured.

Idealista landlords advertise housing using The Sims 4 footage

News Games 08-12-2024 at 12:21 comment
Do you accept payment in simoleons?

«The most epic failure»: CrowdStrike wins ironic award for global IT failure

News Software 08-12-2024 at 12:02 comment
CrowdStrike President Michael Sentonas accepted the «Most Epic Failure» award at the Pwnie Awards.

Man destroys 6000-year-old cave painting for Facebook photo

News WTF 08-09-2024 at 19:08 comment
They say that art is eternal. But not when an amateur photographer from Facebook gets involved

He wanted to save money: the driver connected the Tesla Model S directly to the power line, but the car «suddenly» caught fire

News Auto 08-09-2024 at 16:01 comment
The driver wanted to steal some electricity by connecting directly to the power line.

Meta AI chatbot gave Business Insider journalist’s number as his own — now man is being terrorized by strangers

News Software 08-09-2024 at 12:25 comment
Business Insider journalist Rob Price discoveredthat something went wrong with the privacy of his personal number when he was added to a group chat and bombarded with random questions in Spanish.

New York City launches drones to alert on disasters, but they «shout» in incomprehensible Spanish

News Technologies 08-08-2024 at 12:02 comment
A new warning system in New York City was supposed to alert residents to dangerous situations, but something went wrong with the drones’ language settings.

Goldfish defeated the most difficult boss of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

News Games 08-07-2024 at 18:27 comment
What are your excuses for not being able to complete the game?

BMW driver thought he was playing GTA as he fled from LAPD (video)

News Auto 08-07-2024 at 15:29 comment
After a long chase through the streets, which was filmed from a helicopter, the man was finally stopped, and the recorded video ended up being very similar to the live version of the events in GTA.

Mazda introduces car feature subscription: what does it mean for drivers?

News Auto 08-07-2024 at 14:33 comment
Subscriptions to car features are increasingly becoming one of the tools used by automakers to generate additional revenue. Now Mazda has also embarked on this curve.

Scent of power: scientists recreated Julius Caesar’s perfume and plan to sell it

News Science and space 08-06-2024 at 11:51 comment
Researchers from the Association of Culture and Tourism of Fragrances have reconstructed the «Telinum» perfume used by Julius Caesar based on historical data and archaeological findings.

Little Lviv boy calls the police because he was afraid of a mobile game — parents fined

News Games 08-05-2024 at 17:38 comment
A minor boy in Lviv region called the police because he was afraid of a mobile game. As a result, his mother was brought to administrative responsibility for «failure to fulfill her duties» in raising the child. This is stated in the Unified State Register of Court Decisions.

Musk says he was caught on the «hook of a long-running scam» while creating OpenAI — and is thinking of suing Altman again

News IT business 08-05-2024 at 16:48 comment
Elon Musk has seven Fridays in a week: in March, the billionaire filed a complaint against OpenAI, in June he changed his mind and canceled it, and now it seems he’s going to sue again.

Durov has 100 biological children and opens the DNA code so they can find each other

News WTF 07-30-2024 at 09:42 comment
Pavel Durov, an unmarried and ideological loner, found out that he is actually a father of many children. Now the Telegram owner wants to open his DNA so that his biological children can identify themselves if they wish.

Elon Musk published a deepfake of Kamala Harris’ video on X: it violates the platform’s rules

News Software 07-29-2024 at 19:57 comment
Elon Musk posted a fake campaign video of Kamala Harris on his social network X without noting that it was an altered video. This violates the rules of the social network.

American telecom company’s IT employee leaked data to China for 10 years — it was discovered only now

News Technologies 07-26-2024 at 13:35 comment
Beijing has been recruiting US residents for years to carry out various espionage activities.

The Kyiv police spent ₴5 thousand to expose the OnlyFans model and fine it ₴35 thousand

News Ukraine 07-25-2024 at 11:00 comment
Law enforcement officers conducted an operational purchase of content on the OnlyFans platform to prove the model’s guilt in the production and sale of pornographic materials.

