Russia’s largest lender, Sberbank, has applied to the national financial regulator to set up a blockchain platform for its own digital token called Sbercoin. The project may be launched as early as this spring, RT informed.
Sberbank sent the application for the platform to the Central Bank of Russia at...
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has said the nation plans to accelerate its rollout of wireless technology, setting up 30 "fully connected" 5G factories in ten key industries in the next two years, RT reported.
According to the ministry, which has revealed an action plan for the...
The Skolkovo Foundation has presented an interactive map of technological cases in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of an international program “Global Challenge: Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)", ICT Moscow writes.
The map shows the decisions of the 40 finalists of the 2020 stage of...
The Russian capital moved up three positions and was ranked 44th in the latest Smart Centres Index by Z / Yen. Sydney, Bangkok, Melbourne, and Milan were placed next to Moscow in the rating, which assesses the approach of megalopolises to innovation and technology implementation. New York, London and...
The Russian Health Ministry on Thursday approved changes in storage conditions for the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine and allowed its transportation and storage at temperatures from +2 to +8 degrees Celsius (+35.6 to 46.4 °F), Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said, as reported by Sputnik.
The minister specified that batches of...
Parler, a social media website and app popular with the American far right, has partially returned online with the help of a Russian-owned technology company, Reuters reports.
Parler vanished from the internet when dropped by Amazon Inc’s hosting arm and other partners for poor moderation after its users called for...
Sberbank is interested in buying one of the leading online retailers in Russia, Citylink, which is part of the Merlion group, Kommersant writes.
According to the source of the publication, at the end of 2020, Sberbank conducted a presale audit and assessment of one of the country's largest IT distributors,...
Chinese authorities will take necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate rights of the country’s companies against US aggression, China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying has said, RT reported.
The claim comes shortly after US President Donald Trump signed an order banning US transactions with eight Chinese apps, including the Alipay...
Digital currency Bitcoin extended its record-smashing rally on Saturday, beginning the year with a surge over $33,000 for the first time, with ever more traders and investors betting that it is on its way to becoming a mainstream payment method, Reuters informed.
The price of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency...
A system to issue short-stay, single entry e-visas to foreign nationals has been set up in Russia but its launch date will depend on the coronavirus situation, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, Tass informed.
The project initially started in 2017 but e-visa holders were only allowed to enter Russia through...
