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Russia set to launch to Wikipedia rival Ruwiki
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Russia set to launch to Wikipedia rival Ruwiki

The Russian version of the well-known Wikipedia online encyclopedia, Ruwiki, is scheduled to be live on Monday, according to Russian media. According to the daily Kommersant, beta testing, or testing the website with a smaller audience, began in the middle of 2023, and there are supposedly more entries on Ruwiki than in the Russian-language section […]

Russia fines Zoom $1.18m for operating without office
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Russia fines Zoom $1.18m for operating without office

A Russian court fined Zoom Video Communications 115 million roubles ($1.18 million) on Tuesday for operating without setting up a local office, the RIA news agency reported. Moscow and global technology businesses have been at odds over content, censorship, data, and local representation in a long-running confrontation that erupted in February 2022 after Russia pushed […]

Russia to block VPN next year
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Russia to block VPN next year

A Russian lawmaker for the ruling United Russia party announced on Tuesday that Russia’s communications watchdog intends to prohibit Virtual Private Networks as of March 1 of next year. After President Vladimir Putin ordered soldiers into Ukraine in February 2022, Russia censored access to some Western social media, driving up demand for VPN services. On […]

US drops lawsuit against Binance
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Binance exits Russia amid war with Ukraine

Binance announced on Wednesday that it will sell its operations in Russia to the recently created exchange CommEX. The crypto platform became the latest company to leave Moscow since Russia started its conflict with Ukraine. The largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, Binance, withheld the deal’s financial information. According to the corporation, neither a revenue […]

UK, South Korea warn against cyberattacks from North Korea
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Ukraine accuses Russia of cyberattacks

Ukraine has disclosed that the computer systems of her law enforcement organisations’ are being attacked by Russian hackers. Ukraine’s head of cyber defence told Reuters on Friday that this is being done in an effort to locate and collect data relating to alleged Russian war crimes. According to Yurii Shchyhol, head of the State Service […]

Sale of China iPhone plunge as Huawei's popularity rises
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Russia targeting journalists devices with spyware – Apple

Electronics giant, Apple has disclosed that Russia is targeting journalists who use Apple product with a spyware Pegasus. In recent years, the spyware has targeted scores of journalists, activists, and politicians. Timchenko, the founder of the independent media outlet Meduza, was later identified as a target of the “zero-click” spyware Pegasus, according to tech and […]

Tinder explores redesign, features to boost engagement
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Russian court fines Tinder over refusal to localize user data

The Match Group, the parent company of dating app Tinder and the live streaming service Twitch, has been fined by the Russian Justice on Monday for refusing to locate the servers containing the personal information of Russian users in Russia. According to judicial sources, Justice of the Peace Timur Vajrameyev of Moscow’s 422nd District penalized […]

Russian tech billionaire Volozh begs EU to lift sanctions
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Russian tech billionaire Volozh begs EU to lift sanctions

A Russian tech billionaire, Arkady Volozh, has officially requested the lifting of sanctions after denouncing Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The Russian oligarch demanded that the EU ease its sanctions against him after denouncing Putin’s war. Days after calling the battle “barbaric,” Arkady Volozh made the call, according to the Financial Times. The tech billionaire […]

Russian Luna-25 spacecraft collides with the moon
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Russian Luna-25 spacecraft collides with the moon

Russia has reported the Luna-25 spacecraft that had been launched earlier this month has collided with the moon. “The apparatus moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the moon,” Roscosmos said in a statement on Sunday. The autonomous robot lander fell after spinning […]

Reddit unveils new privacy feature, gives users control over profile
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Russia fines Reddit for failing to remove banned content

Russia on Tuesday penalised social media platform Reddit for the first time for failing to remove “banned content.” According to RIA report on Tuesday, citing a Moscow court, it claimed the platform failed to take down “fake” information regarding Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine. Reddit joins a group of websites, including Google, Twitch, and Wikimedia, […]

Russian scientists target history ice discovery on moon
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Russian scientists target history ice discovery on moon

Russian scientists hope to make history by performing the first soft landing on the lunar south pole, which is believed to have pockets of water ice. The scientists disclosed that the scientific equipment onboard the unmanned Russian spacecraft Luna-25 has been turned on, and the initial data is now being processed. “Luna-25 continues its flight […]

Russia to launch first moon rocket in 57 years
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Russia to launch first moon rocket in 57 years

Russia is poised to reignite its lunar ambitions with the imminent launch of its first lunar landing spacecraft in nearly five decades. The nation’s eyes are set on claiming the glory of being the first to softly touch down on the moon’s south pole, a potentially historic feat that could unveil substantial water ice deposits. […]