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The Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC) (part of Russian space corporation Roscosmos), together with S7 Space (operator of the Sea Launch project), have begun to work on the parameters of a rocket for the Sea Launch projects, a spokesperson with the center told TASS. "At present, the specialists of...
The Russian chatbot market is set to increase threefold in 2020, reaching or exceeding 4 billion rubles (around $65 million at the current exchange rate), says a report by industry association Neuronet.  This market already tripled in value this year to around 1.5 billion rubles ($24 million), East-West Digital News...
One of Russia’s biggest fast fashion companies, LIMÉ, and Centric Software have signed a deal for the Silicon Valley-based firm’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution, the two companies said in a press release. Centric Software describes itself as “providing innovative enterprise solutions to fashion, retail, footwear, outdoor, luxury, home décor,...
One of the world's largest business district projects, Russia's Moscow International Business Center (MIBC), commonly known as Moscow-City, has deployed a UHF RFID parking system that provides secure entry to authorized vehicles at a greater distance, and thus more efficiently than close-proximity technologies, MHL News reports. The UHF system, which...
In a bid to catch up to other countries in the race for practical quantum technologies, Russia has launched a $790 million effort to build a working quantum computer, Inosmi.ru reported. The money will be invested over the next 5 years into basic and applied quantum research carried out at...
The Skolkovo innovation center has ambitious plans for 2020, the year in which “Russia’s Silicon Valley” is marking ten years of promoting technology and helping small innovative startups grow into profitable companies, RT writes. Skolkovo Technopark was built from scratch almost a decade ago to create a platform for research...
In a landmark ruling this week, the Supreme Court of Russia has acknowledged that cryptocurrencies could be used to bribe authorities in the country, recognizing coins as assets, Bitcoin News reported. The Supreme Court of Russia said that in cases where the subject, if the bribe is property rights, an...
Russia’s state and municipal administration will have to buy data storage devices made exclusively in the country for its needs, as Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed an order banning the purchase of such foreign-made devices for two years, RNS reported. The decision was adopted "to ensure the security...
Mobile subscribers in Russia downloaded and sent more data over the first nine months of 2019 than in the whole of 2018, Izvestia writes citing data provided by the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media. According to the official data, internet traffic in the country reached almost...
The number of records (personal and payment data) that was illegally accessed by computer hackers in Russia in 2019 has grown sixfold and reached nearly 170 million records, experts at the Russian information security company InfoWatch told Izvestia.  Globally, hackers have gained access to more than 14 billion pieces of...