News about Digitalization
Iute Group, a digital banking group operating in Southeastern Europe, increased total revenue by 13 percent year-on-year to 32.5 million euros in the first quarter of 2026. The Group’s net profit amounted to €2.6 million.
Prescriptions for medicines issued in the European Union countries can be used on the territory of Moldova. Such a provision is contained in the draft law on amending a number of normative acts in the health sector, registered in the Parliament.
Sixteen Customs officers from the Risk Analysis and Customs Services Directorate participated in a theoretical and practical training course entitled “Working with X-ray scanning equipment, analysis and interpretation of scanned images”, organized within the framework of the Customs Service Training Center.
According to experts, exposure to online environments for children and adolescents, as well as the social isolation associated with social media use, can have serious mental health consequences, including in extreme cases suicidal behavior.
AI company Anthropic has closed one of the largest infrastructure deals in the history of the industry, gaining access to the entire computing power of SpaceX’s Colossus 1 data center. This includes more than 220,000 Nvidia GPUs and over 300 megawatts of computing power, a resource that was recently used to develop Ilon Musk’s rival xAI project.
The U.S. Department of Defense is expanding the use of artificial intelligence in national security systems. The Pentagon has allowed a number of major technology companies, including OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Nvidia, to work with classified, high-security military networks.
The Pentagon has published the first batch of previously classified material on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), better known as UFOs. The documents are posted on the new government portal war.gov/ufo, which, according to U.S. media, has generated enormous interest and garnered hundreds of millions of hits in a short time.
The editor-in-chief of Moldova Suverana, Ion Berlinski, announced in a public message the suspension of the printed edition of the newspaper. The decision comes in the context of the relocation of the editorial office from its current premises and the financial difficulties cited.
Europe is actively working on creating its own digital payment systems to reduce dependence on US giants Visa and Mastercard, which control about two-thirds of card transactions in the eurozone. The main goal is to ensure “digital sovereignty” and payment security, as the EU’s financial infrastructure is currently heavily dependent on the US.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup (2026 World Cup), which will take place from June 11 to July 19 in the United States, Mexico and Canada, is projected to be a powerful driver of the global economy, capable of bringing significant GDP growth and creating hundreds of thousands of jobs. By expanding the format to 48 teams and hosting matches in 16 cities, the scale of the event promises an unprecedented economic impact.
Iran’s record-long internet outage is hitting private businesses hard. Business owners warn that it could lead to mass layoffs and business closures. Losses from lack of access “to the net” are estimated in the billions of dollars.
Alibaba Group is preparing one of the biggest experiments in global e-commerce. The Chinese giant is integrating its Qwen AI model into the Taobao platform and actually replacing product search with a conversation with artificial intelligence.
The State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAIA), Vasile Charban, participated in the first AgriMBA conference in the Republic of Moldova, organized by the Technical University of Moldova.
Moldova may introduce a mechanism to suspend car registration if the vehicle does not meet technical requirements or poses a threat to road safety.
The Zcash team will introduce wallets with a recovery mechanism in case of a quantum threat within a month.
Artificial intelligence will not replace doctors and the main human component of medical practice – compassion and relations between doctor and patient. This was stated by Health Minister Emil Ceban at the 11th International Scientific Congress for medical students, doctoral students and young doctors “MedEspera”.
Artificial intelligence-based robots working in a huge e-commerce warehouse near Berlin are already packing, selecting and sorting goods as humans would. Only faster, more efficiently and more accurately.
India is rapidly strengthening its position as one of the world’s largest IT and AI development centers. The revenues of global technology centers operating in the country have already approached levels that were previously expected only by 2030.
The French prosecutor’s office has moved to the criminal prosecution phase of the investigation related to the activities of Ilon Musk and his platform X. According to international media, the businessman and former CEO Linda Iaccarino have been invited to France to attend a preliminary hearing where they may face preliminary charges.
Infrastructure financing, transport corridor development, logistics modernization, digitalization of transport processes and the use of innovative technologies to improve efficiency and connectivity were the focus of discussions at the annual summit of the International Transport Forum (IFT).
