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Samsung Electronics is attempting to diversify its business by entering the smart AR glasses market. To this end, the company has joined forces with Google (Alphabet).

Samsung announced the flagship Galaxy S25 smartphone line at its Unpacked event.

A few hours ago, US President Donald Trump announced that the American AI infrastructure will receive investments of $500 billion.

Bank DOM.RF summarized the results of its work with small and medium-sized business (SME) clients for 2024, demonstrating an increase in their number by 30%. The main growth factor was transactional products, which are actively used by entrepreneurs in key industries - construction, trade, and services.

Moscow continues to actively implement large-scale investment projects aimed at developing industry and creating new jobs. In 2024, 26 land plots with a total area of over 177 hectares were allocated for investors. These territories are provided on preferential terms - the rent is only one ruble per year. Factories will be built on them to produce food, building materials, medical equipment, furniture, as well as batteries for electric transport and municipal vehicles

The joint company Wildberries & Russ, together with "Open Mobile Platform," announced the release of the Wildberries application for the Russian Aurora OS. The new application is available for download in RuStore and Aurora Market.

"SMEs are becoming easy prey for inexperienced hackers due to the lower barrier to entry into cybercrime and the development of automated technologies such as AI," notes Anatoly Peskovsky, expert at the IZ:SOC Cyberattack Monitoring and Counteraction Center of Informzashchita.

Somers (Softline Group) has developed payment software for Modulbank devices that allows entrepreneurs to accept payments not only by bank cards and QR codes, but also by electronic state support certificates.

Gazprombank has been cooperating with CUSTIS for over 10 years, during which time the company has completed a number of successful projects to modernize the bank's IT landscape. One of the first such examples was the creation of a system for automating trading operations in financial markets. The development allowed the bank to keep accounting in this area in accordance with Russian standards and increased the reliability of the process.

The OCS portfolio will be supplemented with Russian security management solutions from Soft Division, a Russian developer of software and hardware solutions for physical security management. As part of the partnership, the distributor will promote the vendor's products: Electronika Security Manager (ESM), ESM Service platforms and the ESM Visitor Admission system.

According to a study conducted by SberAnalytics in November 2024, the majority of Russian companies have switched to using domestic BI platforms for business analytics. According to the survey, 82% of Russian enterprises actively conduct analytics on Russian platforms, which is 5% more compared to last year.

The EKF brand's assortment has been expanded with the new UM-31 data collection and transmission device for working with intelligent electricity metering systems. The solution significantly simplifies the process of monitoring resource consumption, providing a reliable and convenient way to transmit data.

Aquarius all-in-one PCs, keyboards and mice in white were used in the press center to support the work of accredited media at the venue. Journalists were able to quickly create content based on the results of the press conference and send it to their editorial offices.

The AVERES modular equipment line from the EKF brand has been expanded with devices featuring new characteristics. The standard B, C, and D series have been supplemented with circuit breakers with L and K characteristics. These have been added to the AV-6, AV-10, AV-6DC, and AV-10DC series.

The domestic educational controller "Rudiron" has been included in the Unified Register of Russian Radio-Electronic Products of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia under the name - AQRUDIRON-QFN64 Board, scoring a total of 140 points due to the use of Russian electronic components. The board is a proprietary development of Aquarius and is manufactured at the plant in Tver.

On December 25, the forum "Industry of the New Time" took place at the Innovation Science and Technology Center of Moscow State University, becoming a key platform for discussing technological trends and their impact on the economy. More than a thousand companies and 70 speakers gathered to discuss how artificial intelligence-based innovations can transform the industry.

The manufacturer of uninterruptible power supplies, Ippon, has announced the launch of a new series of three-phase solutions, Intatum ML. The devices are designed to provide stable power supply to critical equipment and are already available for order.

Nikolay Shmykov, Head of Commercial Development at the Russian branch of MAIBENBEN.

OCS and SETERE Group, a software developer, have signed a cooperation agreement. As part of this agreement, the distributor's portfolio will be supplemented by SETERE OCR, a modern document digitization solution.

Aerodisk, a leading Russian manufacturer of data storage systems (DSS) and virtualization, has launched the production of DSS at the Aquarius plant in Tver.

On December 18, the IX annual award ceremony of the "Effective Education" laureates took place in the Petrovsky Travel Palace. The award is not only a mark of distinction, but also a symbol of recognition of the contribution of companies to the educational process. Unique methodologies, innovative technologies, the ability to find an approach to everyone - all this was taken into account by the expert council when identifying the laureates

A survey of 530 Russian companies revealed how organizations of different sizes evaluate digital tools, which solutions are in demand, and what barriers hinder their implementation. The study was conducted by AO "P7", the developer of the software "Р7-Офис". The company's specialists surveyed representatives of various enterprises to obtain an objective picture of the use and implementation of digital tools in Russian business.

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The eXit conference team, in partnership with the VTB Accelerator, has released a report on 100 promising technology companies in the Russian market. It is based on more than 100 applications from companies from Russia and the CIS countries at the pre-seed to scale-up stages of development, which were collected by the organizers. All solutions have high potential for innovation and rapid growth.

The IX annual Forum on Innovations, which became a platform for exchanging ideas and a meeting place for professionals striving for progress and digital transformations, concluded on December 12. Over two days, participants shared experiences and discussed the implementation of the latest developments in business processes at the event, which was partnered by PressIndex and BelkaCar.

Russian manufacturer Nerpa has started producing solutions to protect engineering infrastructure equipment and personal systems from power outages. Single-phase uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) have supplemented the Nerpa UPS product line. The brand's products will be promoted through the official distributor, OCS.

The "Infragorod" forum was held in Samara on December 4-5, bringing together leading experts, entrepreneurs, representatives of regional authorities and development institutions. Participants discussed topical issues of regional development, exchanged successful practices and ideas.

The ability to receive prompt technical service in their time zone is the main factor when deciding to install cashless payment terminals. More than 48% of small and medium-sized businesses put this requirement in first place when connecting acquiring, according to a survey conducted by Bank DOM.RF among SMEs in various fields.

On December 7, the final of the League of Historical Games, organized by the St. Andrew the First-Called Foundation, took place at Yaroslavl State University named after P.G. Demidov. 5 student teams "relocated" to the era of the famous Admiral Fyodor Fedorovich Ushakov. The team of the State University of Education from Moscow won.

Valkyrie has announced the launch of its updated line of gaming cases and PC cooling solutions: powerful ARGB liquid cooling systems, fans with standard and reverse airflow, and gaming ATX cases with built-in ARGB fans. The Valkyrie brand was created by Dongguan Zhenpin Technology Co., Ltd., which was founded in 2007. The company has its own factory with an area of over 12,000 square meters and a staff of over 300 employees.