On October 16, it became known that Amazon filed a lawsuit against more than a thousand freelancers who were engaged in mass writing of books and successfully selling them through the company’s service thanks to purchased reviews. The media drew attention to Amazon’s move as a declaration of a large-scale war on fakes.

On October 21, the US Patent Office approved Apple's application to register rights to the technology of retractable “shields” on the side of the smartphone screen, protecting it from impact when dropped. reports this Appleinsider . The document submitted by Apple to the department back in April 2014 is entitled “Active screen protection for an electronic device.” The illustrations to the patent specify that the technology is applied to a smartphone.

On October 21, Microsoft lifted the ban on publishing reviews of the Surface Book, the company's first full-fledged laptop with a premium price (starting at $1,499) and specifications. TJ picked out the highlights from device reviews from The Verge , Gizmodo and Mashable . The Verge The Verge columnist Tom Warren liked the Microsoft laptop.

At the end of September, Apple added a mysterious emoji with an image of an eye inscribed in a dialogue “bubble” to the beta version of the iOS 9.1 operating system. After the full release of iOS 9.1, the media reported that the icon was part of a large-scale campaign to combat intimidation and bullying on the Internet. The first information about what the pictogram could mean was received by designer Erik Veland at the end of September.

www.rbc.ru Speaking about the operation in Syria against the Islamic State banned in the Russian Federation, the president drew a parallel with his childhood. “50 years ago, a Leningrad street taught me one rule: if a fight is unavoidable, you must strike first,” Putin said and admitted that the actions of the Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria did not affect the terrorist threat to the country.

tvrain.ru According to Dmitry Golubovsky, using the Timebound service it will be possible to subscribe to historical periods and receive push notifications with the main events of this time, which will allow you to relive history - from several days to several years. The application will be released within “months”, and Golubovsky announced the project on McFly Day - so opportune.

The city stood in ten-point traffic jams due to the fact that a monthly rainfall fell on it per day Heavy snowfall in Omsk became the cause of ten -point traffic jams. 23 millimeters of precipitation fell in the city per day, which complies with the monthly norm of October. Snow on forecasts will go all day, a storm warning was announced in the region.

www.youtube.com The main problem of the most famous amusement park is the expensive entrance and long queues. The Hacks of Life solution for two friends: one passes on a ticket and carries the other in a stroller, and in the queues they pretend to be employees conducting a survey of how long people wait in lines. There is another option to save on burgers.

Artist Theaster Gates purchased an abandoned bank building in Chicago for $1 and spent another $3.7 million to restore it and turn it into an architectural landmark. The Rebuild Foundation, founded by Gates, announces that the Stony Island Art Bank building will host contemporary art exhibitions, installations and performances. Gates is a potter by training and is known in Chicago and beyond for his activism in gentrifying his South Side neighborhood.

lenta.ru “Members of the Communist Party of China must separate public and private interests, giving priority to the public, and work selflessly,” the updated party code states. Party members were advised to adhere to strict morals; not only “inappropriate sexual relations” and golf were prohibited, but also gluttony.

Nextbit has begun accepting pre-orders for the Robin smartphone, which, thanks to intelligent cloud technology, according to the developers, “never runs out of free space.” Engadget reports this. In 2015, the constant need to delete unnecessary data from a smartphone to make room for new photos, videos and applications has become the norm. The creators of Robin intend to get rid of this practice.

www.interfax.ru Katerina Tikhonova stated in an interview with the Interfax agency that Innopraktika is not involved in the finances of Moscow State University. “We do not manage, much less deal with financial issues, including methods and sources. We are a kind of university interface for building systematic interaction with business,” she explained.

Stolen correspondence from the director of the CIA, a proposal to confiscate cars for accidents and other news discussed these hours in our morning briefing. Cover: Members of the honor guard throw their weapons into the air during a ceremony at the Seoul International Aerospace Exhibition (Lee Jin-man, AP). Stolen correspondence Wikileaks has published emails allegedly belonging to CIA Director John Brennan, stolen from a mailbox hacked by a high school student.

Instagram has released its third-party video creation app called Boomerang. Representatives of the company informed TJ about this. Boomerang creates one-second looping videos from several sequential photos. When you press the shutter button, the app takes a series of photos and then converts them into a seamlessly repeating video. The application advises you to shoot moving objects, otherwise there will be no dynamics in the frame.

On October 15, Tesla updated the firmware of its Model S model, adding a self -government function to it. Despite the warnings that such an opportunity is in test mode, the owners of the electric cars immediately began to test it on busy roads, often risking an accident. It is reported by The Verge . The YouTube user under the nickname Mrksvideos took advantage of the autopilot on the highway leading to the Portland Center.