Taiwan company TSMC leads chip making around the world. The firm started winning big with 5nm chips and kept going with 3nm ones. TSMC spent lots of money on research and beat Samsung and Intel. The company makes computer chips faster and better than anyone else. Other businesses cannot catch up to TSMC's speed.
TSMC builds 2nm chips with 60 percent success rates according to Taiwan Economic Daily. Samsung only reaches 40 percent success with the same chip size. Major tech companies want TSMC to make their chips because the quality stays high. NVIDIA, Apple and AMD already booked production time at TSMC factories. AMD announced its Venice server chips will use TSMC's 2nm process.
Samsung tried gate-all-around technology first but...
Israel wants to change Iran's government without soldiers on the ground. The country launched Operation Lion Rising to end Iran's nuclear weapons program. Israeli forces target nuclear sites and scientists who know how to make bombs. Military strikes also aim to weaken Iran's defense systems.
Israel cannot reach Iran's most important nuclear buildings buried deep underground. American super bombs might not help even if President Trump gives them to Israel. Trump does not want new wars during his second presidency. He won last year's election partly because he avoided starting conflicts.
Changing Iran's government seems like the only way to stop nuclear weapons development. Many experts doubt this plan will work without ground troops...
More people search for jobs during summer 2025 across St. Petersburg. The number jumped 23 percent compared with last year. Over 535,000 residents entered the job market during the past month. Competition became much tougher for available positions. Workers face harder battles when applying for employment.
Job seekers submitted 4.1 resumes for each open position last summer. The ratio shows how many people compete for the same work opportunities. Maria Buzunova works at hh.ru and tracks employment data. She studies job trends across Central and Northwestern regions. The expert sees major shifts happening within the city labor market.
Petersburg workers deal with unprecedented competition levels. Half a million residents actively hunt...
Clouds will cover St. Petersburg Monday but rain stays away. Weather expert Mikhail Leus from Fobos center shared the forecast. High pressure keeps the northern city mostly dry today. Some areas outside the city might see brief showers. Temperatures will climb above normal levels.
City temperatures reach 72 to 75 degrees during the day. Rural areas around St. Petersburg warm up between 66 and 75 degrees. Northeast winds blow at 9 to 20 miles per hour. The anticyclone ridge controls regional weather patterns. Variable cloud cover moves across the area.
Tuesday brings light rain back to the region. Nighttime temperatures drop to 55 and 59 degrees. Daytime highs stay between 66 and 70 degrees. Weather conditions change as the high...
St. Petersburg Economic Forum starts with tree planting Wednesday morning. Leaders will plant 80 apple trees and lilac bushes at Expoforum grounds at 8:30 AM. The ceremony honors Leningrad siege survivors and shows hope for city growth. Politicians, business heads, athletes and reporters will join the event.
Apple trees and lilacs represent strength of people who lived through the blockade. Each plant becomes a living memorial connecting past and future generations. Lilac bushes bloom only on branches from the year before. This natural process mirrors how memories pass from parents to children.
Tree of Life Foundation organized the planting ceremony. The group works on environmental projects and climate programs. Foundation leaders...
St. Petersburg travelers have waited more than 30 hours for their flight to Egypt. The plane should have left for Sharm el-Sheikh at 12:15 AM on June 15. Officials moved the departure time several times. The airline updated the schedule to show a 10:05 AM departure on June 16. AlMasria Universal Airline operates the delayed flight.
Dozens of passengers remain stuck at the Egyptian resort because of the postponements. Many people cannot board their return flights from Sharm el-Sheikh to Pulkovo Airport. Hotels forced guests to leave their rooms early. Travelers had to sit on their luggage waiting in hotel lobbies. The flight delays created problems for vacationers on both sides of the route.
Russia keeps building its fast train line between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Transport Minister Roman Starovoit told reporters about the project progress. Workers split the railway path into seven different parts. Teams focus on sections six and seven that connect Moscow to Tver. About 1,500 people work on these parts every day.
Construction crews use more than 250 machines for the railway work. Russian Railways tested special welding methods for the train tracks. The high-speed line will cross six Russian areas. These regions are Moscow city, St. Petersburg city, Leningrad area, Novgorod area, Tver area and Moscow area.
St. Petersburg officials started taking private property for the railway project. The government needs land to...
Russia changed how companies calculate workers' average monthly pay. The government approved new rules for figuring out salary amounts. Companies must multiply daily earnings times the average working days each month. Workers who have special hour tracking systems need different math. Their bosses multiply hourly pay times average monthly work hours.
The new salary formula affects severance packages and vacation money. Companies use average monthly wages to decide these payment amounts. The updated calculation method stays active until September 2031. Russian workers will see different numbers when they receive final paychecks or holiday pay.
St. Petersburg's Zenit soccer team plans to spend big money on a new player. The club will...
Russian health officials are testing air quality around St. Petersburg after a garbage dump caught fire. The fire happened near Kungolovo village and created smoke that could harm people who live nearby. Workers from Rospotrebnadzor are checking the air to see if it contains dangerous chemicals.
Teams collected air samples from two villages close to the burning landfill. They tested the air at a house just over half a mile from the fire and another house about a mile away. The tests looked for harmful substances that come from fires like this one.
Scientists found several toxic chemicals in the air samples. The bad substances found were soot, nitrogen compounds, phenol, formaldehwhile, ammonia and other dangerous materials. These...
