Министерство финансов разработало поправки в закон "О Центральном банке", которые запрещают в России выпуск и оборот криптовалют.

Минфин новыми поправками вводит официальный запрет на выпуск и оборот виртуальных валют в России

The Obama administration has called for a new era of "personalized medicine," which relies on collecting a vast amount of genetic information from American volunteers to bolster the development of genetics-based treatment.

. Medical schools did not pay much heed to genetics until relatively recently

Studies have also found that most patients don't actually change their behavior for the better once they learn about a genetic predisposition to a disease. But he also argues that primary care physicians shouldn't simply ignore genetics.

Snap Counsellors, an account on the messaging app, is helping teens speak up about relationship abuse

Snapchat’s self-destruct feature makes it ideal for a helpline. All messages get deleted within 10 seconds.

It also allows the Stories feature to be used to send out images and videos to encourage victims to come forward.

Few doubt that our future — both immediate and long term — will be heavily impacted by robots

A pair of Oxford researchers recently estimated that 47 percent of the total U.S. employment is at risk of being eliminated.

On the other end of the spectrum, Mercedes announced it is trading out some of its production robots for human labor — the machines could not keep up with the increasing options for customization

of GPS Smart Soles. This is exactly what you think they are -- insoles for your shoes that are GPS-enabled so that you can “keep connected to who matters most.”

They were specifically designed for:Seniors suffering from Alzheimer’s/dementiaTeens and young adults with autismAthletes and veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI)Anyone who could potentially wander off and require oversight

This is just the beginning. Solar power is the most immediate, efficient green technology option, and your clothes will continue to get "smarter" and serve more functional purposes.

making robots look like humans or cute animals, we may develop emotional affinity toward the machines

. This could help promote trust with users—but perhaps also overtrust?

Robots are tools, but they are tools that sometimes hold meaning for people that interact with them, or through them, as when robots are teleoperated at a distance

Uber wants you to “paws whatever you’re doing,” because in honor of this week’s Puppy Bowl, the company is teaming up with Animal Planet, the SF SPCA, Peninsula Humane Society, and Berkeley Humane Society to deliver on-demand puppies to your house to hang out with you for a bit

A post on Uber’s blog specified that if you’re selected a “puppy squad and their coaches will come by for a cuddle huddle.”

Uber is gearing up to pilot a new ride-sharing service in Seattle called uberHOP, in an attempt to get “more butts into the backseats of fewer cars

With uberHOP (pictured above), the app will match you with a driver as well as other people going the same way as you. You’ll receive directions on where to jump into the car, and then get dropped off at a pre-determined spot

European travel planner platform GoEuro has today announced a $45 million Series B round, led by Goldman Sachs

It’s more fitting to think of GoEuro as a long distance version of another European transportation startup

While maintaining its pan-European travel focus, GoEuro does also support worldwide air travel routes

Помимо "навязчивости", Роскомнадзор отмечает недопустимость использования big-data инструментов для таргетинга рекламных сообщений.

The latest new concept design is called Skreemr, which -- if developed -- supposedly would carry 75 passengers from London to New York in 30 minutes

unlike rockets, scramjet engines would burn oxygen from the atmosphere instead of having to carry heavy tanks full of oxygen

A hybrid rocket and jet engine is being developed by Reaction Engines with joint funding by the UK and BAE Systems, which could one day lead to a new supersonic airliner

Their research suggests that the whoosh-ing sound of a can opening may make a drink seem fizzier, for example, or that the yellow hue of 7Up can make the soda taste more lemon-y.

new version of Cadbury's chocolate bar was similarly rejected by consumers when the company changed the classic rectangular chunks to curved segments. The chocolate bar was made exactly the same way that it always has been, but a big change in the way it looked made people think that it tasted drastically different

He's also working with a cancer hospital to experiment with the ways that plating, lighting and sound could counter the metallic taste and nausea that often accompanies chemotherapy.

RankBrain helps Google decipher the approximately 15% of phrases that the search engine has not encountered before, Bloomberg reports.

Google has just gone public with the details of a new artificial intelligence called RankBrain, which the search giant is using to handle difficult queries.

The largest size (2500 watt) could provide enough power for a small house (though would obviously need backing up). The 1000 is good for RVs and boat owners, the Agustssons say, while the smallest 50 watt one is right for USB devices and laptops. The turbines can also back up electric cars when the grid isn't available.