Forget chatbots and robo-advisors, Absa just introduced an AI-powered digital clone of award-winning journalist Fifi Peters, and it’s rewriting the rules of what’s possible…
Opera launches streaming music service in Russia
Norwegian software outfit Opera has announced the launch of a streaming music service in Russia — one of the markets where its mobile browser…
Religious hardliners request Russian Facebook ban
Things are not looking good for online freedom in Russia. First the country’s parliament approved a controversial web censorship bill and now religious hardliners…
Russian parliament approves controversial web censorship bill
The Russian parliament has approved a bill which will allow the government to shut down websites hosting content they deemed “harmful.” If signed into…
Russia’s largest social network delays IPO following Facebook jitters
The circus around Facebook’s juddery IPO has rolled into Moscow. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Russia’s largest social network Vkontakte has postponed…
