WhatsApp users are running to Telegram and Signal. Is it worth changing the messenger and which is better to choose? As if Mark Zuckerberg already had no problems because of Ban Trump-now he is losing whatsApp users, which the application in early January reported that they would now transfer their Facebook data. Telegram added 25 million users in this wave in three days and reported on a broken bar of 500 million, Elon Musk recommends a protected Signal messenger on Twitter.

In his first public address since January 8, Donald Trump called the impeachment initiated in Congress “a continuation of the witch hunt” and very dangerous for the country, and his blocking on social networks was a big mistake. The impeachment initiated by Democratic congressmen "generates terrible anger" and poses a huge danger to the country, Trump said.

The new Privacy Policy of WhatsApp, which warned users about the possible transfer of their Facebook data, called new claims to the social network and the messenger and the transition of millions of users to alternative messengers. The Bell interviewed experts in the field of cybersecurity about which of the popular messengers is actually more reliable, and that the new rules of WhatsApp will change for you.

In the United States, billionaire and casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson died at the age of 88. As the largest donor to the Republican Party and Donald Trump's campaign, he was a symbol of the influence of big money in politics. Andelson's cause of death was complications associated with treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, his company Las Vegas Sands, which owns the world's largest casino in Las Vegas, said in a statement.

The number of active Telegram users exceeded 500 million people in the first week of 2021, said Pavel Durov, the creator of the messenger, . According to him, Telegram has become a top haven for those looking for a messenger with a focus on privacy and security. After a record high of 500 million users, the messenger's audience continued to grow rapidly. Over the past 72 hours, another 25 million new users have installed it, Durov noted.

2020 became extreme for business, but not at all for everyone. We selected seven startups with Russian roots that managed to benefit from Lockdown, learned what they learned and what plans are being built on the 2021st. Brandquad founder Philip Denisov. Photo: Vladislav Shatilo/RBC/TASS Brandquad (E-Commerce) Brandquad in 2015 was founded by Volgograd residents Philip Denisov and Konstantin Shishkin. They came up with a system for managing data on goods and subsequent product analytics.

The Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) has filed a lawsuit demanding that Alexei Navalny's probation in the "Yves Rocher case" be replaced with a real one, the politician said . The suspended sentence in the case expired on December 30, 2020. The appeal was registered on January 11, 2021.

Forbes magazine ranked those who got rich on the recent growth of bitcoin. In the first place, the brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, known by the court for the rights to Facebook, founded the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange, where deals are now made for about $ 300 million daily. The total value of their cryptocurrency assets is about $2.8 billion as of the morning of January 11th.

The Moscow City Court reduced by three months the real term of punishment for two defendants in the New Greatness case. The conditional terms remained unchanged, but two girls had their probation periods reduced by a year. The Moscow City Court, overturning the verdict of the Lublin court, reduced the real terms for Ruslan Korostylenkov to 6 years 9 months, and for Pyotr Karamzin to 6 years and 3 months. The six-year term for Vyacheslav Kryukov remained unchanged, RIA Novosti writes.

“Of course, this is not easy, but in order to switch to a new level, you need to be able to forget everything that we knew before”: in an interview with The Bell Rob Siegel , a teacher of management of the University of Stanford’s Higher School, talked about how companies are to transform, and about a course for business leaders, which will be held at the end of January. “The course that you teach in Stanford is called“ The Industrialist's Dilemma ”.

There will be no public procurement of the Pfizer vaccine until at least the end of the year, reported , citing sources in the pharmaceutical market and government agencies. Interfax The agency learned that Pfizer did not apply to the Russian regulator for certification and registration of the vaccine in Russia. Before that, the company announced that it would only supply the coronavirus vaccine under government agreements.

Online payment service Checkout.com has become Europe's most valuable tech unicorn, raising $450 million from Julian Robertson's Tiger Global Management hedge fund in its latest investment round, CNBC . reports The valuation of the startup, in which Yury Milner's investment fund DST Global invested at an earlier stage, has tripled to $15 billion. In the penultimate round, which took place 7 months ago, Checkout.com raised $150 million with a $5.5 billion valuation.

Donald Trump continues to lose financial support: two banks that have served his family and business for years have announced that they will no longer do business with the American president. Deutsche Bank has decided to refrain from any further business dealings with Trump and his company, a source told Bloomberg. Trump still owes the Frankfurt bank more than $300 million, and Rosemary Vrablich, Trump's wealth manager at Deutsche Bank, resigned in December, the agency recalls.

During the New Year holidays, Russians slightly reduced spending compared to last year, but their structure has changed dramatically, according to data from Sberbank and VTB. Citizens have sharply reduced spending in restaurants and cafes, almost never traveled abroad, but traveled more actively around the country and went in for sports.

Russia has extended the suspension of flights with the UK until February 1, 2021. This is due to the spread of a new British strain of COVID-19, which has already been detected in Russia. The decision to extend the ban on air traffic with Britain was made by the federal operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus.