The web version of the WhatsApp mobile messenger has been launched. Users who first entered the Web.whatsapp.com page see a QR code. Having scanned it through the WhatsApp application on a smartphone, they will receive a list of all their chats and will be able to continue communication on the computer.

The Microsoft Corporation introduced the Windows Holographic Holographic Image System on January 21. With its help, users can see virtual objects in a real interior. Shot: Microsoft Shot: Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Hololens - Transform Your World with Holograms To work with “holograms” you will need special points of augmented reality Hololens. According to Wired , glasses are equipped with cameras with a viewing angle of 120 by 120 degrees, so they will “see” the user's hands.

The head of Rosmolodezh, Sergei Pospelov, proposed to revive the practice of sending students to work in the field (in everyday life - "for potatoes"). According to him, this would help to establish import substitution in Russia. “Today, the issue of import substitution at the state level is being raised, and its solution will be in increasing the volume of agricultural production. Accordingly, seasonal work will receive a new impetus,” said Pospelov.

4chan imageboard founder Christopher Pool stepped down as chief administrator. He announced this in an open letter to users. According to Poole's statistics, 4chan has seen 42 billion pages and 1.8 billion posts since its inception. The monthly audience of the site is 20 million people. Nothing will change for community members. In the near future, the main volunteers will take over the administration, including the main developer, responsible moderator and server administrator.

Shot: James Patterson / YouTube The writer James Patterson released his new Private Vegas thriller in the form of self -destructive books. Through the site, the work will be distributed 1000 digital copies of the book, each of which will disappear in a day. Screenshot: SelfDestrectingbook.com In addition, Patterson's fans have the opportunity to acquire a physical copy of a self -destroyed book with an electronic display counting the time left for reading.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev replaced the head of Roskosmos. The federal agency was headed by Igor Komarov, who also manages the United Rocket and Space Corporation. Komarov will unite these departments. A single state corporation will be created on their basis. Komarov promised to submit a bill on its creation by the end of January.

Igor Sechin’s son Ivan, who has been working at Rosneft since March 2014, was awarded for “many years of conscientious work” and “for his great contribution to the development of the fuel and energy complex.” The decree on awarding Sechin Jr. the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree, was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ivan Sechin works at Rosneft as first deputy director of the department of joint projects on the shelf. According to Kommersant, Sechin Jr.

A brief retelling of the speech of Petro Poroshenko in Davos Photo: Laurent Gillieron / EPA President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at the World Economic Forum in Davos made a 20-minute speech. Russian officials of the highest rank Poroshenko did not hear: this time neither Russian President Vladimir Putin, nor Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, did not go to Switzerland.

The lawyer "Agora" comments on the statements of activists and leaders of "Anti -Maidan" Photo: George Malet Activists of the new Anti-Maidan public movement, founded by the former Afghan warriors, Cossacks and bikers, intend to fight the “orange threat” in Russia. To do this, the “anti -Maidanists” promise to go to all protest rallies, and if necessary, and fight opponents.

The Ministry of Culture promised to think about the possibility of returning swear words to films intended for viewing by people over 18 years old. The department said that the proposal of filmmakers to amend the law restricting the distribution of Russian films with obscene language is under consideration. At the same time, the Ministry of Culture insists that minors should not watch films that contain obscene language.

Who is the most stupid people Moscow schoolchildren: Poll "Medus" Nikolay Dudukin / Photoxpress At the end of 2014, at the request of Medusa, journalist Anastasia Belyaeva went to one of the Moscow schools to ask schoolchildren the most popular children's question: who is a fool? 120 students (grades 7-10) received profiles in which they were invited to name three main fools-and justify their choice.

Gazprom-Media is considering the possibility of restructuring the business of the NTV Plus holding, in which the business can be divided into three companies, sources in the media holding said. According to them, an option is being considered in which two companies will be engaged in the production of content (sports and cinema), one of the companies will continue to provide satellite television services and can be sold to Rostelecom in the future.

Scientists from Italy, France and Germany for the first time deciphered fragments of texts from charred papyrus scrolls of Herculanum, without unfolding the bundles themselves. They were able to disassemble the text using phase-contract radiography. Using this method, it was possible to fix the internal microstructure of papyrus in high resolution, which made it possible to read the letters and words written in scrolls.

The implementation of the anti-crisis plan will require 1 trillion 357 billion rubles. First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov presented such data at a meeting with the President of the Russian Federation. Earlier, the media reported that the anti-crisis plan prepared by the Ministry of Economic Development would cost two trillion rubles. It was also reported that the plan of the Ministry of Economic Development was criticized by the Ministry of Finance.

Image: Kickstarter Matthew Inman, the author of the popular comics of The Oatmeal , together with friends launched a fee for the Exploding Kittens card game dedicated to exploding kittens. 10 thousand dollars that Inman planned to collect in 30 days, the game was donated in 8 minutes. At the time of writing, a note - less than a day after the start of the campaign at Kickstarter - the amount of funds raised exceeded $ 1.6 million.