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Police arrested a homeless man who they say tried to steal a Waymo self-driving car in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday night. The man entered and tried to drive the Waymo car, which had stopped to let a passenger out. After the homeless man, whom the Waymo representative called an “unauthorized pedestrian,” entered the car, […]
Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs reacted to a post by American billionaire Elon Musk in which he questioned the meaning of NATO’s existence. He wrote about this in X. “Dear Elon Musk, the reason why NATO was created, exists and will continue to exist is because of Russia and other enemies of the free world,” Rinkevics […]
When setting up Windows 11, you usually need to sign in with a Microsoft account – some users are unhappy with this requirement, and now Elon Musk has joined them. “Just bought a new laptop and I’m not allowed to use it until I create a Microsoft account, which also means giving their artificial intelligence […]
The pensioners threaten that their squad can take down the entire US banking system in 1 minute, and if someone disobeys, they will spam them with postcards on WhatsApp. “Putin’s heavy artillery” – Russian pensioners recorded another video. This time, they have self-organized into cyber squads and are threatening all hacker communities in the world. […]
The Japanese space agency JAXA has announced the details of the SLIM module’s landing on the Moon. The landing went smoothly, but as a result, the vehicle overturned. Apparently, at an altitude of 50 meters, while performing an obstacle avoidance maneuver, the thrust of one of the module’s two main engines disappeared, leading to an […]
The British delivery company DPD has disabled a part of its AI chatbot due to an incident with swearing and criticism of the company. As it became known, 30-year-old musician Ashley Beauchamp decided to “experiment” with an AI interlocutor when it failed to help him find a lost parcel. In response to Beauchamp’s request, the […]
Bobby the dog, who died a few months ago at the age of 31, was considered the oldest dog in history, a title awarded by the Guinness Book of World Records. However, doubts soon arose about the dog’s age, so an official check was launched. This was reported by the Washington Post. The Guinness Book […]
In the summer of 2024, Alicia Framis from Barcelona, Spain, will marry AiLex, a hologram that can satisfy all her emotional needs. This was reported by Medium. It all started when a woman launched a project she called Hybrid Couple. In this work, the Spanish artist intertwines art, technology and emotions. The relationship between humans […]
NASA has shown a photo of two dwarf tomatoes that were lost 8 months ago on the International Space Station (ISS), Space.com reports. In the photo, you can see how the 17% humidity on board the ISS affected the food that was in a special Ziploc bag. Despite the fact that almost a year had […]
The artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, developed by Elon Musk’s new company xAI, has issued a humiliating text about the billionaire. CEO of Perplexity AI Aravind Srinivas asked Grok to “vulgarize” Elon Musk based on his posts on X (Twitter) and showed the results in a post on the platform. The chatbot responded by not only […]