Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Specialists of the Russian Advanced Research Foundation in cooperation with Lazurit Design Bureau are finalizing design package development for the Sarma underwater drone with endurance of up to three months, Deputy CEO of the Foundation Igor Denisov told TASS in an interview. "This refers to the development of an underwater...
Russian manned rocket launches are much cheaper than those in the USA, because a medium-range launch vehicle is used by Russia, head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said in a column published by Forbes Russia on Monday, TASS reported. "Our Soyuz-MS is launched into orbit by Soyuz-2.1a - a medium-range rocket,...
A launch pad for Russia’s advanced Angara Rocket will be sent to the Vostochny space center in Russia’s Far East in July via the Northern Sea Route, the Center For Operation Of Ground Based Space Infrastructure (TsENKI) said in a video uploaded to YouTube, TASS informs. "Already in July, the...
Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin and heads of space agencies in the US, Europe, Canada, and Japan will discuss cooperation in the Moon research via video conference on June 9, a source in the rocket and space industry told TASS. "On June 9, a video conference will be held...
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, announced a strategic partnership between its portfolio company Doctis and Mail.ru Group, Russia’s leading internet and IT-company. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology and further expanding its remote medical services, Doctis is set, with the support of RDIF, to deliver major...
Facebook will start labeling Russian, Chinese and other state-controlled media organizations, and later this summer will block any ads from such outlets that target U.S. users, it said on Thursday, Reuters informs. The world’s biggest social network will apply the label to Russia’s Sputnik, Iran’s Press TV and China’s Xinhua...
Russian tech company Yandex, in partnership with Hyundai Motor CIS and Hyundai Mobis, will launch 100 new unmanned Hyundai Sonata vehicles on public roads in Russia and the United States in 2020. Thus, the company will double its fleet of self-driving cars, Yandex press service told TASS. The first Hyundai...
The Crew Dragon launch received a favorable response from Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, which said that having two ISS-compatible vehicles will only benefit crews working there, Russia Today reported. However, Roscosmos also made clear that Russia won’t be sitting on its hands. Vladimir Ustimenko, the spokesman for Roscosmos, tweeted, “What...
The U.S. National Security Agency on Thursday warned government partners and private companies about a Russian hacking operation that uses a special intrusion technique to target operating systems often used by industrial firms to manage computer infrastructure, Reuters reported. “This is a vulnerability that is being actively exploited, that’s why...
Security-testing lab AV-Comparatives has released its report of 35 consumer VPN (virtual private network) products. The test – the most realistic - concentrated on two main aspects of the programs, namely speed, and privacy, TASS reported. VPN software is used to establish secure, encrypted connections across the Internet. Anyone who...