News about Digitalization
Users of Meta Corporation’s products (Facebook, Instagram, Threads) have been officially notified of the closure of Horizon Worlds, a platform that was positioned as a meta universe, Logos Press reports.
Beijing is betting on one of the world’s most talked-about markets – overweight drugs. At the center of attention is the American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, whose developments are already changing the industry.
The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) is introducing a national Open Banking standard, obliging 15 payment service providers to implement secure API interfaces. This allows users to securely manage accounts with different banks through a single application, which is in line with the European Directive.
The Internet went crazy for the song “Hawak Mo Ang Beat,” a track that went viral on TikTok, Instagram Reels and Facebook in a matter of days, garnering tens of millions of views in 24 hours. Users created dance challenges, memes and remixes, and hashtags with the track’s title topped the trending topics.
To transfer at least 10,000 people from the shadow economy to the legal economy within four years and to provide more than 100,000 people with stable jobs – these are the targets set by the government under the national employment program.
Modernization of public services, cloud infrastructure development, security and digital sovereignty were key topics of discussion during a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization Eugeniu Osmochescu and the leadership of technology giants Amazon Web Services, IBM and Widelity Inc. Washington. They also discussed the use of new technologies, including artificial intelligence and quantum computing, to improve governance and economic efficiency.
The GTC 2026 Nvidia conference, held from March 16 to 19 in San Jose and attended by thousands of developers, investors and the world’s largest technology companies, cemented Nvidia’s status as the central architect of the global AI industry. The event, which a few years ago was perceived as an industry forum, today actually sets the agenda for the entire technology market – from cloud computing to enterprise software, according to Reuters.
A new innovative mechanism introduced in the pilot mode of modernization of customs control is being tested at the Tudor border customs point.
About 300 educational institutions of school and pre-school education across the country will receive digital equipment to strengthen the educational infrastructure of the institutions. The investment of more than 15.5 million lei is made within the framework of the project “Improving the Quality of Education”, financed by the World Bank.
An information system “e-Zilier” has been developed in Moldova. It will concentrate information on employers – beneficiaries of unskilled labor, as well as on individuals performing such work for remuneration. In addition, it will reflect vouchers generated for day laborers, including the payment documents generated and their status.
From April 10, 2026, the automated entry/exit system EES (Entry/Exit System) will be fully operational in the Schengen area, abolishing stamps in passports. Citizens of non-EU countries will now be asked for biometric data: face (photo) and fingerprints when crossing the border.
The European Commission announced on March 17 the allocation of 189 million euros under the Reform and Growth Mechanism for Moldova, following the country’s successful completion of 24 reforms.
The Moldova Innovation Technology Park (MITP) launches the Digital Media School, a unique program designed to bring the mass media closer to the country’s technological ecosystem.
Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization Eugeniu Osmokescu is on a working visit to Washington, DC this week. During his visit, he held a series of meetings at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) office and Widelity Inc. to discuss specific areas of investment and cooperation.
“Shrecking” – a new career trend in which professionals deliberately choose easier and more stable positions over ambitious growth – is gaining momentum amid economic instability.
IuteBank, a member of the Estonian Iute Group, has completed the transition period following the process of establishing a transitional bank and will start operating as a commercial bank on the Ukrainian market from March 17.
Social network Instagram has announced that the end-to-end encryption of private messages (E2EE) will no longer work from May 8, 2026. Users have already started receiving notifications with a recommendation to save important dialogs and media files in advance, as after the disconnection it will be impossible to access protected correspondence.
Nvidia, the world leader in visual computing, will unveil the company’s new solutions, including its next-generation architecture codenamed Feynman, at GTC 2026 (GPU Technology Conference), the world’s largest annual international conference, which opens March 16.
The Ministry of Finance and the National Bank of Moldova join the international financial education campaign “Global Money Week 2026”. From 16 to 20 March 2026, the institutions will organize a series of events to promote financial education and basic knowledge in the management of public and personal finances.
Ryan Dice, founder and CEO of the marketing company DigitalMarketer, shared his views on the rapid spread of artificial intelligence. In his opinion, the main danger is not that technology will become smarter than people, but that people themselves will gradually stop thinking for themselves.
