Why is Russia so good at getting women into technology?
A century ago, Russia pushed for equal rights to education and work for men and women. The effects are still being felt in tech today.
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Russian banks hit by major phishing attacks from two hacker groups
The Silence and MoneyTaker hacking crews have been targeting Russian financial institutions.
Russia: Now everyone who uses a messaging app must be identifiable
New decree means messaging services will have to check users' registration data with their mobile operator.
After riches and jail, Belarusian ex-hacker's life lesson? 'Don't steal from Americans. Ever'
ZDNet talks to a former infamous hacker whose "mostly true" book offers a glimpse into the minds of Eastern Europe's cybercriminals.
Hail an autonomous taxi: Yandex rolls out 'Europe's first' self-driving cabs in Russia
Yandex, known as the Russian Google, will use feedback from taxi passengers to up its game in autonomous cars.
Photos: Retro computer games that Eastern Europe played as Iron Curtain fell
Video games gave Eastern Europeans an escape from the harsh realities of everyday life, yet few had the opportunity to play them.
First 4G services hit Ukraine: But can they transform its future?
Kyiv, Lviv, and Odessa are among the two dozen cities that have just started using high-speed mobile internet.
Inside Yandex self-driving car: Here's what it's like to ride on Moscow's crazy roads
Yandex, Russia's Google, is optimizing its self-driving tech for bad weather and human drivers who bend the rules.
Photos: Cold War ZX Spectrum clones spawned behind the Iron Curtain
Fitted inside telephone cases, or even toy organs, these Speccy replicas were less expensive but arguably more creative than the original Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
Sniffer drones: The answer to Poland's suffocating smog problem?
A tech startup thinks it may have the solution to the headache of policing Poland's most polluted areas.
Poland now shuts shops on Sundays but forgets how tech can get round law
Sunday closing to help smaller retailers just points to more tech innovation for shops that want to stay open.
Jiu-jitsu and tech startups: How this world champ applies what he learned on the mat
Camil Moldoveanu believes that techniques that turn athletes into gold medalists can also help startups
Avalanche botnet mastermind? Wanted cybercrime suspect has just been arrested
Gennadiy Kapkanov, suspected of running one of the world's largest malware networks, nabbed in Ukraine.
Want to learn programming? This startup pays you cryptocurrency to study Python
Blockchain-based skills platform BitDegree has unconventional plans for connecting tech talent and recruiters.
Internet censorship: It's on the rise and Silicon Valley is helping it happen
Instead of opposing the internet barriers raised by the world's authoritarian regimes, Silicon Valley is playing along.
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