Global Pitch Russia, an event bringing together 25 of the “Russia's brightest technology startups” and Silicone Valley investors will be held on June 14, the company organizing the event, Fort Ross Ventures, announced Monday.
The Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF), an early-stage venture fund from Russia with nearly $100 million under...
Russian software company Kaspersky Lab plans to move core components of its infrastructure from Russian shores to Switzerland, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The cybersecurity firm said Tuesday that "a number of core processes" will be shifted from Russia, including customer data storage systems and processing "for most regions." By the...
Telegram has created the first service for its future TON (Telegram Open Network) platform and tested it in closed mode, two people close to the company told Vedomosti.
The company’s innovation - Telegram Passport will make it possible to identify Telegram users - all necessary documents and data will need...
Some of the newest and most advanced military hardware possessed by Russia including a hypersonic missile and a robo-tank was showcased on Wednesday at the traditional Victory Day Parade commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany, Business Insider reported.
Thousands of servicemen and women took part in the annual display of military...
Russia’s S7 is among a few air carriers in the world to start implementing blockchain technology, Vedomosti reports, citing a manager in a big European aviation company and an employer of International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Russian office.
In July 2017, the S7 Group together with Alfa-Bank carried out the first...
American video game developer and publisher Daybreak is now saying that it has never had any affiliation with Columbus Nova, a Russian investment firm owned by billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury earlier this month, Motherboard reports.
Back in 2015, the former Sony Online Entertainment announced it was...
Several Moscow private security companies have added a new service to their portfolio, offering protection services for offline cryptocurrency traders, Bitcoin.com reported.
The traders often close deals involving cryptocurrency transfers via mobile, cash transfers or hard wallets on the streets. In some instances, traders have lost fiat or virtual funds when...
Social media giants such as Facebook and Google will have to decisively step up their efforts to tackle the spread of fake news online in six months or potentially face further regulation from the European Union, a new law proposed in Brussels suggests.
According to the document proposed by the European...
A satellite communication system for highly elliptical orbits (VEO) worth 62 billion rubles ($1 billion) is planned by the Russian government as part of the program for covering the entire territory of the Arctic, Russia’s communications minister Nikolai Nikiforov has said.
The Minister made the statement at a meeting of...
After Russia’s telecommunications watchdog blocked Google IP addresses in an attempt to ban access to messaging service Telegram, Russian analysts say the worst-case scenario for Russia would be if Google decided to stop operating in the country.
The Roskomnadzor agency blocked Telegram last week after the messaging service refused to...
