Researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Toronto presented a description of a new DDoS attack tool developed by China. They called this tool the "Great Cannon" after the "Great Firewall of China". The "Great Gun" is able to intercept traffic that goes to Chinese sites (like the most popular search engine Baidu) and redirect it to specific targets. attack was organized According to this principle, the GitHub .

Shot: Lip Sync Battle on Spike / YouTube Actress Anne Hathaway took part in the Lip Sync Battle show, in which the stars perform popular songs under the phonogram. She competed with actress Emily Blunt. In the first part of the show, Hathaway “performed” the song “Love” by Mary Jay Blija, and the Blunt answered the song “No Diggity” by Backstreet.

The nationalist organization "Right Sector" has rejected suspicions of concealing the materials of the criminal case of Yulia Tymoshenko, the disappearance of which was reported by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Shokin. Press Secretary of the "Right Sector" Artem Skoropadsky confirmed that after the Maidan, the materials of the Tymoshenko case came to the nationalists, who occupied the house of former Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka.

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa responded to the critical tweet with a Nazi salute. Former President Osvaldo Hurtado once again criticized the current leader of Ecuador, calling him "a typical fascist." Politician Guillermo Coches quoted the former head of state in a tweet. In response, Rafael Correa wrote: "Heil Hitler." Rafael Correa took over as president in 2007. The American media call him an authoritarian ruler, similar to the leaders of Venezuela and Cuba.

Shot: Egor Zhgun / YouTube Designer Yegor Zhgun published a video made by the plot of "Game of Thrones" in the style of social advertising "Dumb Ways To Die". The burning left the original song about “dumb ways to die”, but replaced the video sequence - instead of colored figures, the heroes of the series participate in the video. The song is performed in English, but in the video settings you can include Russian or English subtitles.

Tornadoes were held in small cities in the United States: photos and videos Photo: Max Gersh / Rockford Register Star / Ap / Scanpix On the evening of April 9, tornadoes were held on Illinois. They mainly moved to deserted places, but they touched several small settlements, including Faydrilee with a population of 150 people. In this city, due to the destruction brought by tornadoes, a 67-year-old woman died, another 11 people were injured. Tornadoes destroyed 30-40 houses.

The State Duma in the third, final, reading adopted amendments to the federal budget for 2015 and the planning period of 2016-2017. According to the new version of the law, the federal budget deficit in 2015 will amount to 2.675 trillion rubles, or 3.7% of GDP. In the budget for 2015 adopted in December, the deficit was assumed to be 430.7 billion rubles, or 0.6% of GDP. Inflation, which was initially set at 5.5%, is now set at 12.2%.

Frame: SpaceX / YouTube SpaceX has published cutting Falcon 9 missile launches, shot in the Ultra HD 4K resolution - the largest that is available on YouTube. To watch such a video in the “full power”, you will need a TV or monitor of the corresponding resolution. However, as SpaceX points out , in a more democratic resolution of 1080p this video “also epic”. SpaceX 4K Footage | SpaceX Launches

Russian airlines fired more than 300 pilots in 2014, said Miroslav Boychuk, president of the Airmen's Trade Union (PLC) of Russia, Aeroflot pilot. The largest reductions, according to PLS, took place in UTair, Nordwind, Yamal and Yakutia. UTair, the largest of these airlines, fired about 300 pilots from August 2014 to March 2015, almost one in three. A representative of the UTair trade union said that there were reductions, but declined to give figures.

Photo: Vladimir Badikov The user of the Living Journal Samsebeskazal told how the film crew, led by journalist Leonid Parfyonov, who is now working on a new film in New York, was forced to interrupt, since an elderly couple got into the frame at a time. Filming took place at Morton Street, 44 - at the house in which Joseph Brodsky lived from 1974 to 1991. According to the script, Leonid Parfenov was supposed to walk a little along the street and sit on the steps of the house.

The prosecutor's office of St. Petersburg asked the court to ban the Foundations of Orthodoxy group on the VKontakte social network. At the request of the prosecutor's office, experts from the Russian State Pedagogical University named after V.I. A.I. Herzen checked the materials from this group and came to the conclusion that they offend the feelings of believers.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko denied reports that at a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Minsk, he allegedly offered to “take away the Donbass.” “You are not quoting Putin, you are quoting some kind of idiocy, which later Putin himself and his press secretary found an opportunity to refute,” the Ukrainian president said. “My position is that I simply will not comment on this. And I do not advise you to mention or comment. You know, of course, that this is not true," Poroshenko said.

The policeman was accused of killing an unarmed African American: why is it important Shot: YouTube On April 4, the 33-year-old police officer of North Charleston (South Carolina) Michael Sleger shot eight times in a 50-year-old local resident, African American Walter Scott, who died on the spot. Scott was unarmed; According to the policeman, he tried to take away the Taiser (stun gun) from him and forced to open fire.

A member of the Russian parliament has called on the Defense Ministry to send troops to Ukraine. Roman Khudyakov, a right-wing member of the Duma, says the move is necessary, given the threat posed by the conflict in Ukraine to Russia’s national security. In an appeal to Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, Khudyakov stressed that Russia must defend its “fraternal people” in eastern Ukraine, accusing Kiev and the West of attacking “Russian peacekeepers” (sic).

The Saratov Regional Court has sentenced three defendants in the case of the murder of paratrooper Ruslan Marzhanov in Pugachev in 2013, after which unrest broke out in the city. The court sentenced Ruslan Khaidaev to 14 years in a strict regime colony, Khizir Nazirov to 4 years in a general regime colony, and Khamzat Nazirov to 3.5 years in a general regime colony.