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Yandex joins Russian federal anti-trust case against Apple – Business & Economy

MOSCOW, January 12. /TASS/. Yandex entered into antitrust proceedings against Apple over its prohibition against application developers from informing customers about the possibility of paying for purchases outside the AppStore, the company told TASS. “We decided to participate in the process because the decision on this case can have a big impact on both users and developers. We believe that users should be able to learn about different payment methods and make in-app purchases in any way… Source link

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Russian court fines Alphabet’s Google 7.2 bln roubles

A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Paresh Dave//File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register MOSCOW, Dec 24 (Reuters) – A Moscow court on Friday said it was fining Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) 7.2 billion roubles ($98 million) for what it said was a repeated failure to delete content Russia deems illegal, the first revenue-based fine of its kind in Russia. Moscow has… Source link

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Russian businessman on U.S. sanctions list claims court win over Google – Reuters

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Google warns over 1M devices have been infected in ‘Russian hack’

Google has taken action against a major hacking operation that it thinks has infected more than 1 million devices. The tech giant is coming down hard on the so-called Glupteba botnet, suing two Russians who are allegedly behind it. It’s a notorious piece of malware known for taking control of people’s Windows PCs. Crooks can then steal people’s details and data, as well as using your machine to mine cryptocurrency. At times the vicious attack was… Source link

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Russian tech giant Yandex launches its home delivery service for food delivery via messenger robots at the University of Arizona

The Russian tech giant Yandex, in collaboration with Grubhub, has begun offering its food delivery service at the Arizona State University campus, using for the first time in the United States the state-of-the-art robots it has developed for such end, he pointed the signature through a statement. According to the company, known as ‘Russian Google’, the food will be distributed by autonomous vehicles characterized by a more functional design, greater capacity and better performance, in… Source link

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Robot mail: Russian Post teams up with Yandex to deliver parcels in Moscow

Yandex.Rover, a driverless robot for delivering hot restaurant meals, is seen at a business district in Moscow, Russia December 10, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina MOSCOW, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Self-driving robots have started delivering parcels in certain Moscow neighbourhoods after tech giant Yandex (YNDX.O) teamed up with the state-run Russian Post service, the companies said on Monday. Yandex, which operates a raft of services from online search to ride-hailing, already uses robots for food… Source link

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Google faces a fine of up to 20% of Russian revenue this month

The logo of Russia’s state communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, is reflected in a laptop screen showing Google start page. May 27, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov MOSCOW, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday it would this month seek to fine U.S. tech giant Google a percentage of its annual Russian turnover for repeatedly failing to delete content deemed illegal, Moscow’s strongest effort yet to rein in foreign tech firms. Communications regulator Roskomnadzor said Google had failed to pay… Source link

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Yandex news aggregator starts warning Russian readers which sources are ‘foreign agents’ – Meduza

Yandex’s news aggregator has started labeling content from media outlets designated as “foreign agents” in Russia. The website now displays the words “FOREIGN AGENT” next to these publications’ names, followed by a dropdown menu that contains a full legal disclosure.  There’s some dispute about whether the law actually requires Yandex to share these designations.  Spokespeople for the company told Interfax that Russia’s laws on news aggregators require Yandex to comply with… Source link

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