Vadym Karpus

News writer

Vadym graduated from the International Institute of Market Relations and Entrepreneurship with a degree in Finance in 2001, after he worked for a few years in finance and accounting.

Computers have been his passion since school and the days of the ZX Spectrum. Later on, his interest in information technology gradually increased, and he started assembling PCs for himself, his relatives, and customers. So over time, the hobby gradually turned into a job.

In 2007, he applied for the vacancy, completed the test tasks, and was among the three finalists. The other two finalists were invited to write for the magazine issued by ITC Publishing, and Vadym became part of ITC. Since then, he has been filling the news feed on the site with great pleasure, gradually covering new topics. His key interests include computers, smartphones, gadgets, and digital photography.

Farewell to the track: «Formula 1» champion Jenson Button will retire from racing after the 2025 season

News Auto 07-18-2025 comment
«Formula 1» — is not only about cars, technology, speed and victories. It is also about the stories of people who have shaped the face of motorsport for decades. One of them was Jenson Button — 2009 Formula 1 «» champion, a real fighter who went from an outsider to a top star. At the end of 2025, he will say goodbye to professional…

Subaru unveils Uncharted — electric crossover with acceleration to «100» in 5 seconds and a range of 492 km

News Auto 07-18-2025 comment
Subaru presented a new compact electric crossover called Subaru Uncharted at a special event in New York. This novelty is characterized by acceleration to «hundred» in less than 5 seconds and modern technology under the hood. We can say that this is the first modern Subaru electric car, if we do not mention the renamed Toyota BZ/Solterra.

How much do AI specialists earn at Microsoft? A table has been leaked online

News IT business 07-18-2025 comment
In 2025, the competition for AI talent has reached a new level, and Microsoft is one of the companies that pays the most generously. At the same time, its internal culture is undergoing a transformation: intense work, staff reduction and its reliance on AI are fundamentally changing business. A new report has revealed how much Microsoft employees…

OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Agent that will take over your computer and do everything for you

News Technologies 07-18-2025 comment
OpenAI, one of the key AI companies, has made a big step towards autonomous agents that can act almost like virtual assistants. It introduced ChatGPT Agent — tool, can perform work on behalf of the user using its own «virtual computer».

Microsoft on the rise to $4 trillion: rapid growth of capitalization amid layoffs and AI implementation

News IT business 07-18-2025 comment
Recently NVIDIA becomes the first company to reach $4 trillion in market capitalization. Even US President Donald Trump congratulated manager «green» company with this achievement. But soon, Microsoft may also take this barrier.

Intel Nova Lake-AX — 28 processor cores, 48 GPU cores Xe3, but may not work

News Devices 07-17-2025 comment
The market for high-performance mobile processors is hot right now. AMD has shown the class with powerful Strix Halo, Apple continues to develop its M-series chip line, while Intel… has temporarily lost momentum and has a huge gap in the APU segment. But it looks like this may change. The specifications of the upcoming Nova Lake-AX — chip…

70% of Samsung Galaxy S25 owners use AI features — the company is preparing a major expansion

News Software 07-17-2025 comment
Samsung has taken the development of AI functions in the on their smartphones. She’s declaresThe company says that a huge percentage of its device users already use AI functions in one way or another. In the future, the company plans to significantly expand AI capabilities on Galaxy phones.

Ford unveiled the electric Bronco New Energy in the US, but the US won’t see it — only for China

News Auto 07-17-2025 comment
Ford has expanded its Bronco crossover lineup and introduced the new electric Ford Bronco New Energy. This model was created in partnership with Jiangling Motors and is targeted at the Chinese market. It will not go on sale in the United States. This is whileFord CEO, who drives a Xiaomi SU7, raises alarm over Chinese cars.

Massive fines in «Reserve+» for late data updates — even for those who have updated

News Software 07-17-2025 comment
In recent days, many people liable for military service have received a notification in the «Reserve+» app that they have been fined for late updating of their credentials. Last week, the Ministry of Defense just started rolling out a new version of the app, 1.7.1 with the function of paying fines online and with a 50% discount. However, the…

Tesla announces Model YL — a larger crossover with three rows of seats

News Auto 07-17-2025 comment
The electric vehicle market in China is currently experiencing a real boom. Manufacturers are producing monthly release new models, including spacious family crossovers with three rows of seats. Tesla did not stand aside and officially announced its answer — Model YL. This is a new enlarged version of the standard Model Y. The novelty features an…

Range Rover prepares first electric SUV — Bentley-comfort, 542 hp and 118 kWh

News Auto 07-16-2025 comment
Range Rover is preparing to launch its first electric SUV. Preview of the prototype from the publication Autocar gives the first idea of what to expect from the upcoming new model. Despite the new powertrain, the car retains the familiar design, comfort and reputation of an all-terrain vehicle. However, there are a few things worth paying attention…

