The crypto industry presented itself as a more mature and pragmatic sector at the Blockchain World 3.0 international summit, held in Minsk. This is the third event organized by Belarusian crypto market operators.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that he will ban social media for children under the age of 16 as early as 2027.

Elon Musk has become the world’s first trillionaire, and the debate over how he amassed his fortune has sparked widespread controversy.

The authorities are shifting from the mechanical reduction of regulations that characterized previous periods to a process of “smart” debureaucratization, designed to ease the burden on the business environment through modern technological solutions and cost minimization.

The National Health Insurance Company (NHIC) is launching a virtual assistant, which is now available on the organization’s official website.

AI is increasingly being integrated into office work and promises to speed up processes, but new statistics paint a less clear-cut picture: some of the time saved is actually “eaten up” by the AI itself.

Taiwan has launched a special online portal for Chinese citizens, through which they can anonymously provide intelligence to Taiwanese intelligence agencies. The new resource is aimed at people who are disillusioned with the political and socioeconomic situation in China and who want to bring about change in the country.

French President Emmanuel Macron joined Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday at the Palais des Expositions in Nice, where the “Bharat Innovates” exhibition of Indian innovations and technologies opened.

“The claim that people are the Republic of Moldova’s most important resource is nothing more than a cliché; we all understand this perfectly well. That is why we must continue to invest in our children’s education,” said Dan Perchun, Minister of Education and Research, during the 4th PAS Party Congress.

Bitcoin is trading above $64,000 on Sunday, continuing to recover from recent lows. Demand for the world’s largest cryptocurrency was supported by improved risk appetite, strong inflows into spot ETFs, and optimism regarding a potential peace agreement between the U.S. and Iran.

The Technical University of Moldova (TUM) has implemented its own artificial intelligence model that operates on the principle of a ChatGPT-style assistant. As a result, the university now has access to its own model, hosted on local servers, and to its own code development tool.

The American company Anthropic has suspended access to its new artificial intelligence models, Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5, following a directive from the U.S. government related to export controls and national security.

In 2017, when Viorica Cerbusca spoke in Moldova about startups and their founders, she still had to explain to people that the “startup ecosystem” had nothing to do with the environment. There were virtually no investors, few partners, and organizations trying to build infrastructure for innovative entrepreneurship were forced to constantly lobby to convince people of the value of investing in ideas and technology.

Businessman Elon Musk has become the first person in history to have a net worth exceeding $1 trillion.

Romania’s DIGI Communications is strengthening its position in the European market: the company is expanding its presence in Belgium through a partnership with the national postal service, Bpost. At the same time, it is developing initiatives related to artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

Prometheus, a startup founded by Jeff Bezos and Vic Bajaj, raised $12 billion in a Series B funding round at a valuation of $41 billion.

Legendary investor Warren Buffett’s favorite stock market indicator is sending a serious warning signal amid the frenzy surrounding AI sector stocks.

Apollo Global Management, one of the world’s largest investment firms, has begun analyzing software assets not only from a growth perspective but also from a risk perspective, as AI could make some of their products less in demand.

China is accelerating the transition from showcasing humanoid robots to their widespread adoption in the economy. However, as production increases, the industry faces a new question: is there already sufficient demand for such technologies, or is the market currently growing faster than actual demand?

The Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization (MDED) expects to provisionally conclude negotiations on Chapter 10, “Information Society and Media,” by the end of 2026 as part of the Republic of Moldova’s accession process to the European Union.
