Before Victory Day, modern Russian military journalists recall the texts of their predecessors - Soviet front-line correspondents of the Great Patriotic War. The project of the TV channel "Dozhd" called "The Great Patriotic Truth" consists of voicing the texts of Soviet military journalists by their current colleagues. “70 years after the end of the Great Patriotic War, the profession of a front-line correspondent has returned to Russia,” the publication announces.

The online publication “ Secret of the Company ” studied the economic situations in three fictional worlds of popular works of fiction: the series “Game of Thrones” and the series “A Song of Ice and Fire”, a series of novels about Harry Potter and their film adaptations, as well as books by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" and the films based on them.

www.corpus.ru The author of "Maus" Art Spiegelman thanked Russian readers for their support of the comic, "which is being subjected to absurd humiliation ." “The fight against objectionable books does not contribute to the understanding of history. By the way, the Nazis were very fond of burning bonfires of books and persecuting dissidents,” the full text of the letter is available at the link.

The fall of former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal during the Inside the NBA program, of which he is the host, became the reason for the appearance of numerous photoshopped images. Shakil himself supported the activity of social network users, promising to pay the author of the “best meme” $500. drew attention to this The Huffington Post .

The popular Camera 51 application, the release of which on Android took place in the fall of 2014, received a version for iOS . It is reported by The Next Web . According to the developers, the Camera 51 is the only photo support in its kind that helps beginner photographers choose the right composition directly during the shooting.

According to statistics from VTsIOM, since 2007, the number of people who do not trust foreign media has increased more than seven times, while attitudes towards Russian media have remained at the same level. This is stated in a study published on May 7 on the organization’s website. As of May 2015, only 6 percent of Russians believe the foreign press. Another 7 percent answered “rather yes,” and the majority of respondents do not trust them (50%) or rather do not trust them (19%).

On May 5, the media reported that the Russian company MCST announced the start of sales of the first ARM Elbrus-401 personal computers and Elbrus-4.4 servers based on the Russian Elbrus-4C processor. In a conversation with TJ, representatives of MCST revealed the estimated price of ARM Elbrus-401 and the start dates of sales for both devices. As an MCST employee told TJ, so far only the personal computer “Workstation Elbrus-401” is available for order.

www.skynews.com.au This was reported in a video posted on Twitter by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the most dangerous part of the terrorist group according to Washington. Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi is believed to have been killed in a drone attack in Yemen on April 21-22. The only drone operator in this region is the United States.

On May 6, a video appeared on the YouTube channel of the national production center “Network,” which allegedly depicts a projection of Russian military equipment on the wall of the White House. Within 24 hours, the video received more than 8 thousand views, but there was no reaction from representatives of the US presidential administration or reports in the Western press about the event.

From May 28 to May 30, 2015, Google I/O will take place - the largest conference for developers, where new technologies and Google products are traditionally presented. On the evening of May 6, the company published a conference schedule , from which it is already possible to form a list of expectations. 1.Android M In the “Android for Work” session, the new Android M operating system was mentioned. However, after all the media reported about it, Google deleted the entire announcement.

What software controls modern airliners, and should you worry about its reliability? At the end of April - beginning of May there were two high-profile incidents related to problems in the operation of computer systems on board passenger airliners. First, a glitch in the iPads used by crews led to the delay of about 20 American Airlines flights.

in Astana was held On May 7 , a military parade , timed simultaneously to two holidays - the anniversary of the Victory and Defender of the Fatherland Day. Military personnel in Kazakhstan are honored on May 7, since it was on this day in 1992 that the head of state, Nursultan Nazarbayev, signed a decree on the creation of national armed forces.

The news about tigers freed from cages by a tornado entered the top global trends on Twitter and became a popular joke On May 7, broke out a hurricane with a tornado in the US state of Oklahoma. One of the main impacts of the disaster occurred in the small town of Tuttle, 48 kilometers southwest of Oklahoma City, where the local zoo was significantly damaged.

A US federal appeals court ruled on May 7 that the National Security Agency's bulk collection of information about Americans' incoming and outgoing calls was unlawful and the government's explanation for the relevance of such surveillance was untenable. reports this Wired with reference to a court decision . ACLU staff reads the court's decision. Photo: @ACLU A panel of three anonymous judges ruled that the Patriot Act, a law governing the collection of information on U.S.

How Twitter users reacted to the news about the newest tank that stalled in the middle of Red Square The new generation T-14 Armata tank, which is expected to be part of the Victory Parade in Moscow on May 9, stalled during a dress rehearsal on Red Square. reports this RBC . Selfie with a stalled tank. Photo: Instagram p_a_n_f_y The special equipment with cables that arrived to tow the tank was unable to move the tank, and it remained standing opposite the Mausoleum.