A month before the EU Salary Transparency Directive came into force, Latvian company ERDA launched a real-time salary data platform.

London-based startup Moth has launched Quantum Backrooms, the first consumer game powered by real quantum hardware.

The International Monetary Fund has for the first time modeled the impact of artificial intelligence on the global economy by 2030. According to the study, even if economic growth accelerates, the widespread use of AI could lead to a decline in the share of income earned by the population and increase property inequality.

The labor market in the IT sector is undergoing a profound transformation caused by the development of artificial intelligence. However, these changes do not pose a threat to qualified personnel, but are a necessary stage of professional maturation of the industry.

Artificial intelligence is changing how we communicate, access information and work, how income and status are distributed, and even how we fight wars.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu has urged citizens to be as vigilant as possible against the backdrop of increasing cases of telephone fraud.

Ukrainian law enforcers together with the cyber police of Kazakhstan exposed a large criminal organization in Odessa.

At the summit of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Astana on May 29, the leaders of the EAEU countries adopted a joint Statement on the responsible development of artificial intelligence (AI).

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will improve its response to cyber threats by creating a specialized unit and expanding its staff.

Integration processes within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) are strengthening, which will allow mutual trade volumes to reach $100 billion in 2026.

After raising $65 billion in investment capital in a new subscription round, tech startup Anthropic has beaten Ilon Musk’s OpenAI to a business valuation.

Pope Leo XIV has rejected the concept of a “just war,” which the Catholic Church has used since at least the fifth century to assess whether state involvement in war can be considered justified.

Russian universities may return to the practice of oral defense of diplomas amid the rapid development of artificial intelligence. Valery Falkov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, said that traditional written work is becoming less and less reflective of students’ real knowledge, as modern AI services are able to create high-level texts in a matter of minutes.

Samsung Electronics has agreed to pay bonuses to employees at a unit in South Korea, under which engineers working on AI chips will be able to receive up to 600 million won (about 347 thousand euros). This is the result of an 18-day strike.

Global energy inflation will be delayed for a longer period of time due to the conflict in the Middle East and supply disruptions. Experts forecast that high oil and gas prices will act as a driver of overall price growth and stagflationary processes until at least the end of 2027.

The company introduced paid subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp – Instagram Plus, Facebook Plus and WhatsApp Plus. In parallel, the company is testing tariffs for authors, businesses and users of AI services.

The problem of financial pyramids and fraudulent schemes in the online environment is back on the agenda of the legislative body. Grigore Novak, an opposition MP and chairman of the commission for human rights and interethnic relations, demanded official explanations from the Interior Ministry’s leadership regarding the measures taken against platforms that promise quick earnings but “deprive citizens of their last savings”.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into the European economy in 2025 rose by 56% to $239 billion, according to data from the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). However, this surge is caused by specific factors and hides a decline in the real investment sector. Major cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) accounted for most of the growth. Much of the capital came from corporate restructuring and transit financial flows.

Bank Goldman Sachs raised its year-end forecast for the S&P 500 index from 7,600 to 8,000 points. The bank attributed this to strong corporate reporting for the first quarter and improved profit expectations for U.S. companies.

Against the backdrop of growth in the main stock exchange indices of major stock markets, bitcoin’s dynamics are lagging far behind. Experts attributed this to record capital outflows from exchange-traded funds and a shift in investors’ interest in the AI sector
