On Thursday, May 2, Tesla's security team sent an email to employees warning them of possible dismissal or criminal prosecution due to a leak of company confidential information, found out CNBC . The letter spoke of third parties who are "willing to do anything to witness the downfall of the company" in an attempt to obtain data on Tesla, and cited recent examples of information leaks from employees of the company.

In Minsk, high-profile detentions linked to Russia. The influential ex-head of the security service Alexander Lukashenko and the head of the state-owned telecom operator Beltelecom have been arrested for bribes allegedly received from Russian citizens. Together with them, the Russians who gave bribes were also detained. One of them is named as a representative of the Russian company "G".

The world's largest porn site, PornHub, could save photoblogging service Tumblr, whose traffic and revenue plummeted due to a ban on adult content in December 2018. PornHub is in talks to buy Tumblr from its current owner, telecom operator Verizon, who acquired the service with internet giant Yahoo! in 2017. In 2013 Yahoo! paid $1.1 billion for Tumblr, but already by 2016 wrote off 3/4 of this amount, recognizing the deal as unsuccessful. Back to porn.

Transneft asked the largest Russian oil companies to reduce production by at least 900 thousand tons until May 7 due to the accident at the Druzhba oil pipeline, found out Reuters . This is more than 1 million barrels per day - 10% of daily production in Russia. More. The reduction is needed to unload storage facilities that filled up during Druzhba's downtime, Reuters sources say. “[Transneft's request] shows that the problem on the pipeline is really serious.

The author of the until recently anonymous telegram channel Stalingulag became a popular political blogger long before readers knew his history and name. And if the latter turned out to be ordinary - Alexander Gorbunov, then the story of his life for Russia is almost incredible and, in spite of everything, very inspiring. The Bell was one of the first to talk to Alexander, we decided to publish his story in the form of a monologue.