Novgorod programmer Artyom Shangurov created a cat face generator. Shangurov published the process of writing the generator code, as well as the finished source code, on Habrahabr . The generator was written in JavaScript. The programmer notes that creating a simple cat face drawing requires seven steps: draw the head, ears, whiskers, mouth, nose, eyes and dots on the cheeks. The source code of the generator is published on GitHub, and you can try it in action right on this page.

The microblogging service Twitter introduced the Alerts function, which allows users to notify about emergency situations. The innovation is described in the service blog . Twitter Alerts are designed to notify you of impending danger, send advance instructions, indicate evacuation routes, and similar information. Users will only receive notifications for tweets tagged with the hashtag #alert.

Valve, known for the Half-Life, Portal, Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress series of games, is creating a whole series of devices for the home under the general name Steam Machines. The first device in the series will be a video console, 300 copies of which the company will distribute free of charge to beta testers. The company announced this on the Steam website .

Plug&Play startup incubator opened in Dagestan On Friday, September 19, the Plug&Play Dagestan startup incubator opened in Makhachkala, which will help local innovators develop. The opening ceremony of the incubator was attended by the President of the Republic Ramazan Abdulatipov, the Minister of Communications of Russia Nikolai Nikiforov and the editor-in-chief of TJournal.

The microblog of US President Barack Obama turned out to be the leader in the number of fake subscribers, the Daily Mail reported on September 24 . The newspaper analyzed only the accounts of American politicians. The Daily Mail compared the microblog performance of popular American politicians in the StatusPeople service , which analyzes subscribers and divides them into three categories: “Fake”, “Inactive” and “Good”.

Why do they want to buy a dying BlackBerry for $4.7 billion? Author: Nastya Prazdnichnaya On Monday, September 23, Fairfax Financial, which owns a 10% stake in BlackBerry, announced its intention to acquire all of the corporation's assets. This announcement came against the backdrop of serious losses and large-scale staff reductions at the smartphone manufacturer. analyst An AllThingsD tried to figure out what could be attractive about such a purchase.

appeared on YouTube On September 25, the first trailer for the film Need For Speed, based on the computer game of the same name, . The main character of the film will be Aaron Paul, who plays one of the main roles in the TV series Breaking Bad. The film will be directed by Scott Waugh, who directed “Law of Valor” and as an actor participated in the films “XXx” and “Bicentennial Man.” The film's premiere is scheduled for March 2014. #Micropost

Nokia will show six new devices on October 22 in Abu Dhabi, The Verge reports . According to the publication, the Finnish company may present a six-inch smartphone and its first tablet based on Windows RT. At the "Innovation Reinvented" event, invitations to which were sent out on September 17, the Finnish company will show at least six devices, including two from the Lumia line.

Samsung has announced the Galaxy S4 smartphone in gold color. This was reported on the official Samsung United Arab Emirates Facebook page . It is reported that Samsung's flagship smartphone will be available in two color combinations: gold and brown and gold and pink. This is confirmed by the official Twitter of the Arab representative office of the company. Introducing the new #GalaxyS4 Gold Edition - for a style that's uniquely yours!

The leader of the group “Hands Up” Sergei Zhukov took a photo for the avatar of a community copying the popular MDK public page. A photo of Zhukov wearing a T-shirt with the community logo was published on the afternoon of September 25. The fake MDK (address vk.com/mudachyo ) published another photo with Zhukov, where the design on the T-shirt is better visible. It depicts a community logo that differs from the original MDK logo (located at vk.com/mdk ).

An Electronic Arts vice president said Apple paid "a ton of money" to delay the release of Plants vs. Zombies 2 on the Android platform. Apple representatives later denied this information to the gaming portal Giant Bomb . Electronic Arts Vice President Frank Gibeau mentioned at a closed company meeting that Apple paid the publisher of Plants vs. Zombies 2 for delaying the release of the Android version.

Google has removed an application from the Google Play digital store that allegedly allowed owners of Android smartphones to use the iMessage messenger. This was reported by Computerworld . The iMessage Chat product appeared on Google Play on September 12, but gained particular popularity only on Monday, September 23. Google explained the removal of the messenger as a violation of the rules for publishing applications. iMessage Chat asked users for their Apple ID and password. As .

The Instagram application has changed its design in a new version adapted for the iOS 7 platform. The company announced this in its corporate blog . In addition to the new “clarity” aesthetics inherent in iOS 7, the application has received a number of small changes. The size of photos in the feed has been increased: they now occupy the entire width of the screen.

YouTube on its official blog announced a new discussion system based on Google+ . It will feature comment threads, an automatic ranking system, and private conversations. The largest video hosting site on the planet introduced a new comment system based on the Google+ social network on its official blog. It launched this week for discussion channels on YouTube, but will be rolled out to all videos later this year.

Fake advertising for iOS 7 was able to convince users that it could make the iPhone waterproof using a “smart switch”: supposedly it would be able to turn off the power to the smartphone in time and protect the “delicate insides” from damage. have reported this Over the past few days , a number of online media . Some users trusted the ad's promises, testing their smartphones for water resistance and, of course, drowning or damaging them, media reported, citing tweets mentioning the ad.