Day: November 18, 2021

The creator of the social network MeWe Mark Weinstein: Facebook is a data collection company Facebook problem. In an interview with Lenta.ru, the specialist called the American company “a huge gorilla that manipulates the whole world.” Weinstein noted that 3.14 billion people have a Facebook account. “It turns out that half of the planet reads what this social network selects for them. At the same time, Facebook's only motivation is to manipulate people's emotions so that they are as involved as possible. Because this is exactly what Facebook makes money on, “he revealed the mechanism. According to the expert, Facebook is not really a social network, but a data collection company that it sells. “Facebook can’t fix it, it’s a huge gorilla that manipulates the whole world,” he said. Weinstein noted that everyone can pay social networks to “target” anything to a person, for example, to push him to buy

The author of Viperson Dushkin predicted the emergence of VR headsets built into the brain ten years later , may appear in 50-100 years or earlier, says Roman Dushkin, author of the Viperson digital twins project. He gave such a forecast in a conversation with “Lenta.ru” in the framework of the “CyberReality” project. The specialist said that in the future humanity will use technologies similar to inventions from the British science fiction series “Black Mirror” : his characters possessed special chips with which they could record everything that happened before their eyes. According to Dushkin, very soon such neurointerfaces, allowing access to virtual reality without any additional equipment, will appear in real life. “VR headsets will be initially built into every person at the level of a neurointerface – with output information directly to the visual cortex, that is, bypassing the optic nerves. This is ideal, but it's still quite

State Duma Deputy Zhuravlev: It is useful for Europe to observe Russian military maneuvers Europe at the moment, under the influence of the United States, is not ready for dialogue with Moscow, but when they mature there, Russia will take a step forward, said Deputy Head of the State Duma Defense Committee Alexei Zhuravlev, commenting on the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin about narrowing cooperation with the EU states, writes RIA Novosti. As the deputy said, European politicians accuse Russia of deliberately transferring refugees to aggravate the situation on the Belarusian-Polish border. The politician believes that the West refuses to cooperate with Russia, but Moscow is ready to wait, because “it has nowhere to rush.” “We are not going to try to please them somehow. Let them observe our exercises, military maneuvers, it is useful for them, “he said. When Europe is ripe for dialogue with Moscow, then Russia

Mash: singer Khlebnikova was hospitalized in serious condition after a fire in Moscow She is now hospitalized in serious condition, reports the Telegram channel Mash. According to preliminary information, a fire occurred in the singer's apartment on Ratnaya Street in Moscow. In addition to Khlebnikova, one more person was hospitalized. It is noted that the singer is on a ventilator.

Bulgarian President Radev said that Russia cannot be their enemy with Russia. In his opinion, Moscow cannot be the enemy of Sofia, TASS reports. “Russia cannot be a model of our development, but Russia cannot be our enemy, at least because in the memory of our citizens it is the liberator of our people. There is a lot of speculation with regard to Russia, I can say that in this difficult situation a dialogue is necessary, which in Russia-EU relations has been violated, is in a critical state, “Radev said. The head of state emphasized the importance of dialogue in relations between countries. He stressed that pragmatism is necessary in foreign policy, and the policy of introducing new anti-Russian sanctions over Crimea does not give any effect. To a clarifying question about the ownership of the peninsula, he replied that “at the moment, the Crimea is Russian.” The President also

White House spokesman Psaki: Biden did not say that he did not consider Xi Jinping a friend White House spokesman Jen Psaki denied the refusal Joe Biden considers Chinese leader Xi Jinping to be his friend. According to her, the head of state did not say that, reports TASS. “The President did not say this. The President considers him to be a person whom he has known for a long time, with whom he can have a sincere relationship. I cannot talk about how people in China are described as they know in the world. I can only describe how the president views this relationship, “the spokeswoman said. Psaki also refused to directly answer the question of whether Biden Xi Jinping asked for cooperation between the PRC and US intelligence services regarding the origin of the coronavirus. She said that the American side wants this and insists, the head of

Permanent Representative of Belarus to the UN Rybakov: accusations of refusing to transfer aid to migrants are false that Minsk does not provide and refuses to transfer humanitarian aid to migrants on the border with Poland. His words are quoted by TASS. “I said that any accusations against Belarus of allegedly denying access to international structures and allegedly denying the transfer and delivery of humanitarian aid are an absolute lie,” the diplomat said./p> Related materials 15:31 – 11 November They are not expected. How the desire of thousands of migrants to break through from Belarus to Europe led to victims and an international scandal00:01 – Today How to return home to Europe ”How migrants on the border with Poland changed life in Belarus According to him, it is not difficult to transfer aid to Poland directly, including on the no-man's land. Rybakov emphasized that for this it is worth “just

RIA Novosti: The State Department knows about the participation of an American in the assassination attempt on Ukrainian Minister Leshchenko Agrarian policy and food of Ukraine Roman Leshchenko and are closely following the situation, RIA Novosti responded to the State Department. “We are serious about our obligations to provide assistance to American citizens abroad and are closely monitoring the situation,” the source said agency, adding that for reasons of confidentiality, the department does not have further comments. Earlier, the Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Roman Leshchenko almost burst into tears during a press conference at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. He admitted that he found out about an attempt on his life that was being prepared shortly before meeting with journalists. Throughout his speech, the Minister of Agrarian Policy spoke incoherently, trying to cope with emotions, and almost shed tears. On November 17, a meeting of

The White House said that there were no announcements about the conversation between Presidents Biden and Putin do not exclude the possibility of a conversation between US and Russian Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, RIA Novosti reports. At a briefing with journalists, Psaki also assessed the possible date of negotiations between the two leaders. She stated that there were no specific announcements in the White House about the conversation between Biden and Putin. “I have nothing to announce to you about additional contacts or calls, or something like that with President Putin … I do not rule out that the President of the United States will talk with the President of Russia at some point in the future, “Psaki emphasized.