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.

The MTS Music service conducted a study, during which it turned out that the most popular performer over the past 10 years in Russia was rapper Basta (real name Vasily Vakulenko). TASS reports this. “Rapper Basta has been the most listened to musician since 2016, since that moment the single I Got Love from Miyagi & Endgame feat. Rem Digga is the favorite in terms of player plays,” the study says.

In Prokopyevsk, a 14-year-old schoolgirl and her 16-year-old acquaintance were detained on suspicion of murdering the girl’s mother. This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee for the Kemerovo Region. The body of a 36-year-old woman was found in the basement of an apartment building. According to investigators, the murder occurred on December 1 in the apartment where the family lived.

Mistakes made by poor people lead to lower spending by the rich. This affects people's overall trust in capitalism as an economic system, say economists John Campbell and Tarun Ramadorai. A review of their book, Fixed: Why Personal Finance Isn't Working and How to Make It Work for Everyone, is published by Bloomberg.

Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said in an interview with Novinya Live that the war could continue for years, and the front line will “move every year” if a “political decision” is not made. “We are in a situation where Russia has the ability to destroy us, and we are not strong enough to completely protect ourselves...

During the pre-New Year period, scammers can use horoscopes and techniques related to Christmas predictions. This is due to the fact that, as they prepare for the holidays, Russians are beginning to believe more in predictions of the future and look for hope that 2026 will be better than 2025, said experts interviewed by Izvestia. “Scammers...

Porsche car owners are faced with their cars being blocked due to problems with satellite communications. They began to contact services more often with complaints about this problem, writes RBC with reference to the Rolf dealership. I moved to the USA and I didn't like it. We won a green card, but refused it.

Vladimir Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Putin's meeting with Steve Witkoff, the special envoy of US President Donald Trump, will begin within five hours, RIA Novosti reports . According to Peskov, Putin and Witkoff intend to discuss “the understandings that Washington and Kyiv reached” during previous negotiations. Peskov added that Russia “highly appreciates” the efforts the United States is making to end the war in Ukraine.

China will introduce a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products, including condoms, for the first time in 30 years. This measure is explained by the authorities’ attempt to stop the decline in the country’s birth rate, which threatens economic growth, writes Bloomberg.

The body of a 28-year-old woman who died as a result of strangulation was found in one of the apart-hotels in St. Petersburg. A criminal case of murder has been opened, reports the press service of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee for the city. According to the department, the body was found on November 30 in an apartment hotel room with signs of mechanical asphyxia. The suspect was detained; he turned out to be a 31-year-old man.