The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia ordered to ensure the suppression of mobile signals in 2G and 3G networks in the territories of two Russian bases in Syria. This was written by RBC, who has familiarized himself with the relevant document. On the territory of the Khmeimim airbase, the suppression of signals should be provided until March 30, and in Tartus - until July 1.

Roskomnadzor does not consider the option of blocking YouTube video hosting, despite the fact that the company refuses to close access to the video with the investigation of politician Alexei Navalny about businessman Oleg Deripaska, vice prime minister Sergei Prikhodko and escort model Nasta Rybka. It is reported by Interfax . RKN demanded from YouTube to remove the video more than a week ago, but still has not received an official answer.

Verily Life Sciences, which is part of the Alphabet holding (Google maternal company) has developed artificial intelligence, which, by the analysis of the retina of the human eye, can determine various medical indicators, such as the body mass index, the content of hemoglobin or the pressure level. This, in turn, can be used to predict diseases of the cardiovascular system. The method is described in the journal Nature, briefly tells The Verge about it.

On February 20, it became known that the doping industry “B” of the participant of the national team of Olympic athletes from Russia by Kerlingist Alexander Krushelnitsky showed a positive result for Meldonium, which was banned by Wada in early 2016. "Suspicious" test In the official statement of the team of Olympic athletes from Russia, the results of the tests were called strange.

New meeting within the framework of Republic Talk . Let's talk about how the approaches to the treatment of heart disease have changed, and the main medical myths associated with the work of the heart. We will discuss modern cholesterol recommendations, fresh studies about blood pressure and visualization technology in medicine.

Foreign states talk about Russia's intervention in its internal affairs and elections, and Russia denies this with the mouth of its official representatives. Visible signs of participation of Russian citizens in hostilities in Syria, on Ukraine or troll attacks on American voters do not change their official position: these are just private citizens, vacationers and enthusiasts.

Boston Dynamics videos regularly collect millions of views and cause a stormy discussion. Each time, robots make new, more and more complex tricks. They are a good example of not only a technological breakthrough, but also threats of robotization associated with the military use of robots and mass unemployment. In the last video, the Spotmini robot, reminiscent of the dog, opens the door with a small manipulator installed on his back.

Venezuela on February 20 began the sale of El Petro national cryptocurrency. As the president of the country Nicholas Maduro said on his Twitter , the start of trading began at midnight in local time (7:00 Moscow time). So far, preliminary auction has begun, at which a total of 38.4 million Petro will be available, subsequently 44 million will be sold during the ICO. In total, the government intends to release 100 million Petro.

On Sunday in Kizlyar, the city in the north of Dagestan, at the exit of the Orthodox Church, a man killed five elderly women and wounded four more people. He shouted “Allah Akbar!”, It turned out that he recently joined the “Islamic state” (prohibited in Russia). The shots sounded against the backdrop of the detentions of officials at different levels, which last week caused a series of publications and broadcasts in regional and federal media.

Frame from the film "Dovlatov." Photo: WDSSPR Vysotsky, Brodsky, Dovlatov - the first three of the cult names of Russia looks like this today. Interestingly, the folk pantheon of glory and the official, the state coincide for the first time.

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree on the new version of the Kazakh language alphabet based on Latin. The document is posted on the presidential website. The changes were required after the previous version of the alphabet caused a sharp criticism from linguists due to a large number of apostrophes. Some words consisted of them almost half (for example, the word “cherry” was to be written like “s'i'i'e”).

Photo: Dado Ruvic / Reuters The first two months of 2018 showed that Russian supervisory authorities have serious difficulties in performing the task of strict Internet control. Another law was added to the Yarovaya package, which at one time made a lot of noise, but in the end he did not lead to any consequences - not one of the anonymizers who provide access to prohibited sites was blocked.

The law that requires VPN services and anonymizers to block access to the sites prohibited in Russia is actually not used. It is reported by RBC. As stated in the press service of Roskomnadzor, from the moment the law began (November 1, 2017), the department did not send any service a demand to block access to sites that were included in the register of prohibited information. Roskomnadzor himself, in accordance with the law, does not follow the implementation of Russian legislation norms.

Thyssenkrupp's elevator in Shanghai. Photo: Thyssenkrupp.com This is an adapted translation of the Bloomberg Businessweek article Two thousand years ago, the Romans used elevators in order to deliver the Coliseum of Gladiators and wild animals to the arena of levers, lifting blocks and strength of slaves. Since then, the principle of operation of the elevators has not changed - except that people pulling ropes changed cables working on electricity.