Neowin News Feed for: Moscow

Robot breaks seven-year-old's finger during chess match

Usama Jawad — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 15:44:01 +0000

A robot recently broke the finger of a seven-year-old during a chess tournament in Russia. The machine practically pounced on the child's finger and grabbed it with force, proceeding to break it. Read more...

A rap song becomes the most disliked Russian YouTube video to date

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 14:44:01 +0000

The music video for the song "Moscow" by the artists Timati and Guf amassed over 1.4 million dislikes on the video-streaming platform within a period of three days before being taken down. Read more...

Tesla vehicle explodes on Russian highway after truck smash, was possibly on Autopilot

Paul Hill — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 13:44:01 +0000

A Tesla vehicle burst into flames and exploded over the weekend after it crashed into a tow truck along Moscow MKAD highway. The vehicle was believed to be using Autopilot at the time of the crash. Read more...

A Russian man died while enjoying virtual reality

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 23 Dec 2017 22:14:01 +0000

In what is the first VR-related death, a 44-year old man from Moscow was found dead this week as he crashed into a glass table and suffered fatal wounds while donning a virtual reality headset. Read more...

Moscow dumps Microsoft software, as Putin calls for reduced reliance on foreign tech

Andy Weir — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 19:02:01 +0000

Moscow is removing Outlook and Exchange Server from 6,000 systems - and hints at plans to remove Windows and Office from up to 600,000 PCs and servers - as Russia focuses on domestic IT solutions. Read more...

New Russian app FindFace is nightmare fuel for privacy and human rights advocates

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 17 May 2016 09:34:01 +0000

A new app that's making the rounds in Russia allows you to reliably identify anyone on the street and connect them to their online profiles. Moscow police is ready to license the technology. Read more...

Google, Facebook and Twitter battle Russia over censorship

Vlad Dudau — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 10:14:01 +0000

The giant US internet companies Google, Facebook and Twitter are currently at odds with the Kremlin over censorship requests made by the government and ignored by the giant social networks. Read more...

Yandex becomes default WP8 search engine in Russia, Turkey

Paul Ferson — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:20:51 +0000

Russia and Turkey are receiving a different default engine to most WP8 handsets, with Yandex coming as standard on both. The partnership could help gain some control for Yandex within Turkey. Read more...

Microsoft to open Moscow based research center

Byron Hinson — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:44:51 +0000

Microsoft announced on Monday that they have signed an agreement to help open a technology center in a small Moscow province called Skolkovo. Steve Ballmer signed the agreement believed to be a memorandum of understanding... Read more...

Moscow Judge Dismisses Music Download Case

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:29:38 +0000

Just today, a Cheryomushky District Court judge in Moscow, Russia, threw out a legal case against Denis Kvasov, former head of Mediaservices, the company behind the now defunct online store AllofMP3.com. The store, which was... Read more...

Elcomsoft not guilty - DoJ retreats from Moscow

Wed, 18 Dec 2002 05:43:16 +0000

Thanks HariSeldon for posting this in our BPN section. The Russian software company which has found itself on trial in an American court was acquitted on all counts of circumventing the DMCA today. ... Read more...

AMD moves on Moscow

Mon, 11 Mar 2002 23:33:31 +0000

Chip firm Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is to open an office in Moscow. The firm quietly announced the move last week in a German press release, saying it wants to extend its reach... Read more...