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A Russian court has declared Meta extremist and banned its activities in the country. However, the racists do not stop there: now they want to get two billion rubles. The main trial ended on March 21. Then the Tver court banned the social networks Facebook and Instagram at the suit of the Prosecutor General’s Office. […]
In recent years, large neural networks trained to understand languages and generate text have achieved amazing results in a wide range of tasks. The OpenAI GPT-3 AI system has shown for the first time that large language models (LLMs) can achieve exceptional results even without large-scale data collection for specific tasks or updating model parameters. […]
Ukrainian Cyberpolice warns of attacks aimed at gaining access to the accounts of Telegram messenger users. The department told what to do to avoid burglary. In order to gain access to Telegram account data, criminals distribute messages with links to the alleged Telegram website. After following the link, hackers can gain unauthorized access to accounts […]
The Russian information regulator accused the encyclopedia of “information attacks”. Roskomnadzor has filed claims against the Russian-language version of Wikipedia. Russia is demanding the removal of articles about the full-scale war in Ukraine and the atrocities of the Russian military. This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense […]
In March, Elon Musk asked if the world needed a new social network that would adhere more closely to the principles of democracy. However, he was advised to buy Twitter. He bought it. And now hints at change. Apparently, the acquired stake in the company that made Maska its largest shareholder gives the right to […]
This year’s Google Summer of Code Developer Contest is celebrating its seventeenth anniversary. It will take place without participants from Russia, Belarus and the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Both ordinary participants and mentors or administrators from these regions will not be admitted to the competition. More details below. Google comment The company gave some […]
Roskomnadzor has included in the Register of blocked sites in Russia the Jooble resource – a job search service. The site also does not work in Belarus. Jooble blocking is a very interesting story. The fact is that Roskomnadzor claims that Jooble was blocked at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office for calls for […]
Meta briefly limited the hashtags #bucha and #buchamassacre, which appeared after photos of Russian army victims were added to the social network. Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the blocking was due to automated systems that found the images unacceptable. Facebook and Instagram, two social networks owned by Meta, allow you to post photos and videos […]
On April 4, the service for finding and placing short-term rent Airbnb banned residents of Russia and Belarus to rent housing around the world. All bookings canceled, and new ones cannot be made. Earlier, the service stopped operating in two countries after a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Airbnb has also launched a program to […]
NASA has postponed critical tests of the super-heavy launch vehicle Space Launch System (SLS). On Sunday, April 3, the agency planned to refuel the rocket as part of a “dress rehearsal” to recreate the countdown to the upcoming launch of Artemis 1. However, shortly after 12:00 Eastern Time (19:00 Kyiv time) NASA announced the cancellation […]