Ursula calls free speech a virus and censorship a vaccine against it. Let us be clear that she, like all others who advocate censorship, is the real virus that has infected Europe.

As early as 2025: companies will start paying salaries in digital rubles

From 2025, some Russian companies will switch to paying salaries in digital rubles. Anatoly Aksakov , Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, said this in an interview with Parlamentskaya Gazeta.

The first payments in digital rubles will be received by employees of small companies that adapt to the new format faster. Large organizations may also join them, and will be offered to switch to the digital ruble as part of its popularization.

According to Aksakov, the mass launch of the digital ruble will take place in the second half of 2025. This means that all Russians will be able to use it for payments and receive salaries in the new form of money.

In Kazakhstan, artificial intelligence will generate UNT questions (analogous to the Russian Unified State Exam)

Fairway Markets in New York City have begun collecting biometrics from people — facial, retinal, and voice scans — just to enter a grocery store.

E-hryvnia: NBU prepares pilot project for introduction of digital currency

The National Bank of Ukraine is studying the feasibility of introducing its own retail digital currency (CBDC) — the e-hryvnia. A pilot project is currently being prepared. This was announced by Deputy Head of the NBU Oleksiy Shaban.

National Bank: Digital Belarusian ruble planned to be introduced by the end of 2026

The digital Belarusian ruble is planned to be introduced by the end of 2026. This was stated by Mikhail Demidenko, Deputy Head of the Research and Strategic Development Department of the National Bank, at a briefing entitled “Implementation of the project to introduce the digital Belarusian ruble on the payment market of the Republic of Belarus”.

The Board of the National Bank approved the Concept of the digital Belarusian ruble (DBR) and made a decision to begin developing the DBR platform.

By 2042, 80% of cars in Russia will be driverless

The transition to driverless cars will take place in two stages, the Russian Ministry of Transport reports .

According to a new study, 80% of cars in Russia are expected to be transformed into driverless cars by 2042.

The transition to driverless transport will be implemented in two stages, which is important for understanding the scale of changes in the automotive industry.
The first stage involves the mass appearance of autonomous vehicles in isolated environments. Such environments include warehouses, factories, and trunk logistics. The implementation of this stage will create conditions for the constant operation of unmanned vehicles.

The second stage assumes that driverless cars will become part of everyday life and will be able to drive freely along city streets. At the same time, the mechanization and automation of transport processes can radically change both the road infrastructure and traffic rules.

Singapore Bank to Cut Around 4,000 Jobs in Favor of AI

Singapore's DBS Group has announced it will cut about 4,000 freelance and temporary workers over the next three years to replace them with artificial intelligence tools.

Meanwhile, Bloomberg Intelligence analysts predict that banks around the world will cut up to 200,000 jobs in the next 3-5 years as they begin to implement AI tools. The cuts will affect approximately 3% of employees employed in the global banking sector. A quarter of bank top managers who took part in the Bloomberg Intelligence survey believe that the workforce will be reduced by 5-10% in the coming years.

Putin is talking about mass implementation of AI across all sectors in Russia he said must!

Driverless Trucks on the Central Ring Road: Launch in March

The Russian Ministry of Transport has announced that unmanned trucks will begin driving on the Central Ring Road (TsKAD) by the end of March. This was reported by the Parliamentary Newspaper, citing the Ministry of Transport. As Deputy Minister Andrei Nikitin noted, the movement of unmanned vehicles on the M-11 highway has already been successfully organized, where 67 trucks are operating, and now the technology is being implemented on new routes.

Bulgaria protests against forced introduction of euro

The protest, which advocates for preserving the national currency as a factor in Bulgaria's financial independence, is taking place in front of the BNB building - the Bulgarian National Bank. The organizer is the Revival Party and its leader Kostadin Kostadinov.

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More than 3 million people in the Russian Federation have transferred their data to the Unified Biometric System

Moscow. February 25. INTERFAX.RU - Several million people have independently registered their biometric data in the Unified Biometric System (UBS), said Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of Staff of the Government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Grigorenko.

"More than 3 million people have independently registered their biometrics in this system," Grigorenko said in an interview with the Expert publication.
He noted that citizens did this absolutely voluntarily.

Ken Long, a 54-year-old American veteran, was denied a heart transplant at Christ Hospital because he refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

In 2024, the Ohio House of Representatives proposed a bill that would prohibit hospitals from discriminating against patients for refusing vaccinations. It passed committee but not the House.