Fallout in reality: a nuclear storage facility worth from £15,000 will be auctioned in the UK

News Games 07-24-2024 at 19:59 comment
Nuclear repository 1950s near Sedbergh, UK, which will remind fans of the Fallout games, will be auctioned tomorrow for an estimated price of £15,000 — £20,000.

Spy drones found at the Olympic Games — one spied on New Zealand athletes’ training

News WTF 07-24-2024 at 15:09 comment
A new sporting discipline at the Olympics: synchronized control of drones over a foreign field.

Not now, Intel! Processor maker launches poll about «favorite computer era» in the midst of a major IT outage

News Software 07-19-2024 at 15:04 comment
As the world tries to overcome the consequences of a disruption caused by a bug in the CrowdStrike antivirus update, Intel launches a poll about its favorite computer era.

Deadpool has taken over the Xbox: Microsoft releases gamepad with «perfect buttocks»

News Games 07-18-2024 at 12:35 comment
Microsoft has introduced a new gamepad model inspired by the popular superhero Deadpool. The new Xbox Cheeky Controller features an unusual back design that mimics Deadpool’s «perfectly rounded buttocks».

Playing Calmara: the US banned «Tinder with AI» that asked to send a dick pic before a date

News Software 07-18-2024 at 11:23 comment
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has forced HeHealth to shut down its Calmara app, which promised to use artificial intelligence to detect sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

Programming legend Grace Hopper’s lecture could not be reproduced in the US — no device was found

News Software 07-17-2024 at 14:45 comment
In the archives of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), there are magnetic tapes that contain a landmark piece of programming history — a lecture by Admiral Grace Hopper. However, there is a problem: The NSA has no way to reproduce it.

ChatGPT seems to have learned hypnosis — is it safe?

News WTF 07-16-2024 at 17:01 comment
Scott Adams, author of the popular comic strip «Dilbert», claims to have trained ChatGPT artificial intelligence in hypnosis techniques. Adams, who was stripped of his contract last year for making racist remarks, believes that the combination of hypnosis and AI can have «dangerous» consequences.

Airplane evacuated in the US due to laptop fire — there are injured

News Technologies 07-15-2024 at 15:29 comment
A laptop caught fire on an American Airlines passenger plane, prompting an emergency evacuation of passengers. Flight 2045 was preparing to depart from San Francisco to Miami when smoke filled the cabin.

Elon Musk wants to create «Iron Man» armor after Trump’s assassination attempt

News Technologies 07-14-2024 at 23:47 comment
The failed assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump has many people thinking about security. Elon Musk, who is often compared to «Iron Man» Tony Stark, decided to create his own armor.

Princess Leia’s bikini from «Star Wars» is sold for the price of a one-bedroom apartment in Kyiv

WTF WTF 07-11-2024 at 19:00 comment
Fans of «Star Wars» have a unique opportunity to purchase the legendary Princess Leia costume. The famous golden bikini worn by Carrie Fisher in the movie «Return of the Jedi» is now for sale at Heritage Auctions.

This has already happened: Samsung accused of copying the design of Apple devices

News Devices 07-11-2024 at 18:21 comment
Yesterday, the Galaxy Unpacked presentation took place, during which Samsung presented its new folding smartphones, smartwatch and wireless headphones. After the event, numerous tech publications, YouTube users, and even some Samsung fans expressed the opinion that this time the Korean consumer electronics giant was too keen on imitating…

A soldering iron and steady hands: a YouTuber made RAM for a 386 computer from the 80s with his own hands. You can also

News Devices 07-11-2024 at 12:58 comment
Usually, owners of old computers that are still working properly and performing their tasks have a hard time finding components to upgrade or repair the system. It’s not easy to buy DDR2 or DDR3 memory modules these days. Not to mention older systems that used memory in the form of 30-pin SIMM modules. However, this is not a problem if you…

British college bans smartphones for students and hands out Nokia push-button phones

News WTF 07-11-2024 at 09:37 comment
I wonder if they will now be taught to type messages using T9?

