US Imposes Sanctions Against Russian Tech Sector, and Human Genome is 100% Sequenced

Speaker 1: This is CNET. And here are the stories that matter right now, the us department of the treasury has announced sanctions against the Russian tech sector as Russia's war. And Ukraine continues according to the us treasury, the targeted 21 companies, including the country's largest chip manufacturer, Micra are quote, instrumental to the Russian Federation's war or machine. The us has also designated the Russian government as malicious cyber actors. The human genome has finally been fully sequenced [00:00:30] until this week's scientists had mapped 92% of the genome starting back in 2003, but the remaining 8% had been a mystery until now due to technical limitations, nearly 100 scientists with a tele to tele American source collaborated on the project. The remaining 8% accounts for 400 million new letters enough for an entire chromosome. The discovery is now a resource that other researchers can use to jumpstart their own projects and could bring us closer to people being able to [00:01:00] sequence their own individual genomes in the near future. And finally, the annual electronic entertainment expo known as E three has been moved online for the third year in a row due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. This event is for gamers in the video game industry and is typically hosted in Southern California every June. Instead, the entertainment software association, the showed say they will hold a virtual version and redirect their efforts to the 2023 showcase state to date with the latest by visiting [00:01:30] CNET.