The Russian company Yandex used an unusual method of digital camouflage by replacing the images of a military rocket base near Kronstadt with a cloned forest texture, aimed at hiding it from potential attacks, but these objects remain visible on maps from Western providers, undermining the effectiveness of this manipulation. (translated)
Yandex, the most popular search engine in Russia, hides a missile battery located close to Finland on its maps, using image editing techniques to conceal the presence of the military object, despite it being visible in satellite images from Western services. (translated)
The Russian mapping service Yandex modified satellite images in the vicinity of Kronstadt, replacing the disappearing missile battery with a copied fragment of the forest, which does not conceal the location of the object from Western satellite images. (translated)
Russia’s Yandex Maps is hiding a missile battery near Kronstadt by literally copying forest over it in satellite imagery. Yandex has previously blurred Russian military sites. The latest photoshopping attempt is likely meant to protect the battery from Ukrainian drone strikes. https://t.co/gnHqsQGJmF #YandexMaps #Russia #dronestrikes #RU #UA
Russia's most popular mapping service Yandex is trying to hide the missile battery located near Finland in an extraordinary way. In the satellite image, only forest is copied over the battery. (translated)
The representative of Nebius emphasized that the company has no ties to the Russian technology company Yandex and that they are investing several billion euros in Estonia, creating a special infrastructure to support local and global artificial intelligence services. (translated)
Prime Minister Kristen Michali and Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications Erkki Keldo emphasized that the previous background of Nebius, which is establishing an artificial intelligence factory in Tallinn and is linked to Russia's Yandex, raises security risks that must be mitigated to prevent sensitive data and technologies from ending up in risky countries. (translated)
Tallinn has acquired a new AI factory from Nebius Group, which has distanced itself from Russia, but its historical ties to the Russian FSB concern experts, especially given the past pressure from the Kremlin on Yandex regarding access to user data. (translated)
Faced with the exhaustion of voluntary recruitment and heavy losses, the Russian government is considering a new mobilization, raising concerns among the population, as evidenced by the numerous searches related to this topic on Yandex, and testimonies from Russians fearing for their future, such as Igor, who is considering fleeing to Kazakhstan. (translated)
Крупнейший российский картографический сервис Yandex размыл на своих картах 119 военных объектов, что в результате облегчило их обнаружение и подтвердило неудачу российского плана по сокрытию важной военной инфраструктуры у западной границы страны. #Яндекс #ВоенныеОбъекты #Картография
Venemaa kaarditeenus Yandex on hägustanud 119 sõjaväe- ja kaitsetööstusobjekti, sealhulgas lennubaase ja tuumarelvadega seotud rajatisi, mis on omakorda teinud nende asukohad lihtsamini tuvastatavaks. #Kaliningrad #Yandex #sõjatööstus
Venäjän karttapalvelu Yandex on sensuroinut lähes 120 sotilaskohdetta, mukaan lukien ydinvoimalaitoksia, mutta samalla paljastanut ne, mikä herättää huolta alueen turvallisuudesta, erityisesti Suomen läheisyydessä. #Venäjä #UkrainanSota #Turvallisuus
SVT Verifierar har i samarbete med DR, NRK och Delfi kartlagt 119 platser i Ryssland som har blivit censurerade av Yandex, däribland militära och industrirelaterade anläggningar, för att försvåra för Ukraina att välja mål under konflikten. #Yandex #Censur #Ryssland
Yandex ride shares turned out to send riders' data to Moscow, to the FSB. Meanwhile, little Estonia's Bolt is all over Europe and respects its customers' rights and their privacy. #Yandex #Bolt #PrivacyRights #RU #EE
De megaboete van 100 miljoen euro die de Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens heeft opgelegd aan de Scandinavische taxi-app Yango onthult de nauwe banden tussen Nederland en Rusland, aangezien de app privacygevoelige data van gebruikers doorstuurde naar Russische servers, wat niet alleen in strijd is met de Europese privacywetgeving, maar ook de EU-sancties tegen Rusland negeert. #Yango #Yandex #Privacywetgeving
Władimir Putin coraz bardziej ukrywa się przed światem, a jego luksusowa willa nad jeziorem Wałdaj została zasłonięta na mapach Yandex, podczas gdy informacje wskazują na zaostrzenie środków bezpieczeństwa wokół niego, w tym zakazy dla najbliższego otoczenia oraz ograniczenie jego wizyt w stałych rezydencjach. #PutinSecurity #KremlinWatch #RussiaNews
Firma Nebius, vzniklá z Yandexu, získala od Nvidie 42 miliard korun a zakázku od Mety na 580 miliard korun, přičemž tržby společnosti vzrostly o 479 % a expanze v Praze zahrnuje vývoj AI infrastruktury a shánění desítek odborníků. #UměláInteligence #Investice #Technologie #dobrezpravy
