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Investors split as Google, Meta* and Microsoft pour nearly $80bn into AI infrastructure
SAN FRANCISCO (Realist English). The world’s largest tech companies — Google, Meta*, and Microsoft — collectively spent almost $80 billion...
Russia makes AI integration mandatory in regional digital transformation programs
TYUMEN (Realist English). Russia is entering a new stage of artificial intelligence (AI) deployment across its regions, Deputy Prime Minister...
Mark Cuban urges students to master AI tools to secure future jobs
DALLAS (Realist English). Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban is urging high school and college students to use their free time to...
TSMC posts record $15 billion quarterly profit as AI demand drives global chip boom
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan’s TSMC, the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer, reported a near 40% surge in quarterly net profit, driven...
OpenAI to take 10% stake in AMD under landmark $1 trillion AI chip partnership
SAN FRANCISCO (Realist English). OpenAI has struck a sweeping deal with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) that could see the ChatGPT...
Google cuts over 100 design roles as focus shifts to AI investment
SAN FRANCISCO (Realist English). Google has laid off more than 100 employees in design-related roles, including teams in its cloud...
Nvidia hits record high as AI infrastructure deals drive $4.5tn valuation
NEW YORK (Realist English). Nvidia shares surged nearly 3 per cent on Tuesday to a record high, pushing the company’s...
AI leaders shift focus to ‘world models’ in pursuit of machine superintelligence
SAN FRANCISCO (Realist English). The world’s leading artificial intelligence groups are accelerating efforts to develop so-called “world models” — systems...
Global firms brace for rising costs, turn to AI and smart manufacturing
HONG KONG (Realist English). A majority of multinational companies expect operating costs to rise over the next three to five...
Japan weighs expanding defense budget to include space and infrastructure projects
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan is considering a significant expansion of what qualifies as defense-related spending, potentially counting space, infrastructure, and...
Putin convenes Security Council over Trump’s call to resume U.S. nuclear testing
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin chaired an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Friday to discuss Washington’s...
Putin appoints Vitaly Korolyov as acting governor of Tver region
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Vitaly Korolyov as acting governor of the Tver region, according to...
OPEC+ halts planned output hikes amid fears of oil glut in early 2026
VIENNA (Realist English). The OPEC+ alliance has decided to pause its oil production increases in the first quarter of 2026,...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
Russia’s elite: from Soviet nomenklatura to state corporations
MOSCOW (Realist English). The specificity of the Russian elite is defined by the nature of its origins: it grew out...
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