Communication

The humanoid robot Fedor, whose departure to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for August 22, launched an Instagram page.

It became known that WhatsApp Messenger is in talks with several payment companies in Indonesia.  With their help, he is going to offer mobile transaction services to users. 

Social network Twitter has introduced a ban on the publication of advertising the state media on its platform, according to a published on the website of the company the statement.

Google AI Labs presented a technology that recognizes hand gestures using a camera on a smartphone.  In the present tense, the program can translate words shown in the language of the deaf-mute.

Bankers propose introducing a new option into practice - legally allow cards to be blocked if it is suspected of crediting fraudulently received funds to them. 

Russian and American border guards have signed a plan for cooperation in the field of border security of the two countries for 2020, the press service of the border control of the FSB of Russia in the eastern Arctic region reports.

The Peruvian authorities, due to threats from the local population, evacuated an international team of researchers from the Mount Huascaran in the Andes, which includes Russian scientists. This was reported by Andina.

Broadcasting of federal channels was interrupted for several minutes due to a storm warning message. It is reported by "Moslenta" with reference to users of social networks.

The Yandex.Kassa service announced the launch of a mobile application designed for small businesses and individual entrepreneurs

Google closes another useful service "Alert maps".

Cybersecurity experts from Check Point Software Technologies, an Israeli company, have discovered vulnerabilities in the WhatsApp messenger that allow you to modify chat messages.