Apple has registered a patent that will help eliminate the ambiguity in communication caused by the use of the auto-correct function. The recipient will be able to find out which words were corrected by the smartphone Users of Apple products will be spared the awkward situations that result from using auto-correction if developers supplement this function with an application described in the patent . This was reported by Apple Insider.

The founder of Telegram called information about negotiations with Google on the sale of Telegram for $1 billion a rumor. A representative of the messenger also denied the fact that Durov met with Google CEO Sundar Pichai, reports Fortune Telegram founder Pavel Durov (Photo: Reuters/Pixstream) The information that Telegram founder Pavel Durov discussed the possibility of selling the messenger to Google is a “rumor.” Durov himself announced this on April 29 on his Twitter account.

The head of LUKOIL, Vagit Alekperov, does not rule out the possibility of the company purchasing Bashneft shares even in the current low oil price environment. “We have interest. We will pay real money according to the real economy of Bashneft,” Alekperov told reporters (quoted by TASS ), noting that consultants are currently continuing to work and there are no answers yet.

At least 50 people were killed in an airstrike on Al-Quds Hospital in Aleppo. This was reported by Reuters , citing data from the organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF), with the support of which the hospital operated. Among the 50 victims, according to MSF, were six doctors. The day before, the agency, citing data from the Syrian Center for Monitoring Human Rights, reported 27 dead , including three children and the last pediatrician in the city. MSF claimed 14 people were killed.

Warsaw, again, like a year ago, refused to allow participants of a motorcycle rally dedicated to the anniversary of the Victory to enter the country. Because of this, the Polish ambassador has already been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry Before the start of a motorcycle rally to Berlin in honor of Victory Day.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke on the phone on Friday and discussed resolving the conflict in Syria, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry website. The conversation took place at the initiative of the American side, the department emphasized and noted that the parties discussed the issues of providing blocked areas with humanitarian aid and further maintaining and strengthening the ceasefire.

The Uralvagonzavod Corporation ended 2015 with the largest loss in its history. The reason is a sharp decline in sales of gondola cars. But military equipment sells very well The building of the Uralvagonzavod Research and Production Corporation (Photo: Donat Sorokin/TASS) The loss of the Uralvagonzavod Corporation (UVZ) for 2015 amounted to 16.1 billion rubles, as follows from IFRS reporting. This is twice as much as a year earlier, when the company first reported under IFRS.

Surgutneftegaz's cash flows in the first quarter of 2016 decreased by 8.9%, to 2.2 trillion rubles, according to the company's RAS report published on Friday. As of December 31, 2015, the company had 2.419 trillion rubles in its accounts. This amount includes short-term and long-term financial investments (deposits) and cash and cash equivalents. As a result, the oil company received a loss of 117.3 billion rubles at the end of the quarter. against a profit of 140.3 billion rubles.

The leadership of United Russia fired the head of the executive committee of the Ruza district, who sent out letters about the mandatory participation of state employees in the primaries. Administrative interference discredits the primaries, the party explained Photo: Lori United Russia dismissed the head of the Russian executive committee of the party, Vyacheslav Dyachkov. This decision was made at a meeting of the federal organizing committee for the preliminary voting on Friday.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a decree dismissing the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Viktor Gvozd. The reasons for this decision have not yet been announced. Earlier, Poroshenko dismissed the commander of the Navy Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Viktor Gvozd (center) (Photo: Nikolay Lazarenko/RIA Novosti) Petro Poroshenko fired Viktor Gvozd from the post of head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine.

Several tours to Greece were canceled due to the situation with the issuance of visas to Russian tourists. Delays in processing thousands of passport backlogs at the Greek consulate came to light last week. The queue at the Greek visa center in Moscow on Nikitsky Boulevard.

Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko proposed developing a standard for the quality of life of Russians. She stated this while speaking at a meeting of the Council of Legislators dedicated to the 110th anniversary of Russian parliamentarism, TASS reports . “I believe that it is necessary to develop a certain standard of quality of life, if you like, a standard of well-being for our citizens.

Photo: Wikipedia The Finnish visa center in St. Petersburg will operate as usual during the May holidays. As reported on the official website of the Finnish Consulate, employees of the center will have a rest only on May 2 and 9, 2016. According to Fontanka.fi , the visa center in Moscow and the embassy will be closed on May 2 and 9. The Finnish Embassy in Moscow will also be open on May 5.

Collectors in Novokuznetsk walled up the door to the apartment of one of the debtors with foam and painted the entrance to her house. This was reported by Dozhd with reference to data from the legal service “Unified Protection Center”, where the victim applied. Natalya Dolgikh, who works as a salesperson in a grocery store, took 30 thousand rubles.

The dollar exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange fell below 64 rubles, reaching a minimum of 63.983 rubles, which is 73.6 kopecks. below the closing level of yesterday's trading. The mark is 64 rubles. The dollar “broke through” after the report that the Bank of Russia did not change the key rate, keeping it at 11% per annum. The euro exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange lost 50.3 kopecks, falling to 72.92 rubles.