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Russia’s Medme invests in Italian connected healthcare startup

October 11, 2017

Torino-based startup Biotechware has just secured €2 million euros from MEDME Group, a Russian digital health investor targeting Western Europe. Biotechware develops hardware and software solutions to collect and transfer clinical information coming from different sources without altering the information. One of these solutions has been designed to collect and process remotely electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring …

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Next-gen ad platform aims to tap into post-ICO marketing budgets

October 14, 2017

While the rationale of many Blockchain projects might be beyond common understanding, this one aims to take advantage of a rather obvious market fact: the considerable marketing budgets which are made available after ICOs by companies to promote their project. The idea of AB-Chain, a Hong Kong-registered company with Russian roots, is to create an …

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WSJ: Russian hackers stole NSA data on US cyber defense

October 9, 2017

Hackers working for the Russian government stole details of how the US penetrates foreign computer networks and defends against cyberattacks after a National Security Agency contractor removed the highly classified material and put it on his home computer. The news was reported this past Thursday by the Wall Street Journal, which cited “multiple people with …

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Russian Miner Coin raises $43 million in ICO to challenge China in bitcoin mining

November 22, 2017

In late September Russian Miner Coin (RMC) raised the equivalent of $43 million through an ICO to create a “next-gen ecosystem for miners and investors,” challenging China in this field. This impressive amount set a new record in the Eastern European ICO scene; however, it is well below the company’s initial $100 million target. Asked about the consequences …

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New Blockchain project seeks to leverage unused SMS in a $70 billion market

October 4, 2017

The creativity of Blockchain entrepreneurs seems to have no limits, but this application is about good old SMS. Many of us have a text-messaging bundle included in their mobile subscription plan, sometimes with an unlimited number of messages. This makes plenty of unused SMS, which we usually don’t even pay attention to. Canopus Technology Ltd., a …

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Skoltech president awarded France’s National Order of Merit

October 2, 2017

Professor Alexander Kuleshov, president of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), has been made an officer of France’s Ordre national du Mérite (National Order of Merit). Kuleshov was presented with the order of merit at Skoltech on Wednesday evening by Marie-Hélène Bérard, president of a French investment bank and a former advisor to …

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Why Yandex still beats Google in Russia

October 11, 2017

Last week Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian search giant and Google’s archrival on the Russian market, celebrated its 20th anniversary. Why is it so popular among Russians? Yandex is more than a company; it’s a matter of national pride. Russians like to wear clothing by major international and American brands, but when it comes to online services, they go local. In …

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Russian Internet regulator threatens to block Facebook for non-compliance with personal data storage law

September 27, 2017

Will Facebook be banned in Russia? This might happen next year, warned Roskomnadzor’s head Alexander Zharov yesterday, should the social network still fail to comply with the local legislation on personal data storage. “The law is mandatory for everyone. Either we will [have it] applied or the company will stop operating in Russia,” the RIA …

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Russian 3D printer builds houses in 24 hours, attracts $6 million for international expansion

September 26, 2017

Last week Rusnano Sistema Sicar, a Russian private equity fund, announced that it will invest $6 million in Apis Cor, a startup originated from Siberia which has designed a 3D printing technology for the construction industry. The Apis Cor 3D printer is a mobile robot is a mobile robot capable of constructing buildings using fine-grained fibre concrete with special additives. It can build …

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Russian technologies shine at SLUSH Singapore

September 27, 2017

Oz Forensics, a Russian startup developing a cutting-edge document management solution and a graduate of the GenerationS-2016 startup accelerator, has made it to the finale of the competition of this year’s edition of SLUSH Singapore. This top-tier international startup competition is being held as part of the Singapore Week of Innovation & Technology (SWITCH 2017). …

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This app lets you buy more than 200 cryptocurrencies with a bank card

October 6, 2017

Cryptocurrencies aficionados have a variety of options to buy, store and sell their digital assets – but such operations become complicated when dealing with several currencies. There is now an app to address this issue. It has just been launched by Indacoin, a UK-based company backed by Russian business angels Stanislav Kosorukov, Sergey Merkukov and Alexey …

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