Following the cyber-attack on the state’s information systems in October, the personal data of around 450,000 citizens of the Republic of Moldova was accessed. Previously, the figure of 750,000 national identification numbers (IDNP) had been announced.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has selected Qualcomm as its technology partner for the roll-out of the Starlink Mobile 5G terrestrial network in the US. The nationwide roll-out is scheduled to begin in 2027, and the multi-year agreement envisages the installation of tens of thousands of base stations.
The development of AI agents capable of independently searching for and purchasing goods on behalf of consumers could transform the e-commerce landscape and threaten one of Amazon and Walmart’s most lucrative sources of revenue: digital retail advertising. The largest retail chains are already adopting different strategies for dealing with this new technology, in an attempt to retain control over customers and advertising revenue.
On 3 November, the Ministry of Education and Research announced the opening of registration for the 2027 National Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (ONIA).
Twenty-nine healthcare organisations in England, which NHS England classifies as benefiting from the digital platform developed by the US company Palantir, have stated that the system has not yet been launched or that its applications are not being used.
The US technology corporation Oracle plans to raise $20 billion through bond issues and share placements to finance the expansion of its cloud infrastructure and the construction of artificial intelligence facilities. This large-scale capital-raising programme reflects the growing need among technology companies for funding AI infrastructure, whilst simultaneously drawing investors’ attention to Oracle’s debt burden.
A scandal has erupted in Poland after a number of high-ranking politicians from the ruling ‘Civic Coalition’ (KO), as well as journalists, shared on social media an image generated by artificial intelligence showing President Karol Nawrocki allegedly grabbing Constitutional Tribunal judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska by the arm. Among those who shared the image was Paweł Olszewski, Deputy Minister for Digitalisation and head of the government’s Centre for Combating Disinformation.
BOSTON—It is not easy to be optimistic about climate change nowadays. In the United States, President Donald Trump’s administration has eliminated incentives for clean-energy investment, slashed funding for numerous private-sector projects, and rescinded long-standing rules limiting greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions from vehicles and power plants.
The Information Technology and Cyber Security Service (STISC) has announced that trusted services, including those relating to electronic signatures, are operating as normal and are being continuously monitored. This clarification follows reports in the media over the last few days regarding the alleged unauthorised use of mobile signatures.
The US-based company Cadence Design Systems has unveiled Maestro – a portfolio of specialised artificial intelligence models designed to automate specific stages of the design process for microchips and electronic systems. The company aims to speed up engineers’ work, improve the quality of results and reduce the costs of using AI in complex technical processes.
