Science fiction is a potential source of ideas for new technologies. The communicator from the Star Way has become one of the prototypes of the cell phone. The “Cosmic Odyssey of 2001”, shot back in the 1960s, appeared in tablets (they even remembered this during the judicial dispute between Apple and Samsung). PayPal founder Peter Til said that he was read out by the Kryptonomicon novel about electronic currencies. Some authors themselves developed practical concepts.

The editorial office of Novaya Gazeta sent a collective letter to President Vladimir Putin after the expulsion of journalist, Vecherdi Nurmatov (Ali Feruza) from Russia, the publication website said . Thus, NG is trying to challenge the court order. Nurmatov’s mother also turned to Putin. The publication notes that he will appeal to the decision on expulsion.

The law on new sanctions against Russia is flawed, said US President Donald Trump, who signed the document on August 2. Trump's text is published by ABC News. According to the Head of State, Congress in a hurry included in the law of provisions that contradict the American Constitution, limiting the powers of the president.

The new ambassador of Russia to Germany, presumably, will be the director of the Third European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Nechaev. About this "Kommersant" was told by a source in diplomatic circles. The current Russian ambassador Vladimir Grinin will soon return to Moscow. Officially, personnel permutations will be announced after the approval of the candidate with the State Duma, the Federation Council and President Vladimir Putin.

The presidential grant for the development of non-profit organizations in the amount of 471 thousand rubles received a project to repatle refugees in the Donbass-the Krasnodar Regional Public Organization of the Center for the Development of the Region, reports BBC. As the publication clarifies, the organization was registered in July 2016, and its co -owner, Anton Sergeyevich Epikhin, in 2008 convicted for a year and 4 months conditionally for a false message about the terrorist attack.

The cost of Bitcoin Cash one day after its appearance increased by more than 100%, CoinmarketCap data indicate. By 14:11 Moscow time, Bitcoin Cash traded at $ 592 (plus 113%). The capitalization of cryptocurrency by the same time reached $ 9.7 billion. Later, growth accelerated to 129% and $ 639, capitalization exceeded $ 10 billion. Then the cost of cryptocurrency fell to $ 558, capitalization decreased to $ 9.2 billion.

According to the results of the second quarter of 2017, the net profit of Apple amounted to $ 8.72 billion. This is stated in the company's press release. This indicator grew by 12%. IPhone sale increased by 1.6% (41.03 million), and iPad - by 15% (11.4 million). The quarterly result was higher than analysts predicted, Reuters notes. This has become an incentive to an increase in the value of shares up to $ 159.1.

The announcement of the Moldova by the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Rogozin Persona non grata “absolutely unacceptable”. This was stated by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, RBC reports with reference to TASS. “The situation with Rogozin is absolutely unacceptable,” he said. The Russian Foreign Ministry, in addition, expressed the protest of the Moldova’s Assistance to Andrei Negutsu.

Members of the GTA GTA in the Moscow Blood had to be accompanied by at least 10 police officers. This follows from the departmental instructions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for official use, which RBC got acquainted with. At the same time, two escorts accompanied to the meeting room of the defendants, one of which, as emphasized in the Investigative Committee, is a woman. In addition, the regulation prohibits the use of elevators for transporting the defendants.

Raid for the search "GTA gangs", 2014. Photo: Ramil Sitdikov / RIA Novosti The first reports of the incident in the Moscow Regional Council made an impression of a late response to all skeptics who did not believe that those nine men from Central Asia, arrested in the GTA gang case, have something to do with it two and a half years ago. You did not believe that these are real criminals? Now - believe?

The more Russians think about inflation, the more manufacturers of opportunities to raise prices for goods and services. This was stated by the head of the Department of Research of the Central Bank, Alexander Morozov, his appeal was published on the official page of the Central Bank on YouTube.

The justice of the Moscow section No. 432 fined the Lawkoster "Victory" for the demand to pay for the transport of the backpack. This was reported by the Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecutor's Office. As specified in the message, the woman flew by the Cheboksary -Moscow flight with a backpack weighing less than 10 kilograms and dimensions that meet the rules of the airline (less than 75 centimeters for three measurements).

Politics Alexei Navalny, the head of his election headquarters Leonid Volkov and the coordinator of the Moscow headquarters Nikolai Lyaskin presented the summons on the preparation of a new administrative protocol. Volkov spoke about this on Twitter. According to him, it is necessary to come to the police on August 3, they were suspected of part 8 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation (repeated violation of the procedure for holding a rally).

The British BP intends to circumvent sanctions against Russia and start drilling in a dietary plots with difficult to recover oil reserves in the Samara region along with Rosneft. It is reported by Reuters . According to the agency, BP intends to repeat the experience of the Norwegian Statoil and use a gap in sanctions against Russia.

British women are still unprotected in parliament, and male labor is appreciated above the female Teresa May. Photo: Stefan Wermuth / Reuters On July sixteenth, it became known that the main role in the new season of the British fantastic series “Doctor Who” will play a woman - actress Jody Whittacer.