Top 10 news of the week: from Bill Gates' favorite books to the year's best apps
Miscellaneous / / April 03, 2023
We have collected all the most interesting events over the past 7 days so that you do not miss anything.
Bill Gates named his 5 favorite books of all time
Traditionally, Bill Gates publishes a video at the end of the year in which he talks about books that are dear to him. In 2022, he shared some of his biggest writings of a lifetime, from the best science fiction he read as a kid to the memoirs of a rock star and part-time friend.
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200 avatars by photo: the Lensa application with a neural network is storming the Internet
The developers from Prisma Lab recently updated their Lensa photo editor and literally took over social networks. With the update, the Magic Avatars feature was added to the application, which allows you to generate a series of stylish portraits from user photos.
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Scientists have found out which profiles on dating sites work best
Researchers from Tilburg University in the Netherlands conducted a study to find out how texts in profiles on dating sites affect the perception of their authors. The results were published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.
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Russian Post began accepting and delivering orders from Asos, as well as Zara and H&M websites
Russian Post launched delivery from European marketplaces, including Asos, Net-a-Porter, Farfetch, Yoox, Mytheresa, and websites of Zara, H&M and Nike brands.
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A new Chinese service with a neural network turns any photo into an anime
Neural networks continue to take over the Internet. So, another new service from Chinese developers QQ returns the trend for editing photos in anime style. And it works very quickly and accurately.
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Laziness in 15 photos: the web showed other people's actions, for which you should be ashamed
When laziness does not drive progress, it can lead to stupid and irresponsible actions. Someone makes them because of the unwillingness to do extra work, and someone simply does not respect the work of others. In any case, it causes someone's anger and rage. Vivid examples of such actions were shared by Reddit users.
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Kinopoisk published a list of 100 great TV shows of the 21st century
Kinopoisk released a large special project based on the results of a survey of figures in Russian cinema and culture: these are critics, producers, screenwriters and directors. Each was asked to name the top 10 series.
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Apple picks the best apps and games of 2022
Apple has announced the winners of the annual App Store Awards 2022. Within its framework, the best applications and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac and other devices of the company were selected.
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Google named the best mobile games and apps of 2022
Google also summed up the results of the outgoing year and talked about the best games and applications according to the editors, as well as ordinary users. In 2022, for the first time, apps not only for Android and WearOS, but also for ChromeOS were counted.
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"Black Adam" and Remarque: the most popular films from Russian pirates in November are named
Film Distributor Bulletin has shared a new list of ten films leading by the number of illegal copies in Runet in November 2022.
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Best deals of the week: discounts from AliExpress, Lamoda, L'Etoile and other stores
Black Friday and other promotions: when and where you can profitably purchase the necessary goods