Starlink is preparing a breakthrough: 3rd generation satellites with terabit speed will be launched in 2026

News Technologies 07-16-2025 comment
SpaceX continues to actively develop the Starlink satellite internet project. Over the past year, the service has significantly improved speed and stability and expanded to new territories. In the coming years, Starlink will receive more powerful third-generation satellites that will increase the channel’s capacity by an order of magnitude…

Tesla launches Model Y sales in India — twice as expensive as in the US

News Auto 07-16-2025 comment
Tesla has finally officially entered the Indian market, one of the last major markets where its electric cars have not yet been sold. This was preceded by several unsuccessful attempts. However, this time, instead of taking advantage of favorable conditions to reduce duties, the automaker set prices that simply do not correlate with the local…

Update «broke» Chrome on Windows and macOS — browser freezes or does not start

News Software 07-16-2025 comment
The latest Google Chrome update has caused problems for many users. The browser stops launching or freezes, and the situation seems to affect mostly Windows and macOS users.

Seagate releases first 30TB HAMR drives — Exos M and IronWolf Pro are on sale now for $600

News Devices 07-16-2025 comment
Seagate released Exos M and IronWolf Pro hard drives with capacities up to 30 TB. They are built on the Mozaic 3+ platform and utilize thermal magnetic recording (HAMR) technology. This technology uses a laser to increase storage density. This is the first time Seagate has made Mozaic 3+ hard drives with HAMR available to the mass market.

Honda has shown the Super EV Concept — a compact urban electric crossover

News Auto 07-15-2025 comment
At the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed Honda presented its new electric concept — Super EV Concept. The company has organized a preliminary demonstration of the future compact electric crossover. Some details about it have also emerged.

Elon Musk promises «the most epic demonstration of» Tesla by the end of the year — again

News Auto 07-15-2025 comment
Elon Musk is promising something impressive again — this time «the most epic demonstration of all time». It sounds ambitious, like most of his statements. But if you look at Tesla’s previous high-profile promises, not all of them have been fulfilled. Especially when it comes to demonstrations and launches of long-awaited models.

Windows 11 will get adaptive power saving — laptop «will live» longer, but will work differently

News Software 07-15-2025 comment
Previously, energy saving in Windows 11 was quite simple. When the battery level dropped to a certain value (for example, 20%), the system turned on power saving. This caused a decrease in screen brightness, a decrease in processor frequency, disabling visual effects, and limiting background processes. All this was done in an attempt to squeeze the…

Google is merging Android with ChromeOS — officially

News Software 07-15-2025 comment
Google has officially confirmed the long-discussed merger of its two operating systems — ChromeOS and Android. This is an important step for the company, which has long been looking for a way to make its ecosystem more holistic. Details are still scarce, but the direction of development has already been outlined.

Sony Xperia smartphones are leaving Europe — but not all

News IT business 07-15-2025 comment
Sony has faced a decline in demand for its Xperia smartphones, and the company is starting to respond to the weak demand. After stopping global sales of the flagship Xperia 1 VII due to technical problems, Sony is completely withdrawing from the Finnish market and considering similar steps in other countries.

The new electric Audi Q6 and SQ6 Sportback e-tron offer up to 509 hp and over 500 km of range for $69600 and up

News Auto 07-14-2025 comment
Audi is increasingly interested in electric vehicles and is launching new electric crossover coupes Q6 Sportback e-tron and the SQ6 Sportback e-tron in the 2025 model lineup.

Nothing Phone (3) will be available in Ukraine from tomorrow at a price of 40 thousand UAH

News Devices 07-14-2025 comment
At the beginning of the month an announcement was made Nothing Phone (3) smartphone, and its global launch was scheduled for July 15. Tomorrow, along with the rest of the world, this new product will go on sale in Ukraine. Ukrainian fans of the brand will also be able to purchase the first full-size Nothing Headphone (1).

How to turn Nintendo Switch Lite into a big screen console: enthusiasts add OLED screen and HDMI output

News Technologies 07-14-2025 comment
The Nintendo Switch Lite is a compact, handy game console. But it lacks one important feature: the ability to connect to a TV or monitor via HDMI. For many players, this was one of the main reasons to choose a non-Lite version. But the enthusiasts from Retro Remake solved this problem on their own and created a module that adds almost everything…

Bentley’s first electric car: retrofuturism in the EXP 15 concept

News Auto 07-14-2025 comment
Even the most traditional car companies have gone electric. Bentley, known for its powerful gasoline engines and classic luxury, is the first showedThe company has shown what its all-electric car could look like. It’s not a production model, but a concept, but it already has a look into the next decade. It is inspired by the legendary 1930…

SSD in a video card? Give me two. That’s how many M.2 slots the Colorful prototype has

News Devices 07-14-2025 comment
Manufacturer video cards Colorful is preparing an unusual solution — a new model in the GeForce RTX 50 line with built-in slots for two M.2 solid-state drives. A prototype of such a device of the iGame Ultra series has already been demonstrated at Bilibili World 2025. About reported IT Home.

