European energy companies are not ready to give up Russian gas, American medical corporations and schools are testing the possibilities of AI and robotic technology, Samsung and MediaTek achieve record speeds on the 5G band, and in Russia, the deputies of the State Duma propose to reward spouses who have been married for more than 10 years with land plots. RB continues to follow the most curious news events in the field of economics and entrepreneurship.
- The Spanish energy company Enagas announced that Russia will become the country’s first largest gas supplier in 2023.
- The head of the Austrian oil and gas company OMV also said that the company will continue to buy Russian gas under a long-term contract with Gazprom, valid until 2040 (Financial Times).
- Deputies of the State Duma from the Liberal Democratic Party, inspired by the celebration of the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity, developed a bill on the free transfer of land for individual construction to families with children who have been married for more than of 10 years.
- Tech visionaries Yuri and Anna Melnichek have announced the creation of a new investment firm, Melnichek Investments, which intends to invest in artificial intelligence startups designed to “change the world.”
- The average level of discounts for the sale of secondary homes in the Russian Federation since the beginning of the year is 5-6%, the largest discounts are in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan and Novosibirsk (“Etazhi”).
- In January-March 2023, Russians worked an average of 38 hours and 30 minutes per week. In the same period of 2022, we worked 16 minutes less. Similar figures occurred at the end of 2012, and the minimum – at the height of the pandemic: 31 hours 37 minutes (FinExpertiza and Rosstat).
- In June, residents of the Russian Federation sold dollars and euros more often than they bought, and the average check online was higher than offline. Dollars “live” sold an average of $446, $766 bought, and online $1.2 thousand and $4.1 thousand, respectively. The euro has an average offline sale of €497, purchases of €800 and online of €4,000 and €4,600. Standard”).
- Samsung Networks, in collaboration with Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek, achieved an “outstanding” download speed of 363 Mbps on 5G and claims it will be a breakthrough in delivering content to users.
- The Mayo Clinic is testing Google Med-PaLM 2, an AI bot that answers medical questions based on the language model behind Bard Google (The Wall Street Journal).
- And in another US city, Santa Fe, school campuses have hired robots from Team 1st Technologies that patrol the area and record 24/7 so security personnel have materials. to avoid riots and possible shootings.
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Ekaterina Alipova
Source: RB
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