News about Digitalization
On June 13, 2025, a U.S. government entity (presumably the Union County administration in Ohio) paid a ransom of approximately 9.44 BTC (~$1 million at the time of the incident).
Meta’s tool for identifying images created using artificial intelligence was unable to recognize some of the company’s own AI-generated images after they had been slightly edited.
The European Commission has preliminarily concluded that Meta violated the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) by failing to protect Facebook and Instagram users from features that are addictive. If these findings are confirmed, the company could face a fine of up to 6% of its global annual revenue—more than $12 billion.
Representatives from the private sector, government agencies, European institutions, and leading international experts held a discussion today on preparing businesses for the new data protection system in accordance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
An interagency Memorandum of Cooperation will be signed between Moldova and Austria.
The Italian state-owned postal group Poste Italiane is focusing on artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure, transforming itself from a traditional postal and financial services provider into one of the key players in the national strategy for the development of cloud technologies.
Berlin authorities intend to radically change the rules of the game in the rental housing market. Members of the city’s House of Representatives are set to give final approval to a law that will require apartment owners to disclose detailed information about all rental properties. If the law takes effect, Berlin will become the first region in Germany with a unified digital registry of rental housing.
A Belarusian manufacturing association in Baranovichi has launched a robotic production line for sewing bed linens.
Moldova is developing a simplified certification mechanism for real estate appraisers through an automated information system for management and the issuance of permits.
Starting with the 2027 tax year, payment of land tax, property tax, garbage collection fees, and other types of local fees will be possible by scanning the QR code printed on the new standard payment notice forms.
The National Health Insurance Company (CNAM) funded the implementation of a state-of-the-art clinical information system in the anesthesiology and intensive care units of the Institute of Emergency Medicine. The investment, amounting to nearly 2.7 million lei, was allocated from the fund for the development and modernization of state institutions. The system is fully integrated, operating smoothly, and the staff has been trained.
The National Road Administration has announced a public tender for the development of the “Public Roads Registry” Information System—a unified digital platform for tracking Moldova’s road infrastructure.
A delegation from the Republic of Moldova is participating in the 68th series of Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which is taking place July 7–15 in Geneva.
Meta has unveiled Muse Image, a new AI-powered image generator; however, the technology’s launch has already drawn criticism due to the potential use of Instagram users’ photos without their explicit consent.
Cybercriminals have begun to make more active use of a new social engineering tactic: they disguise phishing links as the familiar “Unsubscribe” button. Users who try to get rid of unwanted emails risk handing over their personal data to cybercriminals instead of unsubscribing from advertisements.
The Stargate UK project, announced last year and intended to be the UK’s largest initiative in the field of artificial intelligence infrastructure with a stated investment of up to £30 billion, is now facing renewed pressure.
Chinese authorities are considering restricting foreign users’ access to cutting-edge Chinese artificial intelligence models. This issue has been discussed over the past month during meetings between representatives of the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China and the country’s largest technology companies.
Constantin Cuiumju, a member of the “Our Party” faction in the Moldovan Parliament, is demanding that the leadership of Energocom appear before Parliament after the company spent approximately 18 million lei on a billing information system that was supposed to go live on June 1, but has not yet been put into operation.
German rare-book and antique-book stores have encountered an unexpected customer. Companies developing artificial intelligence have begun buying up old editions in large quantities to train language models and chatbots. After being digitized, many of these books are simply taken apart.
Analysts at Bernstein maintained their “ambitious” forecast for digital gold, setting a target of $150,000 by the end of the year. They described the 54% decline from October’s peak as “mild.”
