Tag: Russia
Tech Digest daily roundup: Russia limits Facebook access
Russia has limited access to Facebook over the platform's stance on the accounts of several Moscow-backed news outlets amid the invasion of Ukraine. Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor accused the network of "censorship" and violating "the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens". Facebook said it had refused to stop fact-checking and labelling content from state-owned news…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Zuckerberg reveals AI projects to power Metaverse
A basic virtual world created by Mark Zuckerberg in Builder Bot. Image: Meta Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled several ambitious artificial-intelligence projects, describing AI as "the key to unlocking the Metaverse". In a live-streamed demonstration, he created a basic virtual world - including an island, trees and a beach -…
Huawei to develop 5G with Russian firm MTS
Huawei Technologies has signed an agreement with Russian telecom company MTS to develop next-generation 5G networks. The deal was signed on Wednesday in Moscow, as Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin looked on. Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin in Moscow (Maxim Shipenkov/AP) China has been championing Huawei, the world’s biggest telecoms…
Tinder must provide Russian authorities with user data
Russia’s communications regulator has said that Tinder is now required to provide user data to domestic intelligence agencies. The Russian Communications Oversight Agency published a new list of online services operating in Russia that are required to provide user data on demand to Russian authorities, including the FSB security agency. Russia adopted a flurry of…
Facebook removes over 500 Russia-linked pages for ‘inauthentic behavior’
Image: PA Facebook says it has removed more than 500 Pages and accounts that originated in Russia, some of which it claims are linked to Moscow-based news agency Sputnik. The social network said it discovered two separate operations engaging in what it called “inauthentic behaviour” across Facebook and Instagram, involving…
Robot Boris turns out to be man in a £3000 robot suit!
A robot that appeared at a tech show in Russia turned out to be a man in a suit! The apparent technological marvel, named Robot Boris, was on display at the Proyektoria youth technology forum and even appeared on TV channel Russia-24 where it was seen dancing. But soon afterwards questions were raised about its…
Trends and movie releases for 2018 – including Solo: A Star Wars Story and Frozen 2!
We live in a world of forever changing trends that can define our lives way beyond our wildest expectations. Take, for example, the way that we have embraced technology and how we have adapted it to fit into our everyday lives. Who would have thought that it would now be so easy to communicate withs…
WATCH: Putin is now ruining space too
According to the TMRO Space Pod, Ukraine's space industry is on the verge of collapse. I know what you're thinking: "Ukraine has a space industry?". Turns out it does - and it is rather important, and a major manufacturer of rockets. Unfortunately, Vladimir Putin's invasion of Crimea and support for rebels in Eastern Ukraine has…
Amazingly bad-ass lazertag system launches on Kickstarter
Think you're too old for laser tag? This is going to make you want to play again. Meet iTager - a new system for the classic 12-year-old-birthday-party game, that you may better know as "Quasar" or "Laser Quest". iTager is made by a Russian company which amusingly feels the need to distance itself from Putin…
The Digest: Apple ‘failing to protect workers’… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Apple 'failing to protect Chinese factory workers' | BBC News "Poor treatment of workers in Chinese factories which make Apple products has been discovered by an undercover BBC Panorama investigation. Filming on an iPhone 6 production line showed Apple's promises to protect workers were routinely broken. It found standards on workers' hours, ID…
