Second crypto investor arrested in alleged Bitcoin password torture case
Chainsaw threats, electrocution, beatings, and being hung off a roof -- all for a crypto wallet password
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Woman divorces husband after ChatGPT reads his coffee grounds and predicts affair
ChatGPT: Hogwarts' new professor of Divination
Qatar's $400 million jet offered as free Air Force One stop-gap, but security and tech overhauls would cost millions
It could take years to retrofit the "flying palace" for presidential security
Flying in the US? You'll need Real ID-compliant identification by May 7, 2025
Check if your driver's license has a star or symbol in the top-right corner of the front
Nintendo files DMCA subpoena ordering Discord to identify"Teraleak" Pokémon leaker
Pokémon leakers? Nintendo's gotta catch 'em all
Running on empty: California is about to run out of license plate combinations
A simple solution is already in place
How a secret gambling syndicate won a $95 million Texas lottery by buying every number combination
Legally clever or ethically shady?
YouTuber ordered to pay "King of Kong" Billy Mitchell $230,000 over defamation claims
It wasn't over cheating allegations
In a nutshell: Billy Mitchell, the arcade gaming legend who has been embroiled in controversy for almost a decade now, has been awarded $230,000 in a defamation lawsuit against a YouTuber. Karl Jobst implied in a video that Mitchell's legal battle against a different YouTuber led to that person's suicide after it left him "deeply in debt." But a judge said Jobst had shown a "reckless disregard for the truth."
Report: 19-year-old DOGE team member "Big Balls" provided network support to cybercrime gang
Edward Coristine has a colorful past
Man files complaint against ChatGPT after it falsely claimed he murdered his children
And spent 21 years in prison for the crime
Space Force official warns China is practicing satellite "dogfighting" in space
As new landing barges, likely built for a Taiwan invasion, emerge
NASA cuts staff, closes key offices to comply with Trump's executive order
23 workers laid off across three departments
Developer faces decade in prison for installing kill switch in former employer's network
The switch was designed to trigger upon his termination
WTF?! It's tempting to consider getting revenge on a company for firing you. Creating a kill switch that crashes systems and locks thousands of employees out of their accounts, for example, might sound like sweet justice, but a developer who implemented this plan has been convicted of criminal sabotage and faces up to a decade in prison.
DARPA launches Defiant, a 180-foot fully autonomous warship for extended missions
Built for autonomy: No crew quarters, no galleys
Dozens of apartment buildings at risk due to a single default password
Who is to blame, admins or the manufacturer?
Amazon MGM gains creative control over James Bond movie franchise
Jeff Bezos is asking social media followers who should play the next James Bond
Man who lost $750 million Bitcoin in landfill now wants to buy the site
If at first you don't succeed...
In brief: James Howells, the man who has spent more than a decade trying to recover a hard drive containing more than $750 million worth of Bitcoin from a landfill, is not giving up on his quest for fortune. After a judge threw out his request to dig at the site last month, Howells is now considering buying the facility, which is due to be closed.
US Air Force fuses two wrecked F-35s together to build a sky-worthy "Franken-bird" for just $6M
First-ever fully operational F-35 rebuilt from separate crash casualties
Treyarch co-founder pleads guilty to drone collision with firefighting plane during LA wildfires
Days later, the drone manufacturer changed its geofencing system to put compliance entirely on the drone pilot
"Super Mario" supermarket in Costa Rica wins trademark dispute against Nintendo
Almost the next victim of Nintendo's trademark overreach
The Doomsday Clock has been updated to just 89 seconds until a civilization-ending disaster
Ukraine war, global tensions, AI dangers cited in apocalyptic reset
Trump addresses speculation over Elon Musk's West Wing office plans
Musk reportedly enjoys broad White House access
Walgreens' smart freezer doors were a $200 million misstep
Tech isn't always the answer