This year marks the 20th anniversary of the legendary racing game series. In September 1994, the first part of the legendary racing series Need For Speed ​​was released on the 3DO game console. Despite the fact that there are still a few months left until the 20th anniversary of the franchise, Electronic Arts has already begun to celebrate this significant event. TJournal recalls what the Need For Speed ​​series has been like over the past two decades and assesses its immediate prospects.

A special working group has been created under the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, which will support Russian computer game developers. reported this Vedomosti . The first meeting of the working group was attended by Deputy Head of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications Alexey Volin, Head of the Mail.ru legal service Anton Malginov, Head of the 1C gaming division Nikolai Baryshnikov and Yuri Vorotnikov from Wargaming, known for the World of Tanks project.

The Circle service, designed to make storing and transferring the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin as simple as possible, has opened limited registration for its first users. A message about this appeared on the official blog of the service on May 16. On the main page of the Circle website they placed a form, by filling out which you can receive an invite and start using the service. To pre-register, simply provide your email address, first and last name.

The Ministry of Culture prepared a draft “Fundamentals of State Cultural Policy”, in which it proposed storing digital content distributed online on servers in Russia. The text of the project “Fundamentals” was published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta .

Medvedev forbade Roskomnadzor from giving interviews about the closure of social networks and advised to “use your brains” Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev criticized the statement of the deputy head of Roskomnadzor Maxim Ksenzov that large social networks like Twitter and Facebook could potentially be blocked in Russia. Medvedev stated this on his Facebook page . According to Medvedev, Ksenzov should not be given interviews in which he could announce the closure of large social networks.

Author: Alexey Ermolaev Photos of the supposed iPad Pro, an enlarged tablet from Apple, the possibility of which no one had taken seriously before, appeared on the Chinese social network Weibo. This was reported by 9to5mac . A photo of the rear panel of the new iPad Pro has appeared on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. Details remain unclear, but according to 9to5mac, it looks like a dummy unit rather than a new rear panel. The photo was first spotted by NowhereElse.fr .

Especially for the Night of Museums, Yandex will launch a service that will allow you to determine how many people are in a particular museum. The company announced this in its official blog . Every year, when the Night of Museums takes place, users are faced with the problem of unexpected queues, Yandex representatives note. This year, especially for the cultural event, they prepared a service that determines the workload of museums using Yandex.Traffic technology.

What microbloggers write to a person who promised to block Twitter in Russia On May 16, the Izvestia newspaper published an interview with the deputy head of Roskomnadzor Maxim Ksenzov, in which he states that he does not see any particular problems in blocking Twitter and Facebook. Users were expectedly outraged by his words. TJournal studied what grateful readers write to Ksenzov on Twitter.

Blocking Twitter and Facebook can be carried out in Russia within a few minutes if the authorities consider the consequences of shutting down social networks to be less significant than the harm that the position of their leadership causes to Russian society. about this in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper.

A new Bentley car ad was shot entirely on an iPhone 5s and edited on an iPad Air. This is reported by the blog The Loop . The video, titled “Intelligent Details,” highlights the attention to detail that goes into making Bentley cars. To be in constant communication, it is necessary to integrate modern technologies directly into the car, notes Bentley chief designer Luc Donckerwolke in the video.

US authorities, providers and Internet companies argue about future principles of traffic management On May 15, the US Federal Communications Agency (FCC) approved a plan to repeal the principle of net neutrality. The main idea is to remove the obligation from providers to treat all types of Internet traffic equally. The document will be in the public discussion stage for about four more months, after which its updated and expanded version will again be put up for voting by the FCC.

The chief editor of TJournal asks for help to correct the law on bloggers On May 16, when the entire Runet was on edge from threats to block Twitter and demands to use their brains, a semi-closed meeting was held at Roskomnadzor: representatives of the Internet industry and department heads discussed what could be done with the “law on bloggers” to make it at least a little more adequate. The chief editor of TJournal was at this meeting and now wants to ask readers for help with ideas.

Iowa State University teacher Austin Stewart proposed a project to create virtual reality for poultry. This was reported by TechCrunch . Stewart's project is more of a social experiment than a real technical implementation. It's called Second Livestock, a play on the words "Second Life" (the name of the popular MMO) and "Livestock" (livestock).

The social network VKontakte plans to release an updated version of the client for iPad with a design corresponding to iOS 7. This was announced by the head of the VKontakte development department Andrey Rogozov. Rogozov officially confirmed that VKontakte clients for iPhone and iPad were removed from the App Store for pornographic content.

Dobrovision, beds and garden gnomes Author: Zalina Marshenkulova This week, citizens smoothly moved from decorating caps to hysterics over the victory of a bearded woman at Eurovision.