Saturday, April 27, 2024
Russia’s Association of Computer and Information Technology (APKiT) has appealed to the authorities to suspend work on a bill to have a single provider of TV content on the internet, Kommersant reports. In a letter to the head of the State Duma’s Committee on Information Policy and the deputy Prime Minister,...
The Ministry of Digital Development has developed a draft decree of the President of the Russian Federation, in which it proposed to start issuing electronic passports to citizens in Moscow from December 1, 2021. For the rest of the Russians, this opportunity will appear "as soon as they are...
Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos, who is the richest woman in Africa according to Forbes, believes that Russia has great potential in high technology and plans to invest in those sectors, she said in an interview with TASS. Dos Santos, daughter of former Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, spoke about...
The two-day naval phase of the AMAN-2021 drill off the coast of Pakistan has finished. The event brings together 45 nations, including three with the largest navies, the US, China, and Russia, RT reported. During this week’s maneuvers, fleets trained to work together during anti-piracy actions, performed on-the-go supply missions,...
Individuals and companies are increasingly trying to smuggle technology related to weapons and spy equipment out of the United States, The New York Times reports. According to the newspaper, the rate of recent attempts to ship those technologies to foreign adversaries, surpass similar attempts in the Cold War-era. In a recent case, a...
Binance has further expanded its services for the Russian currency, by adding ruble pairs for its peer-to-peer trading platform, Cointelegraph reported. The platform is available via Binance’s mobile app for iOS and Android. Users can now buy and sell Tether (USDT), Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Binance Coin (BNB) for rubles through...
A plant which Russian aluminum giant Rusal had to close as a result of U.S. sanctions will be used by another company as a hub for bitcoin mining, RBC reports. The Nadvoitsy Aluminum Plant in Russia’s northern Karelia region stopped production last summer after it lost access to American customers following...
A new law that allows Russian authorities to theoretically isolate the country from parts of the global internet has come into force on Friday, The Moscow Times reports. The government says the law aims to keep the Russian network functioning smoothly in the event of a crisis or external attack....
American tech giant Oracle has tightened the terms for providing products and services to Russian customers from the oil and gas industry included in the U.S. sanctions list, Kommersant reports. Since January 29, Oracle has ceased new transactions with the oil and gas companies and banned extensions, modifications and renewals of...
Despite a regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrency in China, companies that produce and sell Bitcoin mining equipment have had success with foreign customers, mostly coming from Russia and India, The South China Morning Post reports. For three days, “Alex”, a 38-year-old businessman from Russia, combed central Shenzhen looking for China’s...