Internet major Yandex has revealed a plan to spend 5 billion rubles ($78 million), dramatically expanding education programs in Russia, the company said in a statement.
Yandex plans to train 500,000 teachers and 100,000 IT specialists by 2022, and ultimately support almost every other teacher in Russia through their...
A Russian hacker charged with data theft in the U.S. has admitted to being part of one of the largest thefts of consumer data from U.S. financial institutions, brokerage firms, and other companies, Bloomberg reported citing a statement from the U.S. Justice Department.
35-year-old Russian national Andrei Tyurin from Moscow, who...
Just 50 years after Neil Armstrong’s landmark space walk in 1969, when the United Arab Emirates (UAE) did not even exist, the tiny but rich Arab country is getting ready to send its own astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time, with Russian help, The...
Thailand’s first satellite operator, Thaicom, has signed an agreement of intention with the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) to collaborate on the joint development of a service offering for maritime satellite broadband connectivity, Telecompaper reports.
According to the agreement, Thaicom and RSCC will initially study roaming options on their proprietary...
Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has provided mobile operators with special equipment to enforce the authorities’ ban on messaging app Telegram, East-West Digital News reports.
The new equipment is being tested in real conditions in the Siberian region of Tyumen, the website reported citing sources in the telecom industry.
Relying on a...
The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia said on Thursday it had fined U.S. tech giant Google 100,000 rubles (US$1,560) for publishing an ad for financial services by Ali Trade, a company that did not have the required license for such activity, 360tv.ru reports.
Google was fined in Russia...
The mechanism for the operation of the unified information system for verifying data of SIM card owners, proposed by the Russian government, carries a number of risks, including personal data leaks, the country’s biggest mobile operators say, according to Izvestia.
According to the newspaper, MTS, Megafon, and Beeline this week...
The Russian State Duma adopted a bill in the first reading on high fines for violation of a controversial personal data residency law, which would amount to a max of $280,000, Lexology reported.
Four years ago, in 2015, the law came into force, setting out personal data operator’s obligations to...
The United States Federal Acquisition Regulation Council (FAR) has finalized a rule prohibiting government agencies from using Kaspersky Lab’s products, Vedomosti writes. The rule took effect on September 10, when a temporary ban introduced on October 1, 2018, has become permanent.
The Russian multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider began to...
As cryptocurrency mining farms and data centers continue to appear across Russia at an industrial scale, the northern city of Bratsk, with its long winters and cheap electricity, is touted as ideally suited for the activity, Coin Rivet writes.
As industrial crypto mining is an energy-intensive, data centers are often...
