Early this morning, an alarm went off in the Zvezda module of the Russian segment of the International Space Station and woke up the Russian cosmonauts. This was reported by the press service of Roscosmos. The smoke detector was triggered at 04:55 Moscow time when the batteries were being recharged automatically. According to Roskosmos, in […]
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Face Pay for payment by “face” in the Moscow metro: more than 15 thousand passengers on 4 lines
The Department of Transport and Development of Road and Transport Infrastructure of Moscow told how a pilot project on payment of travel by “face” Face Pay with the participation of passengers is developing. The details were shared by the head of the department Maxim Liksutov. At the moment, 15 thousand passengers are already participating in […]
UAZ showed electric “Hunter” in Russia
The Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant, in honor of its 80th anniversary, demonstrated to the Russian public a “unique SUV” – an electric version of the “Hunter”. It is interesting that this is not a production model, but a prototype built by the Czech company MW Motors on the units of the serial Hunter. In Europe, a […]
Mail was launched on VKontakte – a short address, customizable backgrounds and mailing list management
The VKontakte team announced the launch of a new service in the social network ecosystem. The launch of VK Mail is timed to coincide with the beginning of the school year. Users can get a mailing address with a short domain @ vk.com. As the developers note, VK Mail is a service for exchanging letters […]
Anti-monopoly experts in Russia issued a warning to Apple
The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) issued a warning to Apple because the company prohibits software developers from informing buyers of applications in the App Store about alternative payment methods. As the department notes, the FAS received applications from users of devices based on iOS and application developers in this regard. Applicants note that […]
Budget long-liver Samsung Galaxy A03s arrived in Russia
Samsung Electronics has started selling a new smartphone Samsung Galaxy A03s in Russia. It debuted in India a couple of weeks ago, and is now available for Russian users. Although the Russian Samsung website has only a description of the Galaxy A03s and no prices, sales have already begun at quite official retailers. For example, […]
VKontakte turns off free background listening
The VKontakte social network team announced important changes for those users who are used to listening to music from the social network. Starting August 30, background listening will not be possible without a paid subscription. True, the cost of a VK Combo subscription will drop to 75 rubles per month. At the same time, offline […]
Booking.com was fined 1.3 billion rubles in Russia
The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) fined the administration of the popular Booking.com service 1.3 billion rubles for abuse of its dominant position in the market. In December 2020, the FAS Russia completed its consideration of the antitrust case against Booking.com, and so far the company has not complied with the order to eliminate […]
Maglev trains are being tested in Russia
State Corporation Roscosmos announced an interesting achievement of its “daughter” – the Russian MIT (Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering). On August 26, 2021, MIT began running trials of a monorail transport system – a train moving using maglev technology (the so-called maglev technology – the principle of a magnetic cushion). It is noted that the […]
WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter fined 36 million rubles in Russia
Today in Russia, WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter were fined a total of 36 million rubles for violating the law on the localization of data of Russian users. This was reported by the press service of Roskomnadzor. On August 26, 2021, the Tagansky District Court of Moscow considered the administrative protocols drawn up by Roskomnadzor regarding […]