Chatbot that ran for election in the UK turned out to be a real person

News Technologies 07-10-2024 at 20:05 comment
Mark Matlock, a candidate for the British elections from the right-wing Reform UK party, clarified that he is a real person, not an AI bot, as some suspected.

OnlyFans held the first ever contest for neural networks «Miss AI» — who won?

News Technologies 07-09-2024 at 10:22 comment
Online platform Fanvue sponsored the «Miss AI» contest, which determined the winners. It is a platform that allows authors to post content that was created using artificial intelligence. The first three Fanvue World AI Creator Awards total $20,000.

Ammunition sold in vending machines in the US — artificial intelligence checks age

News Technologies 07-07-2024 at 15:24 comment
In Oklahoma, Alabama, USA, vending machines that sell ammunition have appeared — artificial intelligence checks the faces and documents of customers. American Rounds says it uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition technologies to check the age of customers.

American man shoots at Walmart delivery drone — hits and faces three charges

News Technologies 07-03-2024 at 20:29 comment
A resident of Clermont, Florida, USA, is facing several charges after shooting at a Walmart delivery drone. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint about the incident on Wednesday of last week. According to the source USA TodayA bullet hole was found in the cargo carried by the drone.

China’s «SpaceX» accidentally launches rocket during fire test

News Science and space 07-02-2024 at 10:29 comment
Fortunately, there were no casualties, and the missile landed in a mountainous area.

Korean robot commits suicide after a year in public service

News Technologies 07-01-2024 at 10:05 comment
South Korea’s city council says its robot administrator killed himself by jumping down a flight of stairs last week — local media is now mourning the loss as the country’s first «suicidal robot».

Microsoft is tracking sex toy users — a lawsuit has been filed in the US

News Software 06-30-2024 at 21:03 comment
A woman is suing Microsoft and two major sex toy retailers in the United States. She claims that their websites track users without their consent, despite promises not to do so. In the complaint, San Francisco resident Stella Tatola claims that Babeland and Good Vibrations, both owned by Barnaby Ltd. LLC, allowed Microsoft to see what visitors to…

«Ronaldo seemed fat»: a snake thought to be a male gave birth to 14 children through a «immaculate conception»

News Science and space 06-30-2024 at 14:17 comment
A rainbow boa constrictor (Epicrates cenchria), thought to be a male, gave birth to 14 hatchlings after almost a decade of isolation. The 13-year-old snake, named Ronaldo, had not been in contact with any other snake for at least nine years. Ronaldo was a rescued snake previously identified as a male by a veterinarian.

A gamer traveled 1600 km and attacked another player with a hammer because of a disagreement in the online game ArcheAge

News Games 06-27-2024 at 17:43 comment
Police have charged a 20-year-old gamer, Edward Kang, who attacked another player. To harm his opponent, the accused was not too lazy to travel 1000 miles (over 1600 km).

«Shot himself in the foot»: which billionaires Elon Musk clashed with in 2024

News WTF 06-27-2024 at 11:29 comment
«Did I shoot myself in the leg several times? Yes. … I think I shouldn’t tweet after 3:00 a.m.,» Elon Musk said about his habit of abrupt social media posts in interview BBC in April 2023. The controversial billionaire is aware of his tendency to speak out, which sometimes leads to controversy. The history of Musk’s verbal…

Boss of AI startup Anthropic hangs a poster with a robot destroying the world in the office

News Software 06-26-2024 at 14:09 comment
Just don’t show Elon Musk, or he’ll file a lawsuit.

What happened to Facebook? Meta social networks are drowning in fakes, and generated photos are labeled as real

News Software 06-25-2024 at 10:29 comment
You’ve probably come across posts on Facebook lately asking you to like your handsome brothers fighting for Ukraine or your grandmother who tied up the tankand baked the world’s largest cake — and if you are familiar with the art of neural networks, you can easily recognize a fake. However, tens of thousands of users actually believe…

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