«They chose the tactics of ignoring and repression»: UI/UX designer accuses IT company of 8-month salary delays
UI/UX designer Maria Abashina said that Infinity Technologies AG removed her from the Slack work chat because of a salary issue.
The Ministry of Digital Transformation has announced the timing of the launch of electronic booking in «Дії»
The Ministry of Digital Transformation is actively working on electronic booking on the «Diia» portal and plans to launch a beta test in early July.
IT entrepreneur Patsan dropped 1 bit to fraudsters: AI helped them generate audio and video messages
Investor and entrepreneur Mykhailo Patzan sent fraudsters 1 bitcoin because he believed that his business partner was asking for money.
Python and C++ — in the top by the number of offers on the IT market
Python and C++ developers have the most offers on the IT market now. We are talking about specialists with 7+ years of experience.
«But we are better than Google and OpenAI»: Meta prevents AI from training on Facebook and Instagram posts
Meta Corporation has announced that starting today, it will start training its AI on Facebook and Instagram posts published by citizens of the UK or the European Union.
«Show us who’s the real professional»: Junior created the game on a freelance basis «Tisza»
Ukrainian Junior iOS Developer Vladyslav Bryukhovetskyi has created a game for iPhone called «Tisza» — in which you have to swim across the river, competing with other players.
ChatGPT is now available for all Mac users
OpenAI’s popular ChatGPT application has been made available to all Mac users. Previously, only users with a ChatGPT Plus subscription could use the application on Mac.
The Ministry of Defense assessed the pace and refused to increase the timeframe for updating data
The Ministry of Defense refused to support the extension of the deadline for updating data in the TCC for persons liable for military service.
When everything goes off schedule. Ukrainian IT specialists have created an application for light monitoring
Senior Android Developer Andriy Bulanov and iOS/Android/Flutter Developer Konstantin Mededenko have created the «Svitlobot» application that automatically monitors the state of electricity.
The Ministry of Defense announced the number of people eligible for conscription through «Reserve+»
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said that among those who updated their data on May 18, one million and one hundred thousand people were eligible for conscription.
And the culprits «predecessors»: the sysadmin accidentally threw vulgar jokes at the salespeople instead of instructions
Technical worker (we can conditionally call him a system administrator) accidentally copied vulgar jokes into the prompts for Florida call center employees — and sales managers even read them to their customers.
«No need to waste time on TCC». New features have been announced in «Reserve+»
The application for registering persons liable for military service «Reserve+» will have new features, including the ability to make requests to other registries, feedback from the Ministry of Defense, and a simplified recruitment process.
Noname Digital does not pay salaries for 6 months and asks to «raid» customers in the App Store
Noname Digital, which employs about 300 people, has not paid its employees for six months of work. The reason was an unscrupulous customer who failed to fulfill his payment obligations.
The US extends sanctions and cuts Russia off from IT services
The United States has imposed new sanctions against Russia. The new list includes a ban on providing software and IT services to individuals based in Russia.
Google opens registration for Kaggle machine learning competition
Google is inviting people interested in machine learning to a two-week Kaggle competition where they can practice their skills on real or near-real tasks.
A draft law with «economic booking» — the same 20 thousand UAH has appeared in the Rada, but there will be alternatives
Draft Laws No. 11331 «On Industrial Policy and Predictability of the Real Sector of the Economy» and No. 11332 «On Amendments to the Tax Code of Ukraine Regarding Peculiarities of Payment of Military Duty for Reservations of Persons Liable for Military Service» were registered in the Verkhovna Rada.
Cyber police catch hacker in Kyiv who helped Russians attack European companies
Cyberpolice detained a hacker in Kyiv who created crypto-currencies for Russian money — special software for disguising computer viruses as safe files.
Downsizing and «international risks»: Playtika with offices in Ukraine decided to leave Belarus after all
Ukrainian-Israeli game developer Playtika has decided to officially liquidate its business in Belarus.
The Ministry of Defense has launched the website «Be Yourself» to search for vacancies: it is actually a clone of Lobby X Army
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has launched a new job search site — «Be yourself». Currently, it almost completely copies the functionality of Lobby X.
«First the vapors, then the developments»: KPI students create an electric stretcher for military evacuation
Students of the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute create evacuation ground electric stretchers for the Armed Forces.
Hackers are attacking GitHub users again — this is OAuth phishing
A new type of phishing attack has spread among developers — attackers pretend to be recruiters and the GitHub security team and ask to follow a link.
270 GB of The New York Times source code stolen via GitHub token surfaces on 4chan
Unknown hackers have uploaded 270 GB of source code for one of the world’s most popular publications, The New York Times, to the 4chan image board.
«Algorithms are not intimidating»: Helsi has AI to decipher analyzes and risk warnings
The Helsi medical information system has added artificial intelligence to analyze laboratory findings and identify possible health risks.
Gameloft has significantly reduced the Kharkiv office: even the head of the studio was fired
Over the past few months, Gameloft’s Kharkiv office has been subject to large-scale layoffs. Even the head of the studio, who had been working there for 14 years, as well as game designers, QA engineers, and developers were laid off.
The experiment was a success. Ukrainian YouScan reintroduces four-day work schedule
The Ukrainian company YouScan is returning to a four-day work schedule for the summer. This is the second time the company has done so — last year «four-day work was introduced as a response to the May shelling and team exhaustion.
