The Moscow Metro launched the world's first ticket payment system based on face recognition technology on Friday, according to officials.
The "Face Pay" cashless, cardless, and phoneless system has been installed at unique turnstiles across the Russian capital's more than 240 metro stations, Moscow Times writes.
"Passengers will not need a...
Russia’s tech conglomerate Yandex has launched its new intelligent public cloud platform, Yandex.Cloud, which according to the company will “enable companies to develop and support web apps and services using Yandex’s advanced technologies and infrastructure.”
According to Lenta.ru, the company said it aims to establish competition to similar services by global...
Scientists at Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) have discovered a method for the synthesis of fuel oxide compositions for high-temperature gas-cooled reactors, making them safe in the event of an accident and synthesizing hydrogen left in them, said Alexander Karengin, associate professor of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Department at TPU's Nuclear...
The U.S. Coast Guard is “seriously underfunded” and lacks the heavy icebreaker fleet that Russia and possibly China might deploy to dominate polar sea lanes, Democratic Congressman from California John Garamendi told the U.S. state’s maritime executives, according to the American Journal of Transportation.
The Coast Guard has only one...
According to RBC, the Ministry of Economic Development has created a proposal government decree, as part of a research on the use of telemedicine technologies, to allow doctors to completely provide services remotely, including making a diagnosis, without requiring a mandatory visit to a doctor. An official from the...
A nuclear-powered ice breaker Russia says is the world’s largest and most powerful set off on Tuesday on a two-week journey to the Arctic as part of Moscow’s efforts to tap the region’s commercial potential, Reuters reported.
Known as “Arktika,” the nuclear icebreaker left St. Petersburg and is headed for...
According to the "Strategy for the Development of the Russian Financial Market until 2030," developed by the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank in collaboration with federal authorities, business representatives, and the scientific community, the digital ruble will be launched in Russia until 2030, Vedomosti writes.
"One of the...
Russia’s largest mobile network operator, MTS, has teamed up with Chinese tech giant Huawei for a 5G pilot scheme in Moscow, RT reports.
The pilot project also covers the island town on Kronshtadt near St Petersburg, where for the first time the super-fast network will cover almost the entire town,...
A Progress MS-16 cargo spaceship has been launched into orbit with the aim to deliver an additional nitrogen supply to the International Space Station (ISS) for oxygen regeneration and a repair kit to seal the air leak aboard the orbital outpost, TASS reports.
The Progress MS-16 has blasted off atop...
Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska has called U.S. accusations against Russia an “example of manipulation of public opinion”. In an article published in the American edition of conservative outlet The Daily Caller, Deripaska said “a Russian narrative" is used by a small number of people in Washington.
"The ever-changing ‘Russian narrative’...
