Microsoft has released the second animated video in its “Explainers” series, which explains in simple language how the Internet of Things works. “The Internet of Things can connect many different physical devices into one cloud-based system to open up new possibilities for people, significantly improve their living environment and increase productivity in literally all areas,” the company blogs on the N+1 website. .

Petersburg “Zenit” in a guest lost to Minsk “Dynamo” with a score of 0: 4 in the first match of the third qualification round of the European Football League. The owners of the ball were scored by the Urosh Nikolich (12 ', 67'), Vladimir Dryshchinsky (32 ') and Nino Galovich (41'). “The first half was very difficult and unpleasant,” the head coach of “Zenit” by Sergey Semak quotes the official website of the St. Petersburg team. “In the second half, they played better.

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation plans to reduce the number of school olympiads that give graduates the advantage of entering universities. The discussion will last until August 22 at meetings of the Russian Council of Olympiads of schoolchildren (RSOSh), which is headed by the rector of Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy.

The Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia, as part of the investigation of the criminal case against the head of the Serpukhov municipal district of the Moscow region, Alexander Shestun, who was arrested on charges of abuse of power, calculated that the official’s property clearly does not correspond to his official income.

The US Patent and Trademark Office recently published on its website an application filed by Apple at the end of March, which proposes using a smartphone as an alternative to an identification document, writes AppleInsider . Apple's patent application describes an electronic device with support for NFC technology and a secure module for storing data about the owner's passport or other document (for example, a driver's license).

In Italy, it was possible to prevent the “theft of the century” - the kidnapper could not drag a diamond from the jewelry store, so he was huge and heavy. The process of the impudent robbery of a jewelry store in Italy was able to shoot an eyewitness on the video. The kidnapper was an ant, who, despite his tiny size, stubbornly tried to drag the diamond.

At least four people were killed in a shooting in the Canadian city of Fredericton, the capital of the province of New Brunswick in the east of the country. "[There was] a shooting. Four people died as a result of the incident," the city police department said on Twitter . Details of the incident have not yet been provided. According to law enforcement, the shooting occurred in the area of ​​Brookside Drive. Local residents are asked to lock their doors and not leave their homes.

The first match of the third qualifying round of the Europa League between Austria's Sturm and Cyprus' AEK was interrupted 40 minutes into the second half after a fan smashed assistant referee Fredrik Klüver's head in the 78th minute by throwing a glass bottle at him. Both teams went to the tribune room. After a meeting of UEFA representatives, it was decided to resume the meeting. Kluver received the necessary medical care.

In July 2018, the number of mortgage transactions registered in Moscow increased by 74.5% compared to July 2017, reaching 3,672 units. According to Vedomosti, citing a message from the capital's Rosreestr, last month the agency registered 8,693 mortgage transactions. This is also 17% more than in June (7,425 units). In just seven months of 2018, 46,562 mortgage transactions were recorded in Moscow, compared to 26,690 for the same period a year earlier.

People's Artist of Russia Mikhail Boyarsky emotionally commented on Zenit's crushing defeat in the first match of the third qualifying round with Dynamo Minsk with a score of 0:4. "For Zenit to lose to a team like Dynamo Minsk with a score of 0:4 is a shame. Apparently, Zenit has lost its masculinity. Something happened to it. This is a very bad sign. At the beginning of the season “Zenit turned out to be an absolutely effeminate team with no character,” Sport24 quoted a fan as saying.

The official representative of the US State Department Hiser Neurt at a Briefing in Washington on Thursday, August 9, said that with the help of US sanctions, “improving behavior”, which is of mutual interest.

The Bank of Russia from Friday, August 10, withdrew a license to carry out banking operations with the Moscow Settlement Nebanka Credit Organization "Innovation Settlement Center" (RNKO "IRC"). According to the press release of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, which gives TASS, the organization was not a participant in the deposit insurance system.

Russia blocked the United States Council of the United Nations (SB) of the US Safety Council for the expansion of sanctions against the DPRK, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports and explains the position of Moscow in this matter.

“For five months now, 18-year-old Anna Pavlikova, 19-year-old Maria Dubovik, 21-year-old Vyacheslav Kryukov, 25-year-old Sergei Gavrilov, 25-year-old Ruslan Kostylenkov, 30-year-old Dmitry Poletaev, 31-year-old Pyotr Karamzin have been in Moscow pre-trial detention centers for five months now. “Four more people involved in the case of creating an ‘extremist organization’ are under house arrest,” the politician recalls on his Facebook page.

The Football Federation of Ukraine refused to accommodate football players at the Moscow Hotel in Zlin before the UEFA Nations League away match against the Czech Republic, reports the Team N1 portal. Instead, players and members of the coaching staff will live in two different hotels. “The fact is that the Czechs offered the Ukrainians to stay in one large hotel called ... “Moscow”, but ours, for obvious reasons, refused,” the publication writes.