Ihor Panchenko

News writer

In 2015, Ihor graduated from Admiral Makarov National Shipbuilding University with a degree in Enterprise Economics, but he never worked in this field.

Instead, he worked as a programmer, website and typography designer, editor and author at the methodological center and vctr.media. He also wrote seo-articles on a freelance basis and was a photographer.

Ihor joined ITC.UA in July 2024 as an author of news about science and games.

He is interested in history, biology, physics, likes to read fantasy and is writing his book, collects a collection of board games, loves to watch festival films and play projects from FromSoftware. Igor has two Balinese cats — Elsa and Arwen.

The free-to-play game The Elder Scrolls: Castles is out now on iOS and Android — build the castle of your dreams

News Games 09-11-2024 at 14:28 comment
Bethesda has released a new free-to-play game The Elder Scrolls: Castles for iOS and Android, which allows players to build their own castle and manage a dynasty in The Elder Scrolls universe.

Xbox launches Game Pass Standard tariff for $15 — without Starfield, Diablo IV and other hits

News Games 09-11-2024 at 13:08 comment
More than 40 previously available games have been upgraded to the Game Pass Ultimate tariff.

«Sony, are you crazy?»: PS5 Pro €800 presentation outraged fans — 154,000 dislikes in the first day

News Devices 09-11-2024 at 11:22 comment
Sony Company introduced a new gaming console PS5 Pro, but the announcement caused a wave of criticism due to the high cost and lack of significant improvements.

PlayStation 5 Pro: «about 40 or 50 games» will receive an upgrade this fall

News Games 09-10-2024 at 22:33 comment
Sony has announced that «approximately 40-50 games» will receive updates for PlayStation 5 Pro at the console’s launch on November 7.

First teaser of the cartoon «Nasha Fayta»: Transcarpathian comedy for adults from the creators of «Mavka»

News Movie 09-10-2024 at 19:50 comment
Animagrad studio together with Uzhhorod studio «Nasha Fayta» started working on a feature-length animated film for an adult audience and presented the first teaser of the project.

Sony announces PlayStation 5 Pro: more powerful GPU, advanced ray tracing, and AI upscaling

News Devices 09-10-2024 at 18:33 comment
Sony has officially unveiled an updated version of its flagship console — PlayStation 5 Pro, which offers significant improvements in graphics power and rendering technology.

Obsessed with Disney: a couple spent $400,000 and offers a kidney to return to the elite club

News WTF 09-10-2024 at 18:07 comment
A couple from California has been trying to renew their membership in an exclusive club at Disneyland for seven years, spending huge sums of money.

Comparison of iPhone 16 Pro with iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro: what has changed?

News Devices 09-10-2024 at 17:06 comment
At the «It’s Glowtime» event on September 9, Apple unveiled its latest flagship smartphones — iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. In this article, we will look at the key differences between these new products and their predecessors: iPhone 15 Pro, Pro Max and iPhone 14 Pro, Pro Max.

A blow to tech giants: EU court orders Apple to pay €13 billion in taxes and Google to pay €2.4 billion in fines

News IT business 09-10-2024 at 14:11 comment
The European Court of Justice has confirmed the legitimacy of multibillion-dollar fines for tech giants Apple and Google, strengthening the EU’s position in the fight against monopolies.

Apple does not include a charging cable with the new AirPods 4

News Devices 09-10-2024 at 13:06 comment
Apple Company introduced new AirPods 4 wireless headphones, but did not include a USB-C cable for charging them.

Ukrainian judges will have the right to use artificial intelligence in their work

News Technologies 09-10-2024 at 11:50 comment
The new version of the Code of Judicial Ethics will allow Ukrainian judges to use artificial intelligence technologies in their professional activities, but with restrictions.

Apple unveils new iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus with powerful A18 processor

News Devices 09-09-2024 at 21:53 comment
Apple has announced new smartphone models — iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus at its annual fall It’s Glowtime event. The new devices received a number of significant updates, while retaining the recognizable design of their predecessors.

Apple showed two models of AirPods 4 and updated AirPods Max

News Devices 09-09-2024 at 21:24 comment
Apple unveiled two new AirPods 4 models and the long-awaited AirPods Max update at the «It’s Glowtime» event.

Toxic gaming: two-thirds of women face misogyny in online games, — study

News Games 09-09-2024 at 15:20 comment
A new study has found that two-thirds of female players experience misogyny during online gaming, despite a slight improvement in the situation over the past year.

