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Oracle to cut 30,000 employees to invest the billions saved in AI
Oracle is preparing to cut about 30,000 jobs — nearly a fifth of its workforce — to save billions of dollars and channel them into expanding its AI business.
Rostelecom: Russia’s megacities lack electricity for new AI data centers
Rostelecom’s president said Russian megacities are running out of spare power capacity, and new large AI data centers will have to be built with the grid’s capabilities in mind.
Samsung and SK Hynix move AI customers to 3–5-year contracts with a price floor
Manufacturers of HBM memory for AI accelerators are moving their largest cloud and GPU customers to multi-year agreements with a price floor to pre-fund the expansion of supply-constrained production.
British teachers: AI tools are worsening students' thinking, spelling, and speech
Two-thirds of British secondary school teachers believe that constant use of AI services weakens students' critical thinking, literacy, speaking skills, and independent problem-solving.
Yadro created an AI system to detect weak cellular signal and eliminate coverage gaps
Yadro developed an AI technology for testing mobile network quality: it finds weak-signal areas faster than conventional field tests, but has not yet become a mass-market solution.
UBTech seeks chief scientist for humanoid robots with pay of up to $18 million a year
China’s UBTech has opened a chief scientist role with compensation of up to $18 million a year and is simultaneously expanding its engineering team to develop AI models for humanoid robotics.
Russians are building home supercomputers en masse to work with neural networks
In 2026, Russian users are buying powerful GPUs and NVMe drives in large numbers to run and train neural network models at home, without cloud services or foreign providers.
AI bill increases liability for owners of online services and neural networks
Russia’s AI bill clarified the rules for training and using models, formalized labeling for synthetic content, and increased online services’ liability for violations.
Rostelecom received 590 million rubles in dividends from a bank anti-fraud AI developer
A Rostelecom subsidiary that builds AI systems for bank anti-fraud paid its new owner 590 million rubles in dividends amid demand for blocking suspicious transfers.
Microsoft isn't removing Copilot from Windows 11: the controversial AI features are simply being renamed
Microsoft promised to reduce Copilot's footprint in Windows 11, but users saw something else in test builds: the AI tools are staying, and the company is only changing their names.
Technology companies cut 80,000 employees over the quarter, nearly half due to AI
In the first quarter of 2026, tech companies laid off about 80,000 people, and analysts link more than 37,000 of those cuts to AI adoption; nearly 77% were in the United States.
Google shows millions of false AI answers in Search every day, and users believe them
According to one estimate, the AI assistant in Google Search generates millions of answers with errors every day, does not always flag inaccuracies, and reinforces users' misplaced trust.
Grigorenko: Russian companies invested over 250 billion rubles in AI, but the sector has no rules
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko said Russian companies invested more than 250 billion rubles in AI in 2025, even though the law still does not contain a formal definition of the technology.
FBI: cybercrime losses in the US rose to $21 billion, AI schemes counted separately
The FBI said that in 2025 Americans lost nearly $21 billion to cybercrime: the biggest losses came from crypto schemes, and complaints about AI-related fraud were singled out in the report for the first time.
Cloud.ru may build its first data center for 30 billion rubles amid demand for AI services
Cloud.ru, previously part of the Sberbank ecosystem, is discussing the construction of its own data center in Russia: the project is estimated at 30 billion rubles, with AI services driving demand.
Microsoft begins removing Copilot from Windows 11 amid user complaints and rising competition
Microsoft has begun removing Copilot from the Windows 11 interface after a wave of user frustration and amid mounting pressure from macOS and Linux.
CIA to deploy neural networks across all intelligence analysis platforms by 2030
The CIA plans to integrate neural networks into all analytical IT platforms by 2030 to speed up intelligence data processing and improve the accuracy of assessments of foreign states' plans and capabilities.
Russian developers tested a system for coordinating strike drones in group operations
In April 2026, preliminary range tests were held in Russia for a technology in which strike drones exchange target data and operate as a coordinated group.
Qualcomm and China’s CXMT prepare new DRAM for smartphones amid memory shortage
Qualcomm may be working with China’s CXMT on a new mobile DRAM: demand for memory for AI systems is straining smartphone supply despite the years-long US-China trade war.
AI development expert explained why neural networks surged in coding and math
An AI development expert explained why, in 2026, neural networks sharply improved in coding, math, and research, but made almost no progress in search, email writing, and advice beyond their 2022 level.
Russia tests autonomous patrol robots for surveillance in penal colonies
A pilot with autonomous patrol robots has been launched in two Russian correctional facilities to test their effectiveness and integration into existing security systems.
Gen Z has become the main obstacle to AI adoption because of fears of layoffs
Companies around the world are facing quiet AI sabotage: employees, especially Gen Z workers, bypass rules and even upload data to public services out of fear of losing their jobs.
Sberbank and Andrey Kurpatov's team develop architecture to counter AI hallucinations
Sberbank has unveiled research on an “AI model of human psychic reality” and is designing a graph architecture so AI agents can discuss the psyche without hallucinations.
Memory card makers cut speeds amid flash memory shortage
Demand from AI systems has pushed flash memory into short supply: memory card makers are reducing model speeds and capacities, while retail prices have risen by up to 261%.
Arenadata to buy developer of confidential computing solutions for 1.8 billion rubles
Arenadata has agreed to buy Ubik for 1.8 billion rubles, paying mostly with preferred shares and strengthening its focus on confidential computing and ML.
Softline readies AI cluster for listing: 400 million in dividends and shares
Softline’s «Software Factory» cluster, focused on custom development and AI, will direct 400 million rubles to dividends ahead of its listing and launch a share-based incentive for employees.
Vladimir Potanin: AI will have a strong economic impact for Russia, but will not replace people
Nornickel head Vladimir Potanin believes AI can deliver a major economic impact for Russia if the country backs its own solutions and does not shut itself into technological isolation.
Russian scientists created the first robotic warehouse for drone mail delivery
A fully automated postal warehouse has been developed in Russia to prepare and dispatch parcels for drone delivery without human involvement at key stages.
CIA created digital twins of world leaders to forecast Putin and Xi Jinping's moves
The CIA spent two years developing a system with "digital twins" of foreign leaders to model their reactions to crises, negotiations, and political pressure.
Nvidia to invest $2 billion in Nebius and help former Yandex build a global AI cloud
Nvidia is investing $2 billion in Nebius and becoming its strategic partner to accelerate the launch of its AI cloud and the construction of data centers with capacity exceeding 5 GW.