In the United States, they return to wearing masks in the premises, and the IMF threatens the economy with new mutations of the virus The distribution of the Delta-Sktamma of Coronavirus is recognized as an increasing threat to human health, including vaccinated and for the global economy. In the United States, the authorities again tighten restrictions - vaccinated Americans will be obliged to wear masks in the premises.

Chechnya was the first among Russian regions to achieve collective immunity to coronavirus in 60% of the adult population, said Minister of Health of the Republic Elkhan Suleimanov. Of the 909,000 adults in Chechnya, 568,000 have already been vaccinated, Suleimanov specified. He added that the number of patients with COVID-19 in the region has halved.

All information resources of the Polish TV channel Belsat - the website and pages in social networks - were recognized as extremist in Belarus. The decision was taken by the court of the Zheleznodorozhny district of Gomel. “The basis for this was the materials of the inspection of the department of the GUBOPiK of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Gomel region,” said Olga Chemodanova, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus.

The spread of the delta strain of coronavirus is recognized as an increasing threat to the health of people, including those vaccinated, and to the global economy. In the United States, authorities are again tightening restrictions - vaccinated Americans will be required to wear masks indoors. And the IMF, in a regular report, indicated that new strains could slow down the recovery of GDP in developing countries due to unequal access to vaccines.

The social network Instagram strengthens the protection of accounts for teenagers - now the pages of users under 16 will be closed by default, the company announced. Changes to the privacy policy of the social network will come into force on Tuesday, July 28. Instagram will now make accounts for teens under 16 private by default, meaning that only people who have been approved by the account owner will be able to view children's posts.

A 25-year record frost in Brazil threatens the coffee crop next year as well. Prices for coffee beans have already reached six-year highs, and new problems could lead to a new rise in coffee prices around the world, writes the WSJ. The cold snap that came to the country has become the second consecutive weather shock in recent months. Frosts (minimum temperatures in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais dropped to -1.2°C) were preceded by a drought that ruined the 2021 crop.

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger presented an updated version of the roadmap, which assumes the world leadership of the company in four years. Not only new technologies and rebranding can return the "silicon crown" to Intel, but also support from the US government, writes The Wired. The company continues to believe in Moore's law and lays down several generations of technology (in terms of transistor density) until 2025.

Every fifth Russian wants to leave the country, and there are more and more such people every year. Sociologists of the Levada Center came to this conclusion (by decision of the Ministry of Justice of Russia, it is included in the register of NGOs that perform the functions of a foreign agent). To help those who wish to figure out how and where to leave, we launch the cycle about unusual emigration programs.

The new Eva voice assistant from Megafon can independently receive incoming calls, even when the phone is turned off, and send a transcript of the conversation to the subscriber in Telegram, writes RBC with reference to the company's message. So that Eva could maintain a full-fledged conversation and process a call, Megafon specialists developed several dozen dialogue scenarios.

AirlineRatings.com analysts have published an annual ranking of the best airlines in the world based on their safety and passenger comfort. Not a single Russian carrier entered the top 20 best companies. Qatar Airways was recognized as the best airline in 2020. The site specifically notes that the company is the first in the industry to confirm full compliance with anti-coronavirus standards.

Chinese tech giant Tencent tumbled on Tuesday amid a massive sell-off in Chinese stocks. The company announced that it is temporarily halting registrations on WeChat. Tencent's quotes fell by 9%, writes Bloomberg - there has not been such a one-time drop in China's largest company by capitalization since 2011. Tencent has announced that it is stopping new users from signing up for WeChat services for a "technical security update" in line with regulatory guidelines.

Journalist Ivan Safronov remains in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center until 7 October. Today, July 27, the First Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction upheld the decision of the Moscow City Court. The court of third instance for the first time considered the issue of replacing the preventive measure for Ivan Safronov. However, the court, as before other instances, closed the meeting due to the presence of state secrets in the case.

The Chinese authorities are again hit on the Internet platforms. Over the past weekend, they destroyed the commercial EdTech and delivered a powerful blow to delivering food. The sale of Chinese actions began on Monday, July 26, and continued on Tuesday - the market fears that international investors come out of Chinese assets. The Chinese authorities with their hurricane regulatory attack on the Internet company finally managed to truly collapse the American exchange.

Roskomnadzor demanded that YouTube block the channels of supporters of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The "letter of happiness" was reported by Leonid Volkov , Vladimir Milov and Georgy Alburov . The agency believes that the accounts contain "calls for mass riots", "extremist activity", participation in mass events in "violation of the established order", as well as "informational materials of organizations recognized as undesirable".

Facebook is recruiting a large development team for its "metaverse". This is a kind of universe with many digital worlds, created as a result of the convergence of physical, augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in a common online space. The team will become part of the AR and VR development department at Facebook (Facebook Reality Labs), said its head Andrew Bosworth.