The rapid development of artificial intelligence and related digital infrastructure has led to a global shortage of computer RAM, the price of which has increased significantly in a matter of months. Reuters reports this. As the publication notes, memory manufacturers cannot cope with the increased demand, and stocks of already produced memory began to last for two to four weeks in October, instead of three to eight in July and 13-17 weeks at the end of 2024.

They wanted to conquer the world of electric cars, but they made a car in which something constantly broke down. How did this happen? The German automaker Porsche was planning a revolution: the company hoped to switch to producing electric cars and earn billions of euros from it. Everything was going well: sales were growing, and top managers were happy about the stock exchange records, but at some point everything did not go according to plan.

A Red Wings airline plane operating a Moscow-Phuket flight safely made an emergency landing at Domodedovo Airport about an hour and a half after takeoff. The cause was the fire of one of the engines, TASS reports citing operational services. “The crew reported a fire in the first (left engine), initiated its extinguishing and requested a return to the departure airport,” the agency’s source said.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin summed up the year and spoke about the city’s economy and the life expectancy of Muscovites. In a live interview with TV Center and Moscow 24, he also spoke about artificial intelligence and the war in Ukraine. According to Sobyanin, Moscow currently lacks about 500 thousand specialists, of which 70% are available vacancies in highly qualified blue-collar occupations. “There is a shortage of staff in all sectors. Almost all of them, without exception,” he said .

A resident of Germany accidentally sent her cat in a parcel. The animal was not harmed during the delivery. Bild writes about this story. According to the publication, the woman was collecting the package at home and did not see how her pet climbed into the cardboard box and fell asleep inside. After the owner sealed the package and took it to the postal machine, the parcel went to the pick-up point at the bakery. The cat was discovered by a bakery employee.

Spotify released a report on users' music preferences - Wrapped 2025. This year, the service added several new features. One of them caused outrage among users and is being actively discussed on social networks, The Verge and The Sun reported. We are talking about the “musical age” function. It shows how the user's tastes coincide with the average preferences of his peers. Spotify calculates this indicator based on the year of release of the tracks that a person listens to most often.

In the Krasnodar Territory, an 80-year-old pensioner was ordered to pay compensation to the head of the Primorsko-Akhtarsky district, Maxim Bondarenko, after a series of trials due to her comments on social networks. Since she does not have enough income, she was allowed to pay the money in installments. This was reported by the Yuga.ru portal. Best Countries for Immigrants Europe is behind Asia and no longer attracts expats. Where should a foreigner move?

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave an interview to Fox News in which he stated that the main contentious issue in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine is the issue of territories in the Donetsk region. “Now they are literally fighting for a space of 30–50 kilometers and for those 20% of the Donetsk region that remain [under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces – Approx. “Cold”] .

The day before, negotiations were held between the Ukrainian and American delegations in Florida to end the war. According to Axios, the delegations met at the personal Shell Bay golf club of Steve Witkoff, the special envoy of US President Donald Trump.

A debate broke out among the authors of Russian military telegram channels after one of them suggested tearing off the limbs of the found bodies of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine so that their relatives could receive payments for their deaths. The author of the telegram channel “Take the Overcoat” drew attention to this.

Ukraine has begun restructuring debts worth $2.6 billion tied to economic growth. These debts are considered key to financing the war effort and could take billions of dollars out of the country's post-war economy, the Financial Times reports . According to the newspaper, this suggests that Ukraine is trying to prepare its finances for either a potential peace agreement with Russia or the need to contain the increase in debt if the war drags on.

NATO commented on Vladimir Putin’s words about Russia’s readiness to start a war with Europe “right now.” Thus, an unnamed NATO official said that the alliance considers this statement a bluff, European Pravda and Telegraph report. According to the official, Putin’s statement does not indicate the real danger of war, since he understands that NATO is “extremely united and consolidated” in the matter of protecting its allies.

The head of the Ministry of Finance, Anton Siluanov, called the current ruble exchange rate “balanced” in an interview with RBC and admitted that it will remain so in the future. He advised Russians to “learn to live and work” with such a course.

Vladimir Putin's assistant Yuri Ushakov commented on the results of the meeting between Putin and representatives of US President Donald Trump Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. A recording of Ushakov’s speech was posted on the Kremlin’s official telegram channel. I moved to the USA and I didn't like it. We won a green card, but refused it.

Walt Disney Animation Studios' animated film Zootopia 2 grossed $556.4 million at the global box office over the past Thanksgiving weekend in the United States. This made the cartoon the biggest worldwide debut of the year and the record holder for the biggest opening gross in animation history, Axios and Deadline reported.