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Правительство хочет ограничить неперсонифицированные электронные средства платежа (НЭПС). Россияне смогут зачислять средства на электронные кошельки и предоплаченные банковские карты только с банковского счета. Об этом пишет «Коммерсант». Вопрос прорабатывался при участи «Банка России», Росфинмониторинга, Минюста, Минэкономики. В декабре 2017 года в Минфине состоялось совещание, на котором не сошлись во мнениях Центробанк и Росфинмониторинг. ЦБ выступает за запрет снимать средства с электронных кошельков и... →

Но ЦБ и Росфинмониторинг поспорили из-за степени жёсткости запрета.... →

После расторжения контракта с «Трейд Компани» метрополитен рассматривает альтернативные возможности развития на рынке... →

Facebook has a new executive coming on to unify its research efforts in the field of artificial intelligence. Former IBM exec Jérôme Pesenti will be taking the lead at Facebook’s AI research (FAIR) arm, Quartz reports. Yann LeCun, who previously held the lead role, will be shifting to a more research-focused role where he will continue to drive the scientific agenda of FAIR in his… Read More... →

Инициатива может привести к росту популярности наличных расчетов... →

DJI unveils the new Mavic Air, Twitter COO Anthony Noto resigns and Apple HomePod starts shipping February 9th. All this on Crunch Report. Read More... →

Nike just announced their first shoe with an all-foam sole powered by a new foam technology called React. The shoe is called the Nike Epic React Flyknit and is a running shoe, which will release on February 22nd. The bottom is a solid piece of foam with a knitted upper, making it lightweight for running. But looking beyond this shoe the technology is likely the start of a new generation of… Read More... →

Two leading Democrats in Congress are calling for new disclosures from Facebook and Twitter about Russian disinformation campaigns on their platforms. In a letter, Rep. Adam Schiff and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, minority leads on the House Intel and Senate Judiciary committees respectively, called for the two tech companies to release any information that have about Russian ties to the recent… Read More... →

Мобильное приложение «Музыки» в 2017 побило все рекорды, тогда как соседняя браузерная версия сервиса стагнирует с февраля 2016 года.... →

Denuvo’s anti-piracy tech has been divisive in the gaming world, with some complaining that it restricts their gaming habits or prevents modding — but few will dispute that it has been unusually successful in its main goal of preventing piracy. Successful enough, anyway, to be picked up by Irdeto, a broader digital security concern. Read More... →

All-time great science fiction and fantasy writer Ursula Le Guin died Monday. She was 88 years old. Her son Theo confirmed the news to The New York Times. He declined to identify the cause of death, aside from saying that she had been in poor health for several months. Le Guin didn’t always enjoy being called a science fiction writer, and she received acclaim far beyond the genre… Read More... →

The Government Accountability Office has accepted a Congressional request to investigate the possibility of fraud and identify theft in the comments for the FCC’s net neutrality rollback. Several Members of Congress wrote asking for this in December, and the GAO will look into it — in five months or so. Read More... →

While the U.S. is just gearing up to the idea of CRISPRing its first humans, China seems to be benefitting from the “move fast and break things”…or cut them with the CRISPR scissors motto. As the Wall Street Journal reports, China has already gene-edited 86 people using CRISPR-Cas9 since 2015. Unhindered by rules and regulations like the ones we have in America to prevent… Read More... →

Facebook has confirmed to TechCrunch that it’s acquired…Confirm.io. The startup offered an API that let other companies quickly verify someone’s government issued identification card like a driver’s license was authentic. The startup will shut down as it’s rolled into Facebook. The startup writes “When we launched Confirm, our mission was to become the… Read More... →

GoDaddy is acquiring Main Street Hub, an Austin-based social media marketing platform. The deal is for $125M in cash plus up to $50M in potential future earn outs, and is expected to close late in Q2 2018. Founded in 2010 Main Street Hub has raised a total of $93M in debt and equity financing from Silicon Valley Bank, Vista Equity Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners and other investors. For… Read More... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...... →

It’s clear that the days of esports being merely a spectator sport are numbered, as soon users won’t just be sitting and watching the story unfold on a computer screen, they’ll be immersed in it. What challenges will this immersion create when it comes to protecting one’s intellectual property rights to the contents of a game and the innovative technologies involved,… Read More... →

Last week, software developer and researcher Abraham Masri shared details of a bug that would allow others to freeze your iPhone with little more than a quick text message. Apple has just pushed out iOS 11.2.5, which patches that issue back up. This bug, the likes of which are often referred to as a “text bomb”, had a would-be attacker send a URL via text message. When the… Read More... →

A wise person once said, “don’t upgrade to the latest OS X until it’s been patched a few times. And even then, sometimes it isn’t really worth it.” These words have inspired many to stay on older versions of the OS, though lately that meant remaining vulnerable to Meltdown while those on the latest version were protected. Fortunately Apple has brought old OSes… Read More... →

И вложит $50 млн в программу обучения.... →