On July 16 and 17, Sony allowed visitors to the VKontakte festival to try out the PlayStation VR virtual reality headset, which will go on sale in October. Editor-in-Chief TJ tested the device and shares his impressions. Photos: Yana Stepanova First of all, I’ll note that I haven’t been able to try HTC Vive yet, so I’ll talk about PS VR only in the context of Oculus Rift. However, this can hardly be considered a problem.

Participants in the teachers' congress in the Mexican city of Zacatecas were unable to agree on the voting results with one group of delegates. Having moved from a verbal battle to hand-to-hand combat, the conflict quickly turned into throwing chairs. In total, 15 people became victims of the flying chairs - they received bruises and head injuries.

The President of the Universal Society of Hinduism, Rajan Zed, demanded that Blizzard remove from the game the skin for the character Symmetra, which turns the girl into the Indian goddess Devi. This was reported by Kotaku . As Rajan says, Devi is one of the most highly revered goddesses in Hinduism, and her appearance does not correspond to the canonical image that is traditional among the people of India.

Dani Mathers, a Playboy model who published a photo of a naked stranger in a gym locker room, faces prison time and monetary compensation for the victim for invasion of privacy. The model has already lost her job, writes Life . Dani posted the photo on Snapchat and wrote: “If I couldn’t unsee this, neither can you.” Instead of the jokes she expected, Internet users shamed the model for ridiculing people who do not have an ideal figure.

in the city of Fulda in the German federal state of Hesse for the annual meeting About a hundred Ferrari owners arrived . Before the 170-kilometer rally, the cars were blessed by a priest.

In Yerevan, a group of armed people seized the building of the police and internal troops, demanding the release of the leader of the radical opposition Public Salvation Front “New Armenia” Zhirayr Sefilyan. reports this RIA Novosti . The attack was carried out on the patrol and guard service regiment of the Armenian police. A group of armed persons entered the territory of the station, ramming the gate, after which people on the territory of the regiment were taken hostage.

The two-day auction in the Finnish city of Salla was successful: the authorities managed to sell off all 128 cars abandoned by migrants on the border with Russia and raised about 23 thousand euros. reports this TASS . Not only citizens of Finland came to the auction, but also citizens of other countries - for example, Estonia. It was the “exotic” Russian cars – Ladas and Volgas – that were in greatest demand.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he “cannot delay” introducing the death penalty for rebels. reports this Reuters . Erdogan promised that he would soon discuss the issue of introducing the death penalty with the opposition. We cannot ignore this demand [of the people]. Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey After the failed coup d'état, which a group within the country's armed forces attempted to carry out on July 15, many citizens began to demand the execution of traitors.

Nice terrorist Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel sent about $110,000 and a photograph to his family in Tunisia shortly before the attack , which killed more than 80 people. reports this Mirror . Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel A few days before the attack and his death, Bouhlel persuaded his friends to smuggle $110,000 to Tunisia. He regularly sent us small amounts of money, as do most Tunisians working abroad. Mohamed sent us all his savings, everything he earned in France.

One of the oppositionists, who is in the police building where the hostages are being held, conducted a two-minute live broadcast on his Facebook page . Today, July 17, armed oppositionists seized the police building in Yerevan. There are wounded, one person died. The area was cordoned off, local residents were being taken out, and snipers were stationed on the roofs. Negotiations are currently underway with the invaders.

Like many travelers, I have been worried about the Aral Sea disaster for a long time. Photos on social networks, eyewitness accounts, television reports - all this only spurred interest, but I couldn’t wrap my head around the idea that the whole sea could dry up. It seemed that what was happening was the plot of a science fiction film, nothing less.