Jensen Huang: Trump is proud of 4 trillion NVIDIA, and the industry will survive the new duties

News AI Week 07-13-2025 comment
NVIDIA not only maintains leadership in the development of GPUs and hardware for artificial intelligence, but also became the first American company with a market capitalization of $4 trillion. Its CEO Jensen Huang said that this achievement made Donald Trump, with whom he recently met, personally proud. The head of the «green» company also…

The Geely Galaxy A7 — hybrid sedan with a range of over 2100 km and a price of $14.5 thousand was presented.

News Auto 07-13-2025 comment
Last week BYD has presented the Seal 06 DM-i hybrid wagon with a range of up to 2000 km and a price of $15300. Geely responds to this by announcing the Galaxy A7 mid-size plug-in hybrid sedan, which promises even greater autonomy at a lower starting price.

AI without political correctness control: xAI explains why Elon Musk’s bot Grok praised Hitler

News AI Week 07-13-2025 comment
Last week was a busy one for Elon Musk’s AI company xAI. It launched the flagship model Grok 4 and the SuperGrok Heavy tariff for $300 per month. But the company is probably best remembered for the behavior of its Grok bot on social network X, which was noted for anti-Semitic publications and praise of Hitler. Due to this scandal, xAI…

Smart #3 (2026) is presented: an electric crossover with a range of up to 555 km and a price of $23 thousand.

News Auto 07-13-2025 comment
Smart’s electric vehicle lineup has been expanded with the updated Smart #3 compact crossover for the 2026 model year. And for those who appreciate dynamic style, the company offers a sporty version of the Brabus, which is about 50% more expensive.

Sex discrimination from ChatGPT: AI advises women to ask for a much lower salary than men

News AI Week 07-13-2025 comment
Artificial intelligence is increasingly affects our lives — from education and medicine to works, creativity and career development. And while we perceive it as an impartial tool, a new study calls this into question. Scientists from Germany have shown that modern language patterns can reproduce discriminatory biases — in particular, against…

China’s zombie factories: billions for chips — and emptiness

News IT business 07-12-2025 comment
In recent years, China has been aggressively developing its own semiconductor industry in an effort to reduce its dependence on Western technologies. The country now has fairly advanced fabs that can produce chips based on the 7nm process, as well as world-class 3D NAND and DRAM memory. However, not all projects have been successful, which,…

Tesla is losing ground in China: sales are down 30%, competitors are coming

News Auto 07-12-2025 comment
Until recently, Tesla remained the flagship of the electric car industry. But the situation is changing rapidly. The company is facing a drop in sales in the United States and Europe. Against this backdrop, Tesla’s dependence on China, its second most important market and key production center, is growing. However, Tesla is now losing…

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 received patch 1.5.1 — fixed NPC behavior and problems in missions

News Games 07-12-2025 comment
GSC Game World has released update 1.5.1 for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. The developers have fixed various bugs discovered after the release of the previous major patch 1.5. These include both character behavior issues and mission crashes. The fixes affected both game mechanics and visual details.

AI has learned to write malicious code that bypasses Microsoft Defender: a wake-up call for cybersecurity

News AI Week 07-12-2025 comment
Modern AI language models are becoming more and more functional and powerful. In some cases AI is already leading to layoffs or Decrease in revenues in some areas. In addition, the rapid development of AI raises concerns among cybersecurity experts. After all, AI models are capable of generating not only useful code but also malicious code.…

1548 hp and 300 km/h in a family body: Xiaomi prepares the fastest production electric crossover YU7 Ultra

News Auto 07-12-2025 comment
In just over a year, Xiaomi has launched several electric vehicle models. The first was the SU7 electric sedan, then its sports modification was released SU7 Ultraand last month the company introduced electric crossover YU7. The company is not stopping there. Along with the start of production of the YU7, it is already testing the YU7 Ultra sports…

Hyundai has shown the charged IONIQ 6 N: 641 hp, 3.2 seconds to 60 and simulated engine sound

News Auto 07-11-2025 comment
Hyundai has used the famous Goodwood Festival of Speed to present its IONIQ 6 N sports electric vehicle. This is the second high-performance model in the N lineup after the IONIQ 5 N.

24 world records: €2.3 million Rimac Nevera R electric hypercar demonstrates EV potential

News Auto 07-11-2025 comment
Electric hypercar developer Rimac Automobili continues to demonstrate its leadership in this segment. Its new Rimac Nevera R model has set 24 world records on the race track at once. At the same time, 23 of them belonged to the previous standard version of the Nevera.

