Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has placed stringent limits on the freedom of movement in Russia’s capital to stem the tide of the COVID-19 pandemic. To model what would have happened if he had not taken those measures and what could happen now that he has, we turned to Moscow State University Associate Professor Mikhail Tamm. The …
Dymka the cat from Russia’s Siberian city of Novosibirsk tragically got all four paws and tail frostbitten and was rushed to a veterinarian clinic. Doctors knew they had to amputate all the damaged limbs – and usually stray animals are put down in such circumstances. However, local vet Sergei Gorshkov is not one to give …
Since we started our search engine in 1997, we’ve sought to connect people with the information most relevant to them. Over the years, we’ve updated Yandex Search with smart features and more informative results, making it as easy as possible for our users to navigate the mass of information that is the internet. Today, we’re …
Yandex introduces Vega, its latest intelligent search update Read More
Sberbank and its SberCloud subsidiary have put the Christofari supercomputer into commercial operations, making it available to the company’s corporate customers on December 12, 2019. “We believe our mission is to make supercomputing and development of AI-based solutions available to any company, no matter the size, industry, or location. Only the largest corporations were able …
Sberbank and SberCloud launch Russia’s fastest supercomputer Read More
Skolkovo, a major international tech hub on the outskirts of Moscow, is planning to launch a center for innovations and IoT in healthcare in the fall of 2019. The center will focus on pivotal issues like reducing mortality rates, combating cancer and chronic diseases, and bringing digital technologies in healthcare in Russia. The priority goal …
Skolkovo teams up with global companies to launch healthcare innovation center Read More
As Yandex’s autonomous car has entered an active experimental phase in Russia, Israel and the USA, two Russian companies – PC Transport Systems and Cognitive Technologies – are developing jointly a fully autonomous tram, reports RailTech.com. The self-driving vehicle is equipped with “an AI-based computer vision system, up to 20 video cameras located around the …
Mail.ru Group, the LSE-listed Russian Internet giant, and VEB Innovations, a venture fund launched by Vnesheconombank in 2011 to support innovative projects, have registered a joint venture in the field of computer technologies. The new entity, “Razvitaya.ru LLC” is listed in official registries as a company providing, in particular, “consulting” and “works” related to “computer technologies.” The …
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In what could be a world’s first, Azbuka Vkusa, a major grocery chain with more than 170 outlets across Russia, and its partner Sberbank, the state-owned banking giant, have launched what they call a “perfect fingerprint payment service.” The service is not entirely new: so far, the chain’s customers could use fingerprints to pay from …
In Russian supermarkets, consumers can settle purchases with their fingerprint Read More
Nearly one year after Yandex launched its AI-driven voice assistant Alice, two other major players are preparing to release their own intelligent assistants. Competition is coming from Yandex’s archrival Mail.Ru Group, which is reportedly developing a concept combining a voice assistant and a smart speaker. Dubbed ‘Marusya,’ this product is being designed for potential integration …
‘Alice,’ ‘Marusya,’ ‘Oleg:’ Voice assistants and smart speakers take off in Russia Read More
A Russian court dedicated to intellectual property cases has successfully tested a blockchain network for storing copyright data. The technology was reportedly used for the first time in the judicial area in Russia, major Russian news agency TASS wrote Monday, Dec. 3. According to TASS, the court recorded a change in a group of right holders, using a blockchain solution provided …
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Sberbank, Russia’s largest banking institution, and Interros Group, a Moscow-based private equity firm, have carried out an over-the-counter OTC foreign exchange repurchase agreement (repo) transaction employing smart contracts on a blockchain, Reuters Russia reported last week. Head of global markets department and vice president at Sberbank, Andrei Shemetov, informed Reuters that the transaction is real, legally binding, and has been “concluded in electronic format using a …
Sberbank and Interros Group conclude blockchain-based forex repo deal Read More
On Dec. 14-16, Moscow will play host to A!One World, a three-day event dedicated to artificial intelligence and its applications in five industries: finance, retail, medicine, energy and agriculture. Topical sessions will also cover the automotive sector, creative industries, marketing and advertising, as well as AI practice and prospects in physics, space, geology and ecology …
