Developer Maxim Lepekha launched a bot that recognizes voice speech in personal messages on VKontakte. According to the author, the program can easily distinguish between short phrases of several words. Maxim Lepekha The program is based on the SpeechKit Cloud algorithm from the Yandex company, which allows speech recognition and is used in Yandex.Navigator. The bot transforms the words spoken into the microphone into a text message and sends it to the author.

A brief history of rapper Kanye West's political preferences: from criticizing George Bush to hugging Donald Trump. Video editing by Damira Kamaletdinova.

Chile's first female president, Michelle Bachelet, took to Twitter to condemn the country's Economy Minister Luis Felipe Cespedus for accepting a rubber doll in the shape of a woman at the Asexma association's year-end ceremony. reports Biobio . Economy Minister Luiz Felipe Cespedus next to a rubber doll.

www.rbc.ru Peskov confirmed the presence of the commander of the Wagner PMC at the reception in the Kremlin The Kremlin confirmed that on December 9, the head of the PMC Dmitry Utkin, better known under the call sign Wagner, was present at the reception Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov confirmed the information that the alleged PMC commander Dmitry Utkin, known under the pseudonym Wagner, was present at the gala reception in the Kremlin on December 9.

A video has been published from one of the rehearsals of the number for the anniversary KVN game, which was prepared by comedian Mikhail Galustyan with the help of the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov. this . reports Life In the video, Galustyan speaks in front of a seated Kadyrov, while simultaneously talking about his ideas. After the final joke, the head of Chechnya begins to laugh loudly and applaud the comedian.

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The leaders of the European Union countries agreed to extend economic sanctions against the Russian Federation until July 31, 2017. This decision was made due to Russia’s actions towards Ukraine. The corresponding decision was made at a summit of EU leaders in Brussels dedicated to this problem, reports . Deutsche Welle As DW notes, the decision to extend or not extend sanctions is made by EU members once every six months.

The Danish company LEGO, specializing in the production of construction sets, announced an increase in prices for its products in the United Kingdom due to the exit of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union. This was reported by the Evening Standard. LEGOLAND theme park in one of the suburbs of London The specific date of the letter from LEGO Vice President Fiona Wright, in which she announced her intention to raise prices, is unknown.

Twitter creator Jack Dorsey was not invited to a meeting with US President-elect Donald Trump for refusing to make emojis against candidate Hillary Clinton during the election debate. this with reference to anonymous sources . reports Politico Twitter creator Jack Dorsey According to sources, the company was supposed to release an image for a hashtag often used by Trump supporters - #CrookedHillary.

According to a study conducted by Fashion Spot, in 2016, a record number of non-light-skinned models appeared on the covers of fashion magazines - about 29% of all girls who participated in photo shoots for leading thematic publications. Photo of actress Amandla Stenberg in the February issue of Teen Vogue magazine The analysis involved 48 fashion magazines from around the world, including Teen Vogue, Vanity Fair, Elle, Paper Magazine and others.

On December 15, a blockbuster with the clumsy title “Rogue One” was released in Russia. A Star Wars Story is the first cinematic spin-off of the popular franchise. DTF's editor-in-chief looked at the film and found unprecedented action in the universe and alarming signs that Disney is still afraid to add new ideas to an old fairy tale. With the release of each film in the Star Wars universe, the thinking public will raise a philosophical question - why do we actually need these same Star Wars?

On December 15, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev gave an interview to journalists from Channel One, NTV, Rossiya-1, Dozhd and the RBC TV channel. In a difficult year for the Russian economy, journalists bombarded the prime minister with questions about the budget, privatization and housing and communal services, and to explain difficult issues, Medvedev more than once resorted to proverbs and sayings. Dmitry Medvedev during an interview with five TV channels.

In December 2016, it became known that the Venezuelan government would replace the largest 100 bolivar bills with coins to combat smuggling and counterfeiting. For a country that has long ago crossed the brink of a shortage of essential products, this is perhaps one of the last attempts to revive the economy. Against the backdrop of this news, TJ talks about the impact of counterfeiters on the economies of countries and about technologies to combat them.

The Cuban authorities offered the Czech leadership to pay off a debt of $276 million with free supplies of rum for more than a hundred years. . reports Associated Press The head of the Czech Ministry of Finance, Michal Zurovec, said that the debt has been going on since the era of socialism. He also noted that he prefers that the debt be paid at least partially in cash. However, if the proposal is accepted, the Czech Republic will receive free Cuban rum for more than a hundred years.

A video has been released on the Heath Waterman Youtube channel that brings together 400 variations of the story “A Christmas Carol”. A dose of holiday cheer includes multiple film adaptations, cartoons, comics, books and TV series that have appeared since the work's release in 1843. The video was noticed by The AV Club. The five-chapter tale, written by Charles Dickens, has become incredibly popular in the UK and US due to its classic plot.