Google launches new services in Ukraine: AI Ultra tariff, Flow video creation, and «animation» photos

News AI Week 07-11-2025 comment
Google continues to introduce new AI features in Ukraine. Last week, Ukrainian subscribers of Google AI Pro has become available the newest generative Veo 3 modelwhich creates a video with soundtrack based on a text description. Now, a new feature has been added: turning photos into videos in Gemini. And that’s not all.

Google launches Android Canary — a new program to access early OS features on Pixel

News Software 07-11-2025 comment
Google launched a new Android preview program that allows you to try out new features of the mobile OS even earlier. Thanks to the Canary program, Pixel smartphone owners will be able to test future features long before they are released to the public.

Microsoft replaces employees with AI and saves $500 million

News AI Week 07-11-2025 comment
Artificial intelligence is increasingly replacing human labor. This is felt by individuals who lose income or work, as well as large companies that are cutting costs. One of Microsoft’s top executives said at a private presentation that in 2024 alone, the company saved hundreds of millions of dollars by automating work tasks. At the same…

Razer releases wireless keyboard with interchangeable switches and up to 980 hours of battery life

News Devices 07-10-2025 comment
Razer created a new gaming keyboard with the long name Razer BlackWidow V4 Tenkeyless HyperSpeed. This new product features manufacturer has relied on compactness, quiet operation, flexible settings, and reliable wireless connectivity.

Google gives a year of AI Pro service worth $200 on Pixel 9 and launches Gemini on Wear OS

News AI Week 07-10-2025 comment
Quite unexpectedly, Google has announced the release of new Pixel Drop features, formerly known as Pixel Feature Drop. Usually, such releases appear every three months. The next one on the schedule was expected only in September. But now, in the July update for Pixel devices, the company introduced several important innovations related to the…

«Hello» presents Xiaomi YU7 in Ukraine — three versions priced from UAH 1.716 million.

News Auto 07-10-2025 comment
Last month Xiaomi has introduced a new electric crossover YU7. Only a few weeks later, the «Hello» marketplace announced the opening of pre-orders for this new product. Ukrainian electric car fans are offered three modifications of the Xiaomi YU7.

Adblock Plus users see worse ads than without it — research

News Software 07-10-2025 comment
Imagine: you install an ad blocker to avoid intrusive or harmful content, and you get… even more problematic ads. These digital billboards may inadvertently expose their users to more problematic content. Such conclusions were made by researchers from the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University. They analyzed how online…

Elon Musk introduced Grok 4 with SuperGrok Heavy tariff for $300 per month

News AI Week 07-10-2025 comment
The xAI company founded by Elon Musk has unveiled its latest flagship AI model Grok 4. And to avoid having to go twice, the company also presented a new SuperGrok Heavy tariff plan worth $300 per month. This is one of the most expensive subscription options among all major AI providers.

Samsung unveiled Galaxy Watch8 and Watch8 Classic — the thinnest watch and bezel starting at UAH 15 thousand

News Devices 07-09-2025 comment
Together with folding smartphones Samsung also introduced a pair of new smartwatches: Galaxy Watch8 and Galaxy Watch8 Classic. The updates in these models affected both the appearance and hardware.

Samsung unveils Galaxy Flip7 — bigger screens and battery in a thinner body for a price starting from UAH 50 thousand

News Devices 07-09-2025 comment
At the Samsung Unpacked event, the Korean electronics giant introduced a new folding smartphone in the clamshell form factor, the Galaxy Flip7. The novelty has the largest external screen ever installed in the Galaxy Flip line.

More than 1200 km on a single charge — Lucid Air Grand Touring sets a Guinness World Record

News Auto 07-09-2025 comment
Car owners have several concerns about electric vehicles. They are mainly concerned about the possibility of being left in the middle of the road with an empty battery. These fears are fueled by the insufficient development of charging infrastructure in many regions. Lucid is dispelling these fears. Last week, its electric car Lucid Air Grand…

ChatGPT has taken over Tinder: according to Ivan Franko, no one is on a date

News AI Week 07-09-2025 comment
In recent years, online dating to find a date has become commonplace. Thus, preparing for a date has turned from something exciting and exciting to a routine task of swiping a touch screen. Rapid development generative artificial intelligence further distorted this experience, leaving even less personal in it.

New Rivian Gen 2 Quad R1T and R1S — four motors again and «tank turn»

News Auto 07-09-2025 comment
Amid growing competition in the segment electric crossovers Rivian has updated its R1 series vehicles with the introduction of second-generation versions. The Gen 2 Quad lineup includes the R1T (pickup) and R1S (SUV) models. Both new products are aimed at off-road fans and have four electric motors — one for each wheel. Thus, after experiments…

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