Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Authorities in the Irkutsk region proposed to develop and approve electricity tariffs for cryptocurrency miners. The authors of the initiative were representatives of the regional association of employers "Partnership of Producers and Entrepreneurs", TASS reported. "The proposal is to the tariff services of the Irkutsk region with the involvement of the...
According to TASS estimations, the number of Russian space launches in 2021 will surpass that in 2020. Thus, Roscosmos, Russia's governmental space enterprise, launched 17 spacecraft from four spaceports: Baikonur, Plesetsk, Vostrochy, and Kourou. The Progress MS-18 cargo spacecraft was launched for the 18th time in 2021 on Thursday. Three launches...
The Rostec Structures’s  AYYA T1 smartphone is currently available for purchase at M.Video and Eldorado shops. Customers will pay 19,000 rubles for the state corporation's gadget, Vedomosti writes. AYYA T1 is a Smartecosystem firm development that is part of the Rostec Research Institute "Scale." The smartphone is powered by an...
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...
Alexei Bogdanov, Chief Designer of the Android Technics Research and Production Association and Head of the Marker Project Lab, told TASS on Wednesday that the Marker robotic platform is capable of simultaneously attacking targets with multiple kinds of weaponry. "The Marker employs a novel drive solution in which an optoelectronic...
The signing of the code of ethics in artificial intelligence (CESII) is set for October 26 as part of the first international event "Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: The Beginning of Trust." It is planned to include representatives from the Russian Federation's Presidential Administration and the federal government, as well...
According to Maria Pogrebets, spokesperson for the Drom auto site, sales of new electric cars in Russia climbed fivefold in the first nine months of 2021 compared to the same time last year. She claims that sales of secondhand electric cars surged by 58% over the same time period,...
Russian schools are demonstrating an interest in IT tools that might help avoid student shootings. The NtechLab business has begun testing a device in Samara aimed at identifying persons brandishing weapons approaching schools. According to Kommersant, the technology is intended to detect possible shooters and notify authorities. According to Gleb...
The number of DDoS assaults on Russian businesses increased 2.5-fold in the first three quarters of this year compared to the same period last year. Furthermore, specialists informed Izvestia that as the number of assaults has increased, so has their average strength. The number of DDoS assaults will continue...
Yulia Peresild, one of Russia's most famous  actresses, and film director Klim Shipenko returned to Earth  after spending 12 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS) filming the first space film in an attempt to beat the US. The storyline and budget of "The Challenge" have mostly remained unknown. It follows a...