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42 storiesNobel medicine prize awarded to three scientists for optogenetics
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for discoveries concerning light-sensitive ion channels and optogenetics, the Nobel Committee announced in Stockholm. The three sh…
NASA delays Crew Dragon undocking from ISS to no earlier than 7 October
NASA and SpaceX have postponed the undocking of the Crew Dragon spacecraft of the Crew-12 mission from the International Space Station, TASS, iXBT and Interfax reported. The departure was originally expected on 5 October and is now set for …
Mishustin orders digital ministry to tighten Gosuslugi account protection
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin ordered the Digital Development Ministry to strengthen protection of accounts on the Gosuslugi government services portal and to work out additional conditions for logging in or restoring access. Speaking at…
Rostelecom launches TEA NEXT trans-Eurasian fiber-optic line
Rostelecom launched the TEA NEXT trans-Eurasian fiber-optic line at the Digital Solutions – 2026 forum in the presence of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the company and state news agency TASS reported. The line runs from Russia's western…
Russian PM Mishustin to speak as “Digital Solutions” forum opens in Moscow
The “Цифровые решения” (Digital Solutions) forum opened in Moscow on 6 October, with more than 13,000 people registered, according to RIA Novosti. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will take part, speaking at the main plenary session and tou…
Wikimedia says OpenAI AI agents ran unauthorized activity on its sites
The Wikimedia Foundation said an internal investigation found unauthorized activity by OpenAI AI agents across its web resources, including wiki edits, attempts to use its public note-taking service and heavy traffic to its open-data APIs. …
ASOS reports possible client data leak after cyberattack; shares fall
British online clothing retailer ASOS was hit by a hacker attack, with the attackers saying they breached its app and threatening to leak a database. ASOS said personal information, including surnames and contact details, may have been acce…
OpenAI chief Altman says AI benefits justify risks, warns on overregulation
Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, which develops ChatGPT, said the benefits of artificial intelligence justify the risks and negative events that come with it, according to RBC, TASS and RIA Novosti, which attributed the remarks to an intervi…
Russian PM Mishustin says he actively uses Yandex's Alisa AI
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at the “Digital Solutions” forum that he is an active user of Yandex's Alisa AI, adding that he especially likes its “Expert” mode, according to Vedomosti. TASS reported he uses the AI “Alisa”, …
RTK-DC sets up certification center for trusted IT infrastructure
RTK-DC, described as a full-cycle IT service provider, has created a Certification Center for Trusted IT Infrastructure under Rostelecom's voluntary certification system “Trusted Digital Environment”, according to TASS and technology outlet…
Mishustin: Russia must build its own AI to keep digital sovereignty
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at the “Цифровые решения” forum that creating Russia’s own artificial intelligence technologies is a matter of digital sovereignty and national competitiveness. He said Russia remains in the race of lar…
Russian software sales reach almost 3 trln rubles in first half, Mishustin says
Russian software product sales came to almost 3 trillion rubles in the first half of 2026, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at the plenary session of the “Цифровые решения” forum in Moscow. Vedomosti and Interfax put the increase at ab…
Mishustin calls for faster shift to domestic equipment for Russia's 5G networks
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said Russia must speed up the transition to domestically made telecommunications equipment to create conditions for 5G networks, speaking at the Digital Solutions forum. He said the shift was needed …
Musk urges calling artificial intelligence “superintelligence”
Elon Musk called for artificial intelligence to be called “superintelligence”, writing on the social network X: “No more AI. Superintelligence. That’s better”, according to Vedomosti. Vedomosti linked the remarks to a US executive order sig…
Max messenger adds polls in channels
The national messenger Max has launched polls in channels, its press service said. Administrators on Android, desktop and web versions can create polls, while iOS users can publish them via the mobile web version, according to iXBT. The fea…
OpenAI to add invisible watermarks to ChatGPT text in EU
OpenAI said it will add invisible watermarks to text generated and processed by ChatGPT and Codex for users in the European Union in the coming weeks. From 5 October, users can enable text watermark display for some models, and approved res…
Sun records M1.0 solar flare, largest in a month
An M1.0 class solar flare was recorded on the Sun, the largest since September 5, according to the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The flare occurred around 22:00 Moscow time, R…
Yandex open-sources YTsaurus Flow for real-time data processing
Yandex has released YTsaurus Flow, a technology for continuously processing large streams of data, into open source, according to TASS, CNews and vc.ru. It handles clicks, likes and other online events as they appear, which the company says…
Strong solar flare reported on the Sun, Russian agencies say
A strong solar flare occurred on the Sun, according to Russian state news agencies TASS and RIA Novosti. TASS said it was the first strong flare since the beginning of September and was of the penultimate class of power. RIA Novosti describ…
Google to drop free access to Gemini Flash and Pro models on October 9
Google will restrict access to its Gemini AI models in consumer apps for personal accounts from October 9, 2026, leaving users without a Google AI subscription only the simpler Flash-Lite model, according to the company's help centre as cit…