At the CES technological exhibition, the AIBO robot, TechCrunch reports to the public at the CES technological exhibition. The updated version of the robot is noticeably different from the previous one, which was discontinued in 2006. Now Aibo has become even more like a real, slightly clumsy puppy, thanks to the altered shape of the head and OLED displays that imitates the eyes.

The Syrian Isismists, who are in the siege near Damascus, prefer to negotiate the world not with their immediate enemy in the civil war - the government of Bashar al -Assad, but with his ally - Russia, writes Reuters. According to the agency’s report , negotiations, in particular, are carried out on the territory of the last large stronghold of rebels near the capital - in the Eastern Guta.

North Korea, after the first more than two years of official negotiations with South Korea, stated that she would not use them to discuss the nuclear program, since this program, according to Pyongyang, does not pose a threat to “fraternal” peoples, Reuters reports.

At the Israeli resort, Eilat is a conflict of tourists with a group of Israelis ended with chisly. As a result, three Frenchmen received injuries, one of whom turned out to be a relative of a major politician. The incident occurred on the night of January 4, 2018 near the embankment in Eilat, writes Newsru Israel . Presumably, several Israelis provoked a fight, stabs three French tourists, after which they disappeared. The victims were delivered to the city hospital "Joseftal".

In October last year, the user of the Reddit portal under the nickname Deepfakes announced the creation of a tool that, using neural networks, replaces the faces of porn actors by the faces of celebrities. The programmer also published several examples of processed rollers in which actresses were replaced by the faces of Scarlett Johansson, Taylor Swift and Emma Watson.

Former riot police from the Perm Territory Artem Tronin, in 2012, sentenced to 12 years in the colony for murder with the removal of scalp, accepted Islam in prison and grew a beard, and on the night of January 2, according to the jailers, was found hanged on a sheet. His mother suspects the murder.

The press secretary of the election headquarters of the current President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, as expected, will be the political observer of the VGTRK Andrei Kondrashov. This structure will not have a single leader, and the name of one of the alleged co -chairs is already known.

The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov refused to name the name of the only individual who has transferred funds to the election fund of the current Russian President Vladimir Putin, running for the fourth presidential term and registered as a self-nominee. The journalist of the newspaper Vedomosti asked the Putin press secretary.

The mysterious private military company (PMC) "Turan", whose fighters, similar to an elite well -armed detachment of special forces, fight with ISIS* militants in Syria, apparently - invention. Moreover, its main author is probably one person. This conclusion was reached by Russian independent bloggers from Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), which investigate the circumstances of armed conflicts by open sources.

The Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova expressed indignation at the statement of the external relations of the European Union that the defense of the opposition and the founder of the Fund for the Combation of Alexei Navalny in the presidential election casts doubt on the democracy of the elections in Russia.

Sakhalin's problems suffered last year were under the influence of the next, first in 2018, cyclone, which brought heavy snow and wind with gusts of more than 20 meters per second to the southern regions of the island. As a result of a strong blizzard in the Dolinsky district, an emergency occurred - about 100 cars were stuck in the snow, rescuers on special equipment make their way to them, the website of the Sakhalin Region Government reports.

The schedule, created on behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, to check the causes of the accident of the Frigate acceleration unit and the loss of 19 satellites, completed the work and also came to the conclusion that the reason was the imperfection of the software algorithms. This was reported by the chairman of the Scientific and Technical Council (NTS) of the State Corporation Roscosmos Yuri Koptev, RIA Novosti reports.

The family of the legendary designer Gianni Versace, whose murder is dedicated to the second season of the American History of Crimes, first made a statement regarding the series, the premiere of which will take place next week. The Versace family emphasized that in no way was involved in the shooting, and therefore, everything that happens in the series should be treated exclusively as the “fiction”, the Variety portal reports.

Special forces to combat unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) may appear as part of the Russian Guard to prevent possible attacks with drones on objects of state importance, for example at nuclear power plants. After the New Year attacks on the Russian military bases in Syria in the Russian Guard, together with other special departments, consider the possibility of creating special -purpose units to combat drones.

Special automobile parking lots, intended for women drivers, appeared in the province of Zhejiang in eastern China, reports Xinhua . These parking spaces are one and a half times wider than usual. In addition, they are “decorated” with a bright pink square, which depicts high-heeled shoes and is written “only for women,” the agency reports. At the same time, in local social networks, because of this, hot debates flared up on the topic of sexism in the Middle Kingdom.