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Russia on Thursday dismissed media reports that Russian hackers hijacked an Iranian cyber-espionage operation and used it to attack government and industry organizations in more than 20 countries, Reuters reports. A spokesman for the Russian embassy in the U.K. said the media writings were an "unsavory" interpretation of a security...
Russian tech conglomerate Yandex will begin testing its driverless cars in the United States next summer, the company said Wednesday, according to CNET. As part of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, to take place from June 7-20, Yandex will provide a driverless taxi service in the city's...
Russia will take its cue on Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency from the United States, and could block the social network in the country, President Vladimir Putin’s special representative for IT Dmitry Peskov has said, according to Bitcoinist.  “If Libra launches without controls, or Gram, the likelihood of the scenario appearing in...
Facebook said on Monday it deleted a number Instagram accounts operated from Russia that targeted Americans with divisive political messages ahead of next year’s U.S. presidential election, The Guardian reports.  The world’s biggest social network said it was “continuing to ramp up its efforts to protect elections in America and...
An artificial intelligence program dubbed Cyclops could start supervising workers on Russian oil rigs in the not too distant future, Prime news agency reports.  The program was developed by a state program for funding high-tech research. It could also be applied to other industries, including mining, transport and logistics, and...
The Middle East’s leading technology business community, Dubai Internet City (DIC), is witnessing increasing participation from Russian tech companies, professionals and startups, the Saudi Gazette reports. In July this year, the world’s first Russian Center for Digital Innovation and ICT was launched in DIC in collaboration with the Russian Export...
Russian hackers masquerading as an actual Iranian cyber-espionage operation attacked government and industry organizations in dozens of countries, British and U.S. officials accused on Monday, according to BBC News. The Russian group, known as “Turla”, is said to have used Iranian tools and computer infrastructure to successfully hack in to...
The authorities of all countries of the world should join forces and create unified rules for regulating the Internet in the face of escalating global risks, such as cybercrime, network espionage and identity theft, said Roskomnadzor's head Alexander Zharov. "Now that competition is intensifying around the world, uniform and fair...
Russian-developed software will be considered by Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has for his smart electric cars, the entrepreneur told a Russian business forum on Friday, according to TASS. Tesla’s cars, specifically the Model S sedan and Model X SUV, run on Linux-based software. A programmer from Russia’s Krasnodar...
Russia is preparing to export its new Yenot (Racoon) system for tracking civilian-use drones to South Korea, Mail.ru reports citing a statement from the country’s Ministry of Industry and Trade. The details of the deal were not disclosed, but according to the president of the Korea-Russia Business Council, Johngho Park,...