The Rada decided to punish writing scientific papers with the help of ChatGPT
The Verkhovna Rada passes in the first reading a bill on academic integrity — there will be penalties for writing scientific papers with artificial intelligence and plagiarism in scientific activities.
Now’s your chance: the number of responses to QA jobs without experience falls for the 4th month in a row
The number of responses to QA jobs has been declining for the 4th month. Now it is about 50 responses per month, according to Djinni, an anonymous job search service.
The GRU conducts a large-scale DDoS attack on Russian government agencies and companies. The work of ministries and public services is paralyzed
The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is conducting a large-scale DDoS attack on government agencies and large companies of the Russian Federation.
Odesa-based IT company Digis is acquiring niche outsourcer Scalamandra. The deal is worth up to $1 million
Odesa-based IT company, Digisannounced its merger with outsourcer Scalamandra under the name Digis Group. This became known from the words of Digis founder Nick Nagatkin, who estimates the deal to be worth between $500,000 and $1 million. Following the completion of this transaction, the Scalamandra team will join Digis.
Risks outweigh benefits. OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees call for tighter control over AI
Former and current employees of OpenAI and Google DeepMind have signed an open letter demanding stronger security measures in the development of artificial intelligence.
Microsoft accused of secretly collecting and storing children’s data
The Austrian privacy law group Noyb is suing Microsoft over the use of Microsoft 365 Education software in schools.
Screens all your actions: experts consider Recall AI feature in Windows 11 «a disaster» for security
Microsoft is preparing to launch a new artificial intelligence-based Recall feature that takes screenshots of absolutely everything you do on your computer.
Men abroad with the status of «wanted» need to return to local TCCs — MoD
So far, 1,371,000 Ukrainians, including 190,000 women, have updated their data through the application for persons liable for military service «Reserve+».
Stinger, Javelin, NLAW: Logics7 has created more than 30 weapon simulators for the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Ukrainian company Logics7 has created more than 30 types of simulators of various weapons that are necessary for training the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Residents of «Diia.City» demand to extend the deadlines and introduce economical booking
The residents’ union «Diya.City» and Diya.City United called on the Cabinet of Ministers to take a number of measures to ensure the operation of enterprises important to the economy in the context of a full-scale war.
Architect + DevOps: top hires in IT in May
Average salaries in top hires increased over the month. But there were two vacancies: Architect and DevOps.
OpenAI claims Russia’s use of AI in large-scale disinformation campaign
The Russian campaign Doppelganger used artificial intelligence from OpenAI to create anti-Ukrainian comments on the social network X.
The highest salaries for techies in new vacancies are crypto and gambling
The highest salaries for technical specialists among the vacancies published this year are in cryptocurrency and gambling.
«Disaster without legal consequences»: cybersecurity expert criticizes «Reserve+»
Cybersecurity expert Kostiantyn Korsun believes that the «Reserve+» app has a number of significant drawbacks in terms of personal data protection.
The Ministry of Defense is looking for developers of VR and AR simulators for training
The Ministry of Defense has announced a tender for the development of VR and AR simulators for training, education and simulations based on technology (virtual and augmented reality).
Electronic booking via «Diia» should be launched within a month — Ministry of Defense
The e-booking service will be launched on the «Diia» portal within a month.
Ukrainian developers have created a «Tank» — complex for evacuating wounded from the battlefield
Ukrainian developers have created «Tankchik» —, a new ground-based robotic system for evacuating and logistics of the wounded from the battlefield.As the editorial board was informed, this advanced complex was created to ensure maximum safety and efficiency during rescue operations in combat zones.Above «Tank»
Chinese military shows robot dogs with rifles and rocket launchers
The Chinese military demonstrated robotic war dogs equipped with rifles and rocket launchers during joint exercises with Cambodia.
GitHub and JFrog announce integration: single sign-on, shared dashboards, and code management
The well-known developer platforms GitHub and JFrog have announced a partnership that provides for deeper integration between the services.
Head of Odesa TCC earned more than $1 million by falsifying data of tax evaders in «Oberig» system
The head of the department of the Primorsky RTC and JV of the city of Odesa. Odesa is suspected of unauthorized interference with the «Oberih» system.
Technology of the future. Rust tops the list of programming languages in terms of popularity
The Rust programming language is becoming increasingly popular among developers: although it is only 14th in terms of prevalence, it ranks 1st in terms of popularity growth.
Data «Reserve+» will be equivalent to a military ID. But the renewal period may be extended
Information from «Reserve+» will have the same legal force as a paper military ID or registration certificate after two weeks.
No alternatives. Cabinet of Ministers confirms work on electronic booking
The Ministry of Economy confirmed that it is discussing with other agencies the creation of an electronic booking mechanism.
A programmer «Yapartner SOFT» possessed 270 g of cannabis: he had to repent and pay UAH 17 thousand
The Pervomaiskyi Court of Mykolaiv Oblast considered the case of a programmer from «YaPartner SOFT» who was in possession of 270 grams of cannabis. Despite everything, he managed to pay off only UAH 17 thousand in fines and UAH 1,514 in compensation for forensic chemical examination.
Precision hackathon to be launched in Ukraine to improve accuracy of Armed Forces operations
Members of the Brave1 cluster launch the Precision hackathon to find «accurate» solutions to defeat the enemy.
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