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Starting from August 1, four major mobile operators — MegaFon, Beeline, T2 and MTS — will provide subscribers with unlimited access to the national Max messenger. Usage of the platform will no longer consume data from tariff plan packages while the user is on the home network.
The Bashir Rameev IT Park in Kazan hosted another open lecture from the "Scientific Code: Summer Lectures" series, at which the
Associate Professor at the Institute of Social and Philosophical Sciences of Kazan Federal University Viktor Sidorov informed about one of history's most enigmatic scientists and creators — Leonardo da Vinci and uncovered the secret of Leonardo da Vinci, explaining how the Renaissance genius managed to combine science and art. Guests learned how da Vinci created anatomical drawings, designed flying machines, canals and entire cities. Viktor Sidorov emphasized that ordinary curiosity can become a powerful tool for understanding the world.
The national Max messenger has launched a story-posting feature for Android smartphone users. To use the new feature, it is necessary to update the app to the latest version on RuStore.
The stories section is located at the top of the screen in the "Chats" tab. Users can post photos and videos by tapping the plus icon next to their profile photo. Post authors have access to statistics: a counter shows the number of views and reactions, while a timer counts down until the story is automatically deleted.
Tatarstan Minister of Digitalization Ilya Nachvin took part in the graduation ceremony at the International Competence Centre — Kazan Technical College of Information Technologies and Communications. This year, 394 young IT specialists graduated from the college, with every fourth graduate receiving an honors diploma.
The Kazan team "Wild Robot" became first in the Junior Creative category of the 2026 Russian Robotics Olympiad held in Orenburg. Students of the "SolnTse" boarding school — Artyom Sitdikov, Ravil Davletbaev and Timur Akberov — under the guidance of their coach Zemfira Druzhaeva from the MakerLab club, developed and successfully defended a project designed to facilitate the work of ornithologists in nature reserves.
Not all team members were able to travel to the finals in Orenburg. Nevertheless, Artyom and Ravil presented their project and won the gold medal.
The admissions campaign for secondary vocational education institutions continues in Russia. Training for future specialists in the IT sector in Tatarstan is offered by the Kazan College of Information Technology and Communications, Kazan Radio-Mechanical College, Nizhnekamsk Industrial Technical School, Zainsk Polytechnic College, Drozhzhanovsky College of Industrial Technologies and other institutions.
On July 8, the Bashir Rameev IT Park will host the sixth open lecture of the "Scientific Code: Summer Lectures" series. The topic of discussion is "Beyond humanity: What does it mean to be human in the age of strong artificial intelligence?"
On July 16 at 2:00 PM, Kazan will host the summer selection of technology startups. Winning teams will gain access to grants, investment attraction support, expert guidance and acceleration programmes to refine their products. Applications are submitted until July 12 by the link.
Residents can access 303 types of state and municipal services at the Multifunctional Centers (MFCs) of Tatarstan.
Speaking at a weekly meeting of Tatarstan Ministry of Digitalization, Director of the Multifunctional Centre of the republic Lenara Muzafarova said that during the first six months of 2026, Multifunctional Centre employees provided over 2.8 million services.
The meeting participants summarized the key results of the Multifunctional Centre work for the half-year:
The admissions campaign for higher education institutions continues in Russia. This year, 45 universities in Tatarstan are welcoming prospective students. Training for careers in the IT sector is offered by KFU, KGASU, KNRTU-KAI, KSPEU, Innopolis University, and other institutions.