Category: Technology

I’m walking with the navigator, and it confidently leads me down a parallel street. The blue dot on the map lives its own life — I’m standing still, but it’s...

Starting July 1, 2026, transfers and payments through Russia’s Faster Payments System (SBP) will require a mandatory Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) — both for person-to-person transfers and for transactions between...

Starting April 1, 2026, Russian carriers disabled Apple ID top-ups from phone balances. For millions of users, this means that regular subscriptions to iCloud+, Apple Music, and other services will...

It’s unpleasant to admit, but I have to. I’ve been consistently criticizing MAX for a long time. I even wrote in detail about why I don’t like this messenger, and...

When Telegram hasn’t been working properly in Russia for several months in a row, people start looking for a way out. Some gain access to Durov’s app through workarounds, some...

Cloudflare — one of the largest internet providers — flagged domains belonging to the Telega app as spyware. After that, the project’s security certificate was revoked, and the app disappeared...

Smartphones don’t break suddenly. They degrade gradually: first the battery stops holding a charge, then the phone starts lagging, then the screen dims. And in most cases, we ourselves speed...

After April 1, when App Store payments via mobile carrier billing stopped working in Russia, users faced a new problem: Family Sharing broke. Family group members can no longer purchase...

A familiar situation: a needed app has disappeared from Google Play, a bank has been sanctioned and its software is no longer in the store, or a friend from another...

When the national messenger MAX first appeared, I immediately decided: no way. Without any reservations. A messenger created under federal law, promoted through blocking competitors — this is not a...