[ad_1] Roskomnadzor didn’t mince words. It said the ads were “unacceptable” and that they could be treated as “interference in the sovereign affairs” of the country. There was no mention of punitive action, however. We’ve asked Facebook and Google for comment. Google, however, has agreed to remove ads before and has said it honors local […]
Category: Russia
NYU report lists likely social media disinformation tactics for 2020
[ad_1] The report largely rehashes how fake news has evolved in the aftermath of 2016, to something as likely to spread on Instagram or Whatsapp as on Facebook, or as likely to come from domestic actors as from Russia. “Disinformation poses a major threat to the U.S. presidential election in 2020, with the potential to […]
US officials brace for ransomware attacks against election systems
[ad_1] The prep includes education and recommendations as well as more immediate checks like remote penetration testing and vulnerability scans. It won’t, however, involve advice on whether or not state governments should pay ransoms. Homeland Security wants systems to be sufficiently airtight that they aren’t forced to make that choice, an unnamed official told Reuters. […]
Russia tests new Soyuz rocket by sending a humanoid robot to the ISS
[ad_1] Fyodor blasted off with 1,450 pounds of supplies on top of a Soyuz 2.1a rocket, which is equipped with a new digital flight control system and upgraded engines, according to Space. This test flight will help Roscosmos determine whether it’s safe enough to ferry humans, including NASA astronauts, in the future. If all goes […]
Tesla in Moscow crashes into tow truck while on Autopilot
[ad_1] Another Tesla crash might serve as a reminder that Autopilot isn’t flawless. Driver Alexi Tretyakov reported that his EV (said to be a Model 3) crashed into a parked tow truck on Moscow’s Ring Road while Autopilot was active. The owner said the August 10th incident occurred while he was driving at the speed […]
Russia demands Google stop advertising ‘illegal’ protests on YouTube
[ad_1] The company won’t have much choice but to respond. The Russian agency said it would treat continued promotion as “interference in the sovereign affairs” of the country and consider Google a “hostile influence” ostensibly bent on obstructing elections. Officials would have the “right to an adequate reaction,” Roskomnadzor said. We’ve asked Google for comment. […]
Russian rocket test explosion leads to radiation leak
[ad_1] Officials also ordered shipping in the nearby Dvina Bay region of the White Sea, near both the military facility where the explosion occurred and a nuclear submarine production facility. Rosatom’s statement didn’t say exactly what hardware was involved, but the New York Times pointed to clues that it might have been an experimental weapon. […]
Hackers broke into a contractor for Russia’s spy agency
[ad_1] The most prominent of the projects, Nautilus-S, was meant to deanonymize Tor traffic and create a database of Tor users and devices. Work started on it in 2012, and it appears to have been put into use in 2014, when Swedish researchers discovered Russian Tor nodes trying to decipher data. It’s unclear how successful […]
Watch astronauts reach space on Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary
[ad_1] The mission is a relatively routine one, but symbolizes how much spaceflight and the US space program have changed in half a century, for better or for worse. In 1969, the US and Russia were the only two countries to have sent people into space — while they’re still dominant, it’s now common for […]
Russia launches X-ray telescope to find ‘millions’ of black holes
[ad_1] Spektr-RG is expected to conduct an exceptionally detailed 6.5-year survey that could discover roughly 100,000 galaxy clusters, hundreds of thousands of active stars and about 3 million supermassive black holes. In addition to providing a more detailed map of the cosmos, it could help understand the formation of black holes, the distribution of matter […]