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ForkLog 19 10.09.2024

Yandex’s Cryptocurrency Ad Ban Sparks Surge in Scams

At the end of August, Yandex banned advertisements for nearly all crypto services on its platform, leading to a surge in fraudulent activities. This was highlighted by experts from the AML service BitOK. Now, any search query containing the word “cryptocurrency” results in numerous scam courses and signal advertisements being displayed. The disappearance of Russian […]

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ForkLog 20 18.08.2024

Yandex Prohibits Cryptocurrency and Mining Advertisements

Yandex has updated its advertising policies, banning the promotion of digital assets, mining, blockchains, and cryptocurrency projects on its platform. Source: Yandex Help. According to Yandex’s rules, the following advertisements are prohibited: electronic currency exchanges, including those exclusively for cryptocurrencies; blockchains and smart contracts; mining and ICOs; earning from cryptocurrency, mining, or ICOs with details […]

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ForkLog 16 16.07.2024

Yandex’s International Arm to Focus on AI Following Russian Business Sale

Yandex’s international division will develop a cloud platform for AI after separating from its Russian business in a $5.4 billion deal. This was announced by Yandex co-founder and former CEO Arkady Volozh to Reuters. According to media reports, Yandex’s Dutch parent company, Yandex NV (YNV), sold its Russian assets for $2.8 billion and 162.5 million […]

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ForkLog 41 18.05.2022

Creators of map showing leaked Yandex.Eda customer data add leaks from GIBDD, VTB and Avito

Unknown individuals who created a map visualising leaked Yandex.Eda user data have supplemented it with a new portion of information.

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ForkLog 19 11.01.2022

Yandex to launch autonomous taxi in Moscow

In February 2022, the company Yandex will begin testing the autonomous taxi service in Moscow. The Government of the Russian Federation resolved interagency disagreements hindering the launch of autonomous transport services on Russian territory.

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ForkLog 12 09.09.2021

Yandex was hit by the largest DDoS attack in the history of the Internet.

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ForkLog 41 27.12.2015

Yandex Technology Distribution Executive Praises the Blockchain Technology

Speaking at conference Feedback on December 23, Grigori Bakunov, technology distribution executive at Yandex, introduced several possible major technological trends for the forthcoming years. Among other things, they include the blockchain technology, the internet of things, and artificial intelligence. Explaining his views on smart objects and bitcoin, Bakunov said: “Thank god, people realized bitcoin was […]

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ForkLog 39 09.10.2015

Yandex May Integrate Bitcoin Insofar As It Is Regulated

The biggest Russian search engine Yandex, which acts as a local counterpart to Google within the CIS, and successfully outruns the worldwide giant across much of the former USSR, is interested in integration of bitcoin into its own payment system Yandex.Money in order to allow merchants deal with cryptocurrencies. This was announced at FinTech forum […]

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