Pavel Durov, the founder of the popular messenger Telegram is announcing closure of the TON blockchain project, TASS reported.
"We are announcing the discontinuation of our blockchain project," he wrote in the Telegram.
Any project based on TON or using its name will not be related to the Telegram, Durov added.
The...
Facebook Inc. said on Wednesday it would conduct a new, comprehensive search of its records for possible propaganda that Russian operatives may have spread during the run-up to Britain's 2016 referendum on EU membership, CNN reported.
Some British lawmakers had complained that the world's largest social media network had done only...
Facebook has told British MPs it has found no new evidence of adverts from Russian-linked accounts targeting voters in the Brexit campaign, Bloomberg reports.
After it was asked by lawmakers to probe into the matter more deeply, the company used the same method that uncovered Russian meddling in the 2016...
Fyodor Ovchinnikov, the freshly crowned franchise czar of Russia is betting beyond his country and into global expansion with the help of cloud technology, Bloomberg writes in an analysis of the rise of the billionaire’s company, Dodo Pizza.
From a single basement oven in his native Syktyvkar in the Far...
Belarus’ authorities recently announced that cryptocurrencies use will be legalized in the state. The decree signed by Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko legalizes cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings, and smart contracts, and will enter into force in March. Cryptocurrency activities are not restricted by the decree and will be tax exempt...
Rostelecom Data Centres, a subsidiary of Russian digital service provider Rostelecom, has announced it has begun commercial operation of its major data centre facility in Udomlya, AIF.ru reports.
The construction of the data centre is a joint project between Rostelecom and nuclear energy company Rosenergoatom. The facility is located in...
The first Russian commercial space flights carrying tourists into orbit could be organized by KosmoKurs company seven years from now, Vedomosti reports.
The company signed an agreement with the Scientific and Production Association of Automatics (part of state space agency Roscosmos) to develop an on-board control-telemetry system for commercial civil-purpose rocket...
The Ruselectronics Group of the state-owned Rostec will showcase more than 100 military and civilian technologies at the Army 2021 international military-technical conference, the company's press office said on Friday, according to TASS.
Over 100 military and civilian production advancements will be shown by the Group. Visitors at the forum...
U.S.-based IT services company DXC Technology has acquired Luxoft, a custom software development company founded in Russia and currently headquartered in Switzerland, for $2 billion in an all-cash deal, Cnews.ru reports.
“Luxoft and DXC are highly complementary, and our shared vision of digital transformation makes this strategic combination a...
The Ministry of Internal Affairs began to use a new system for recognizing faces and silhouettes of people and cars in five regions of Russia, Andrey Telenkov, CEO of the developer company Ntechlab, told TASS.
Ntechlab (Rostec's technology partner) has developed a face recognition system, which is already used in...
