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How Yandex plans to expand its autonomous robot delivery service

April 21, 2021

The COVID-19 health crisis in much of the U.S. seems likely to hasten the adoption of self-guided robots and drones for goods transportation. They require disinfection, which companies like Kiwibot, Starship Technologies, and Postmates are conducting manually with sanitation teams. But in some cases, delivery rovers like Refraction’s could minimize the risk of spreading disease. Recent market reports from Allied Market …

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My.Games invests in Dutch Espresso Publishing to boost hypercasual games

April 6, 2021

My.Games, a branch of LSE-listed Mail.ru Group, has invested in Espresso Publishing to boost its hypercasual games business. Espresso Publishing creates hypercasual mobile games, which are short but viral and can last a minute or less. The company is based in Amsterdam and headed by Zahar Serebryannikov. My.Games is taking a minority stake in the publisher, with an option …

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Abramovich fund invests in UK video advertising startup

June 19, 2019

LoopMe, a digital advertising firm that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize mobile video advertising, has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Impulse VC and Harbert European Growth Capital. Holzbrinck Ventures and Open Ocean Capital laso participated in the round, reports VentureBeat. Founded out of London in 2012, LoopMe unifies all the popular …

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Hackers break into Telegram, revealing 15 million users’ phone numbers

August 3, 2016

Iranian hackers have compromised more than a dozen accounts on the Telegram instant messaging service and identified the phone numbers of 15 million Iranian users, the largest known breach of the encrypted communications system, cyber researchers told Reuters. The attacks, which took place this year and have not been previously reported, jeopardized the communications of …

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After 10 million downloads on iOS, Prisma now lets Android users turn their photos into works of art

October 3, 2016

What should a startup do when it find itself sitting on one of the hit apps of the year? Make it available to more people, of course. And that’s exactly what the Russian team behind the much-hyped Prisma has done with the Android launch over the weekend of an app that had been restricted to iOS for the past six …

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Findo raises $4 million to solve your ‘infobesity’ headache with A.I. and a smart search assistant

April 14, 2017

Findo, an artificial intelligence (A.I.) startup that’s setting out to help people find information buried in documents, files, email attachments, and more, has announced a $3 million funding round from Flint Capital, a fund with Russian roots, with an additional $1 million expected from a handful of “well-known” Silicon Valley angel investors. The news comes …

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Russian startup Blackmoon launches online lending platform in the U.S.

July 5, 2016

A Russian startup is launching in the U.S. this week to target the lucrative online lending market. Blackmoon launched initially in Russia last June, and has since rolled out into Poland, Latvia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, and Finland. Today, it opens its New York office and will begin the process of integrating with lenders in the …

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Findo raises $3 million to help you find files and documents through natural language queries

April 14, 2017

A new artificial intelligence (AI) startup has raised $3 million and launched its first product to help people find information buried in documents, files, email attachments, and more. Christened Findo, this startup is the brainchild of David Yang, a prominent tech entrepreneur with a Russian background, and Gary Fowler, a US startup entrepreneur and mentor who has introduced many Eastern …

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Google loses anti-monopoly appeal in Russia over ‘obligatory’ pre-installation of Android apps

March 15, 2016

Google has been dealt a blow in its ongoing battle with European regulators — the Internet giant has lost its anti-monopoly appeal in Russia. The Moscow Arbitration court has upheld a previous ruling from the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) that found Google had abused its dominant market position and broken anti-competition legislation. The crux of the complaint …

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Ubisoft opens Moscow office to serve growing Russian gaming community

October 2, 2014

Everyone knows that people make vodka is Russia, but now they also make Ubisoft games in that country as well. The publisher is opening a new office in Moscow. This new wing of the giant game-making corporation will serve as an outpost to provide region-specific support for Ubisoft’s games in the growing Russian market. It also plans to …

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Mail.ru Group adds its own MyGames mobile game division with four new titles coming

March 20, 2014

Russian Internet giant Mail.Ru Group is moving into games. The company’s My.com division announced it has created a MyGames division with four new games coming. MyGames’ expansion is a sign of the growing attraction of the game business for international tech companies as mobile gaming takes off and becomes what MyGames calls “commutainment,” or a …

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