Tech
He wants to build his first gaming PC, makes a complete beginner’s mistake in planning
A user on Reddit wanted to upgrade his own computer. However, he made a serious mistake when choosing his components.
A gaming YouTuber faces 3 years in prison if he owns the wrong games
A YouTuber showcases and reviews game consoles. Now he faces several years in prison for using certain games.
“I am not proud of it” – An engineer exposes how he secretly works for 3 to 4 companies at the same time
An employee works for multiple companies at the same time. However, they catch wind of it when they check his data.
“How could no one buy this before me?” – Man buys 6 hard drives in old boxes, surprisingly finds 5 more, pays under 4 € per TB
On Reddit, a user describes how he surprisingly got several hard drives at a low price during a household clearance.
The developer rejected several million-dollar offers so that everyone can use his program ad-free, thus creating one of the most famous music players in the world
Few know Jean-Baptiste Kempf, although almost everyone has used his program. He is the mind behind the VLC Media Player.
Xbox fires employees, seeks new ones with AI-generated job ads, faces heavy backlash over sloppy mistakes
At the beginning of July, Microsoft just laid off thousands of employees, now Xbox is looking for new ones – and doing so with an AI job posting.
Nintendo bans owner of a Switch 2 for buying used games
A player is banned on the Switch 2 for using used games – Nintendo reacts strictly but revises later.
A gamer discovers an RTX 4090 in his teacher’s office, is horrified to find out what it is used for
A student discovers an RTX 4090 in his teacher's office – and learns that she supposedly only uses it for Word and Excel.
Player finds the best use for the USB port of the Switch 2, reminds the community of the good old Game Boy
The Nintendo Switch 2 has 2 USB ports. One of them is used by a player to cool off in the summer.
ChatGPT, Gemini and other AI chatbots were given a test for eighth graders, all of them failed at one task
A user presented various chatbots with a math test for eighth graders. All despaired at the same task.