As part of the advertising campaign for the action game Watch Dogs, Ubisoft released a video with a prank in which store visitors are made to believe that they are able to hack anything using their own smartphone. reports this Polygon . The main character of the video is the fake owner of a small store. For visitors who need repairs, he not only repairs the smartphone, but also installs a unique application on it. Using this program, you can supposedly hack any electronics from a distance.

Marvel movie stars help organize surprise for man dying of cancer Marvel movie stars helped an American woman arrange a surprise for her father, who was dying of cancer. Her story was told by BuzzFeed . In 2011, Stratford Caldecott was diagnosed with prostate cancer. In May 2014, doctors told the man that he had twelve weeks to live.

Collins Dictionary once again selects which neologisms to include in its official edition Collins Dictionary has launched an online poll to see which words will be included in its twelfth edition, The Twictionary. Voting on the Collins website will continue until May 28, with results announced in June. To confirm your choice, you need to click the appropriate button and send an automatically generated post to your Twitter feed. The list presented by Collins consists of 9 words.

On May 19, a hologram of Michael Jackson performed at the prestigious Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas. This was reported by The Verge . The performance of a hologram of the artist, who passed away in June 2009, took place as part of the promotion of his second posthumous album called Xscape, whose release took place on May 13. Jackson appeared on stage sitting on a throne and then performed "Slave To The Rhythm" using his signature moves along with real and virtual dancers.

What do Samsung think about Apple products, will the iPhone turn on in 25,000 years, and how do the heads of large companies respond to emails? Revelations from former Samsung employees talking about the attitude towards Apple products within the company, debates about whether the iPhone released today will be able to work after 25 thousand years, and tips on working with email from the CEOs of IT companies - on TJournal is another selection of the most interesting topics from the site Quora.

The Ural branch of RIA Novy Region changed its domain, accusing the ex-CEO of provocation The Ural branch of RIA Novy Region was forced to change its domain due to a “provocation” allegedly organized by the former general director of the news agency, Alexander Shchetinin. this Representatives of the editorial office announced in a statement posted on the new official website of the New Region.

Facebook users began to notice the appearance of a special button on other people’s profile pages, allowing them to directly ask its owner about current relationships. reports this Business Insider . \ \ Some Facebook users began to notice a new “Ask” button on the pages of their friends whose marital status is not specified or is hidden by privacy settings. It allows you to directly ask a sensitive question, optionally supplementing it with a text note.

By decision of the Prosecutor General's Office, several YouTube videos and blog entries calling for participation in the rally against Vladimir Putin, which was supposed to take place on May 18, were blocked. This was reported on the website Antizapret.info . By decision of the Prosecutor General's Office on May 18, access to a series of videos on the YouTube video hosting site and some blog entries containing calls for an unauthorized rally was restricted.

Deputy General Director of VGTRK and General Director of MIA Rossiya Segodnya Dmitry Kiselev called the use of 2012 footage from Kabardino-Balkaria in a report by the Rossiya-1 TV channel from Slavyansk an “accidental mistake.” reports this Slon.ru . During a master class on journalism, Dmitry Kiselev told a Slon.ru correspondent that he himself did not watch that very resonant story, but ruled out the possibility that the channel’s employees were trying to manipulate the audience.

Microblogging service Twitter is considering buying the popular music service SoundCloud. This was reported by Re/Code with reference to anonymous sources. Updated May 21 : The day after the Re/Code report, several media sources reported that Twitter had stopped negotiations with SoundCloud. \ \ Information about a possible deal came from sources close to both Twitter and SoundCloud. Official representatives of the companies declined to comment.

A whole series of foreign Internet resources were partially out of order for users around the world due to the failure of the Internet cable connecting Europe and the United States. This was reported on the Digital Ocean website . Representatives of Digital Ocean, a cloud hosting company, reported the unavailability of two of their data centers. This caused connection difficulties for the company's clients: lack of connection to sites, errors or too long connection times.

game The Weed Firm about growing, selling and distributing marijuana topped the American App Store chart. This was reported by CNET . Update 5/21: Following the uproar, Apple has removed Weed Firm from the App Store. The problems that the player has to face in Weed Firm, notes CNET, are in many ways reminiscent of the plot of the Showtime series Weeds.

Corporation Google created an account in the photo service Instagram. The event was timed to the 40th anniversary of the Rubik's cube, to which the search engine dedicated "doodle". On May 19, a festive logo, a “doodle,” dedicated to the Rubik’s Cube, appeared on the Google home page. When you clicked on the logo, a short video was played in which the colored edges of the puzzle were mixed. After this, an interactive simulator was launched, allowing the user to solve the cube.

The social network Facebook has limited user access to the official page of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. In addition, the Daily Journal account was blocked. Updated 14:25 : Facebook has returned access to the accounts of Navalny and “EZH”. When trying to access the pages of Alexei Navalny and EZh , users were redirected to the main Facebook page. No warnings or explanations were shown.

Users of the crowdfunding service Crowdtilt raised money for the treatment of American porn actress Eden Alexander. Earlier, because of a tweet promising porn with Eden in exchange for donations, the WePay payment service blocked the account opened by the girl on another Internet platform. In total, users collected more than eight and a half thousand US dollars for the porn actress.