Banks, power stations and cryptocurrency exchanges are the most likely targets for hacking in the near future, the cybersecurity company Group-IB said Tuesday, presenting its Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2017 report at a conference. Ilya Sachkov, CEO of Group...
When Vitalik Buterin, founder of the Ethereum blockchain platform, was about six years old, he already knew the value of Pi to about 30 digits. “Here people teach children to memorise Pushkin poems; I learned 3.14159265359… ” the 23-year...
If you’re stuck for ideas of where to go on holiday this summer, how about visiting a mythical world you once saw in a dream? Or how about spending some time on Mars? If you’re looking for something more earthly but can’t face a long-haul...
The occasions when it’s justifiable to trot out the well-worn opening lines of Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” (“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”) are few and far between, but their...
Skolkovo’s resident cybercrime sleuths Group-IB have helped Russia’s Interior Ministry catch a gang of hackers suspected of using a Trojan virus to steal money from more than one million bank accounts via mobile banking apps, the ministry said Monday...
Countries across the globe are scrambling to learn lessons from last week’s global cyberattack, and Russia is no exception. Cybersecurity experts hope that the publicity from the ransomware attack may have a positive outcome by making individuals and...
Pekka Viljakainen describes himself as a “Finnish stallion.” His other nickname is “The Bulldozer.” In his mission to instill a culture of entrepreneurship in Russia and transform its economy, the indefatigable Finnish businessman has...
The Skolkovo Foundation will spend the next few years focusing on developing tech entrepreneurship in Russia’s regions, the foundation’s chairman of the board told a meeting of its scientific advisory council on Tuesday. Nobel prize winners...
“Will robots take over?” and “Will robots take our jobs?” are the most frequent robot predictions searched for on Google. The internet, alas, does not always have accurate answers. But if anyone knows what the future holds in store for...
There was a distinct feeling of déjà vu at the second InSpace forum held in Moscow on Friday, where one year after the original event , the main players in Russia’s space industry pondered the same existential questions that had dominated...
For any Russian company with international aspirations, the Asian markets are the modern Klondike - and not just because strained relations with the West have made it more difficult for some Russian enterprises to do business there. Asia will be the future...
This year’s Open Innovations Startup Tour , the Skolkovo Foundation’s annual roving quest for talented tech startups across Russia and neighbouring countries, began Monday in the northern city of Yakutsk, just a few hundred kilometres below the...
Hackers may be associated around the world with Russia above any other country, thanks to news reports that often describe cybercriminals as Russian, and to accusations this year that Russian hackers were behind attacks on the U.S. Democratic National Committee...
An armada of Skolkovo startups will head to Helsinki next week for Slush , one of the biggest events in Europe for tech entrepreneurs. Slush attracts thousands of tech entrepreneurs and investors from around the world. Photo: Affe Tavasti / Slush. ...
Russia marked a milestone Wednesday with its first large-scale event for women in technology, aimed at supporting female professionals working in spheres where they are distinctly outnumbered by men, such as IT. Tatyana Arkharova (right), head of the...
Scientists and tech entrepreneurs from across Russia who are anxious to protect their inventions gathered at the Skolkovo innovation centre this week for an intensive Patenting School aimed at providing participants with all the information they need to register...
Для резидентов и представителей Фонда «Сколково» стартовал традиционный «осенний марафон» кибербезопасности. В сентябре они стали участниками двух главных конференциях по теме ИБ. На октябрь намечена масштабная конференция резидента...
Первые в истории международные спортивные соревнования людей, использующих высокотехнологичные ассистивные устройства, пройдут в Цюрихе 8 октября текущего года. Россию на соревнованиях Кибатлон ( Cybathlon ) представит сборная команда из шести молодых компаний...
Современные технологии способны кардинально менять качество жизни людей. Простой пример: всего несколько лет назад человек, потерявший руку или ногу, вынужден был менять образ жизни и привычки, смиряться с отсутствием многих возможностей. Сегодня такой человек...
Even before Pokemon GO fever struck the world, 2016 had already been dubbed the year of virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) by tech-watchers due to the number of new devices hitting the market this year. Then Nintendo’s Pokemon-themed AR game took the...
For three days this week, Skolkovo will be transformed into an international centre of industrial design, promise the organisers of an event aimed at helping tech startups to use design as a tool to commercialize their projects. The idea for the Days...
В Сколково завершилась конференция Startup Village, собравшая 20 тысяч человек из 27 стран. В мероприятии приняли участие представители власти, первые лица крупных компаний, ученые, эксперты. Но главными героями двух дней стали стартапы — они представляли...
A presentation of Elon Musk’s headline-grabbing vacuum train, a drone race and business leadership tips from a Shaolin monk are among the highlights of this year’s Startup Village, the annual open-air large-scale conference for tech entrepreneurs...
Leading experts in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence from around the world gathered at the Skolkovo innovation centre on Friday for the annual Skolkovo Robotics event. The annual Skolkovo Robotics event attracted both human robot-makers...
В Сколково прошла конференция Skolkovo Robotics , где по традиции встретились роботы и люди, ими увлеченные. Энтузиазму робототехников и гостей мероприятия не помешали ни дождь, ни ветер. Конференцию и выставку посетили около полутора тысяч человек. Более 500...