Gates called the meetings with Epstein a mistake and denied visiting his island. He stated in Congress that he saw no evidence of the financier's crimes.
Bill Gates will testify before the U. S. Congress regarding his meetings with Jeffrey Epstein. The billionaire calls these contacts a mistake and denies any wrongdoing.
The Trump administration prioritized candidates with high salaries and introduced a $100,000 fee. The number of H-1B visa applications decreased by 38%.
Microsoft presented Surface computers with Nvidia chips and Project Solara devices. The new gadgets utilize AI agents instead of conventional programs.
Microsoft has unveiled the lead-based Majorana 2 chip for quantum computers. The commercial launch of the systems is scheduled for 2029.
Nvidia announced RTX Spark — its first full-fledged Arm-based PC chip. The new product features 20 CPU cores and up to 128 GB of unified memory.
Trump's 2024 financial disclosures revealed securities transactions totaling up to $750 million. The investment portfolios are managed by third-party firms.
A survey showed that 56% of Russians want foreign companies to return. The most missed items are Western cars, software, and cinema.
Due to the shortage of AI chips, prices for laptops and smartphones will rise sharply. The budget electronics segment could disappear entirely by 2028.
Musk accused OpenAI of betraying its charitable mission for the sake of profit. He is demanding $150 billion in compensation to be donated to charity.
Kyivstar subscribers complain about being unable to make calls and having internet problems. Most complaints have been recorded in Kyiv and Dnipro via Downdetector.
Users are massively complaining about problems accessing ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and Claude. The largest surge in reports was recorded for OpenAI services.
The CEO of OpenAI denies his sister's accusations and asks the court to dismiss the lawsuit. He filed a counterclaim for defamation and is seeking one dollar.
The Japanese government has increased funding for the startup Rapidus to produce 2-nanometer chips. Total investments in the project will reach $16.3 billion.
The new Muse Spark model has appeared in Meta AI and will subsequently be integrated into Facebook and Instagram. The AI supports multimodal input and complex queries.
The company will expand its technological infrastructure and train one million engineers. The project will be implemented over four years together with SoftBank and NTT.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced the destruction of an Amazon facility. Bahrain's Interior Ministry confirmed a fire at the infrastructure after Iranian aggression.
The Iranian agency Tasnim named 30 facilities of global IT giants that could become targets for attacks. Offices and data centers in the UAE and Israel are considered hostile infrastructure.
Drone strikes damaged three Amazon facilities in the UAE and Bahrain, while the US and Israel attacked data centers in Tehran. This indicates that computing power is becoming a priority for attacks.
US regulators have approved the construction of a commercial nuclear reactor in Wyoming, backed by Bill Gates. Construction of the $4 billion facility will begin soon, with launch scheduled for 2030.
OpenAI is considering deploying its artificial intelligence technology in NATO's unclassified networks. This follows an agreement with the Pentagon on the use of AI.
Former Prime Minister of Great Britain Rishi Sunak has become an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on economic recovery. He joined the International Advisory Council, which advises Zelenskyy on economic reconstruction.
IDC predicts the largest ever decline in mobile device shipments. The market will fall to a decade-low due to rising memory chip costs.
The Cabinet of Ministers has reappointed volunteer Taras Chmut as a member of the supervisory board of the "Defense Procurement Agency". This government decision No. 109-r was confirmed by Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov.
Alphabet strikes a confident tone on its AI investments, which are starting to pay off. The company expects to double capital expenditures by 2026, strengthening its position on Wall Street.
AMD confirmed the joint development of a next-generation Xbox SoC with Microsoft. The console's release could happen in 2027.
French police searched X offices, and Elon Musk was summoned for questioning on April 20. The investigation concerns algorithm abuse, fraudulent data extraction, and possible complicity in the dissemination of child pornography.
Bitcoin investors liquidated $2. 56 billion in assets as cryptocurrencies fell in line with other risk assets. This demonstrates the crypto market's sensitivity to declining risk appetite.
The CERT-UA team has recorded a new wave of cyberattacks on Ukrainian government agencies and EU organizations, exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Office (CVE-2026-21509). The attackers sent malicious emails disguised as the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center, gaining access to victims' computers.
According to Bild, the late financier Jeffrey Epstein may have brought women from Russia to the US for "honey traps" for politicians. The new "Epstein files" contain thousands of references related to Russia, including Putin's name.
