The code war: Russia plans to free itself from iOS and Android
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#98XJ)
Based on Finland's Sailfish operating system, the plan is the latest way Russia is fighting for independence from US technology
The cold war may have ended in the 90s but Russia is still fighting to free itself from American influence over its technology sector, with the country's minister for communications announcing plans to create a new mobile operating system to challenge iOS and Android across all the Brics nations.
Meanwhile, another Russian company is designing its own central processing units to take on Intel and AMD.
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