«Venom: The Last Dance» — new teaser for the sci-fi trilogy with Tom Hardy

News Movie 09-09-2024 at 14:05 comment
Sony Pictures has released a new teaser for the third installment of the Venom franchise and announced the release date of the final trailer for «Venom: The Last Dance».

«Much better than the original»: a fan’s animated Minecraft trailer has hit the Internet

News Movie 09-09-2024 at 12:07 comment
A fan of the popular Minecraft game made an animated version of the trailer for the upcoming movie, which has caused a stir online. He is offered to make the entire movie in this style.

Sony patents technology that will make every sound in the game unique

News Technologies 09-09-2024 at 11:46 comment
Sony has been granted a patent for a technology that allows it to automatically generate various sound effects and music in video games using artificial intelligence.

OpenAI may increase the cost of ChatGPT subscription to $2000 for access to new AI models

News IT business 09-09-2024 at 09:46 comment
OpenAI is considering a rapid increase in the cost of premium subscriptions to ChatGPT due to the release of advanced Strawberry and Orion models.

Rockstar postpones GTA 6 release to 2026, — insider (updated)

News Games 09-08-2024 at 12:17 comment
The postponement of the GTA 6 release was announced by a journalist of the GTABase portal, citing anonymous sources.

The petition to revive Concord has been signed by 1300 people — more than at the peak of the game on Steam

News Games 09-07-2024 at 13:33 comment
An online petition for the re-release of Sony’s failed shooter Concord has gained more than 1300 signatures, surpassing the peak number of players on Steam.

Ubisoft developer calls for 40 FPS to be the standard for consoles

News Games 09-07-2024 at 11:08 comment
Ancel Labena, a video game producer at Ubisoft, believes that 40 frames per second (FPS) mode should become the new standard for console games, providing an optimal balance between smooth gameplay and image quality.

The Wolf Man — the first trailer for the remake of the classic horror starring Julia Garner and Christopher Abbott

News Movie 09-06-2024 at 19:30 comment
Blumhouse has released the first trailer for its new Universal Monsters movie «The Wolf Man». The film promises to be as intense as director Lee Whannell’s previous work «The Invisible Man».

«Scary, but funny»: the movie «Alien: Romulus» in Japan presented in a very strange xenomorph costume

News Movie 09-06-2024 at 17:20 comment
The cosplayer said that she would like to stay in the character from the movie «Alien» forever.

Concord is lucky: the infamous game will appear in the Secret Level series from Amazon Prime

News Games 09-06-2024 at 12:43 comment
Despite the sudden closure of the shooter Concord, an episode about it will still be included in the animated series Secret Level, dedicated to the world of video games.

YouTube vs. Deepfakes: the platform announced new tools to protect authors

News Software 09-06-2024 at 11:01 comment
YouTube has begun developing new tools to protect artists and authors from unauthorized use of their appearance and voice.

Baldur’s Gate 3 gets a major patch: full support for mods and new «evil» endings

News Games 09-05-2024 at 20:03 comment
Larian Studios has released the long-awaited seventh patch for the role-playing game Baldur’s Gate 3. The update is impressive in its scope — the patch notes contain more than 18,000 words.

Created songs with AI and earned $10 million — musician faces 60 years in prison

News Technologies 09-05-2024 at 18:46 comment
Musician Michael Smith was arrested in New York (USA) for fraudulently using AI to create songs. He faces 60 years in prison for illegally receiving $10 million in royalties from streaming services.

Chinese miracle: Black Myth Wukong earned almost $1 billion in two weeks

News Games 09-05-2024 at 17:29 comment
The video game Black Myth: Wukong by Chinese studio Game Science has achieved phenomenal commercial success, according to a new report by Video Game Insights.

Netflix series sequel «Dahmer»: eerie trailer reveals the story of the Menendez brothers

News Movie 09-05-2024 at 15:20 comment
Netflix has presented the first full trailer for the series «Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Eric Menendez», which continues the crime anthology after the resounding success of «Dahmer».

LG gram laptops received new Intel Core Ultra 200V processors

News Devices 09-05-2024 at 14:37 comment
LG has presented at IFA 2024 a new ultra-thin laptop LG Gram 16 Pro equipped with Intel Core Ultra 200V series (Lunar Lake) processor. This is the first LG laptop with a new generation AI processor.

«Boring and slow»: the movie «Joker 2» has received a mixed reaction from critics — 54/100 on Metacritic

News Movie 09-05-2024 at 12:38 comment
But Joaquin Phoenix’s performance in «Joker: Madness for Two» remains «powerful and moving».

