MOSCOW, Russia and AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Oct. 10, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX), a technology company that builds intelligent products and services powered by machine learning, launches Alice, the first conversational intelligent assistant that is not restricted to a set of predefined scenarios. Alice integrates multiple services to help users efficiently accomplish tasks such as finding information online, recommending places to eat, providing weather forecasts, and supplying directions.