Largest Russian hotel operators Azimut Hotels, Cosmos Hotel Group, Mantera Group, Alean Collection, Russian Seasons, Accor, Atelica, and Kronwell Group have turned off sales of their hotels through the Yandex.Travel aggregator, the Russian Union of Travel Industry reported. About 50 thousand numbers are under the control of the networks of these networks. Re...

Alexander Chachava increased his stake in Yandex from 16.56% to 20.42% of voting shares.

Voice assistant Alice from Yandex has learned to understand natural speech when controlling a smart home. Now she understands the conversation in a free form and takes into account the context of the conversation, and not only reads clearly formulated commands. Can also now use one phrase to give multiple commands at once.

Yandex.Lavka service closed its first offline store in Moscow about a week ago. Store was opened in August 2024 as an experiment to introduce Muscovites to the range and quality of the service's products. A representative of Yandex.Lavka called the experiment a success and announced plans to use the experience gained to develop offline service projects.