Hogwarts Legacy 2 to be: Warner Bros. confirms the development of a sequel

News Games 09-05-2024 at 10:59 comment
Warner Bros. Games considers the development of a sequel to the popular Hogwarts Legacy game as one of its priorities for the coming years.

«This is not what we’ve been waiting for for 10 years»: the first Minecraft trailer collected 230,000 dislikes in 7 hours — fans are outraged

News Movie 09-04-2024 at 23:41 comment
The first trailer for the Minecraft movie starring Jason Momoa has caused a wave of negative feedback among fans of the game.

WHO busts the myth: mobile phones do not cause brain cancer — new large-scale study

News Science and space 09-04-2024 at 18:22 comment
A large-scale study supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) has disproved the widespread belief that mobile phone radio waves are carcinogenic.

Archaeological evidence of the legend of the wizard Merlin’s tomb found in Scotland

News Science and space 09-04-2024 at 17:37 comment
Archaeologists have discovered ancient burials and remains of fortifications in the Tweeddale region of southern Scotland that may confirm local folklore about the tomb of the legendary wizard Merlin.

Baldur’s Gate 3 developers aim to outdo themselves in a new project

News Games 09-04-2024 at 12:25 comment
Larian Studios, known for its hit Baldur’s Gate 3, is not going to rest on its laurels.

«The Life of Chuck»: the first footage of the movie based on Stephen King and starring Tom Hiddleston

News Movie 09-04-2024 at 11:24 comment
Director Mike Flanagan, known for his horror films, will present «The Life of Chuck» at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Nvidia loses $280 billion in one day — record drop in the history of the US stock market

News IT business 09-04-2024 at 10:09 comment
Shares of Nvidia, a leading computer chip maker, suffered a record drop on September 3. The company’s market value decreased by $280 billion after the US Department of Justice sent an antitrust subpoena.

Concord — it’s over: PlayStation is shutting down the game two weeks after release and refunding players

News Games 09-03-2024 at 22:07 comment
Sony Interactive Entertainment is discontinuing its new multiplayer shooter Concord just two weeks after launch due to negative player feedback and low popularity.

Ubisoft shares are falling: Star Wars Outlaws did not meet expectations

News Games 09-03-2024 at 19:10 comment
Shares of French video game developer Ubisoft continue to fall for the second day in a row.

CD Projekt RED announces a board game based on Cyberpunk 2077

News Games 09-03-2024 at 18:39 comment
CD Projekt RED has presented a trailer for the board game «Cyberpunk 2077 — The Board Game», which recreates the world of the popular video game in the format of a board adventure.

Ganymede under attack: an asteroid 20 times larger than «dinosaur killer» has turned Jupiter’s moon around

News Science and space 09-03-2024 at 16:44 comment
The asteroid that collided with Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter, was 20 times larger than the one that caused the extinction of dinosaurs on Earth.

Bitcoins or network paralysis: ex-engineer hacked a company and tried to blackmail it for $750,000

News Software 09-03-2024 at 14:26 comment
He wanted to get rich quick, and now he risks spending 35 years behind bars.

Unexpected: Sylvester Stallone writes a prequel «Rocky» that looks like a cartoon «Lady and the Tramp»

News Movie 09-03-2024 at 12:15 comment
Sylvester Stallone is expanding the «Rocky» universe with a new prequel. This project is different from the spinoff «Creed» and will focus on the youth of Rocky Balboa himself. The actor, who is the creator of the franchise, has already started working on the script.

Bethesda aims to turn Starfield into the new Skyrim — details from the developer

News Games 09-03-2024 at 11:23 comment
Tim Lamb, Starfield’s lead creative producer, spoke about the game’s development plans, the response to player feedback, and the upcoming Shattered Space expansion pack.

Space exploration festival starts on Steam — discounts up to 80%, demos, and gifts

News Games 09-03-2024 at 08:00 comment
Event will run from September 2 to 9 and invites players to explore the vastness of the universe without leaving home.

The IT specialist told how Apple’s HR managers forced him to go through 13 interviews to finally… reject him

News IT business 09-02-2024 at 18:22 comment
An experienced product manager shared his negative experience with an interview at Apple, calling it «the worst interview experience» in his career.

The series The Lord of the Rings has a musical Easter egg about Sauron, and the composer is delighted that it has already been noticed

News Movie 09-02-2024 at 16:56 comment
In the second season of the series «The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power», viewers discovered an interesting musical Easter egg that connects Sauron and Galadriel.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: developers reveal details of the first task and biography of the key character

News Games 09-02-2024 at 15:30 comment
GSC Game World has revealed new details of the plot of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl.

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