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.

BYD Song Pro DM-i: a plug-in hybrid SUV with a range of up to 1400 km

News Auto 09-23-2024 comment
BYD has launched the updated Song Pro DM-i compact plug-in hybrid crossover. This model features BYD’s latest DM 5.0 hybrid system, which improves fuel efficiency and performance.

M-Hero 917 Dragon Armor Edition: a powerful electric SUV from Dongfeng with a range of up to 1032 km

News Auto 09-23-2024 comment
Dongfeng has announced the release of the new M-Hero 917 Dragon Armor Edition electric SUV. The car has an exclusive Desert Storm Military Yellow color and a contrasting silver roof.

Shine 2.0: Portable wind turbine for hiking and blackouts

News Devices 09-19-2024 comment
Aurea Technologies has created the Shine 2.0 portable wind turbine, which may be of interest to Ukrainians in times of power outages. A small breeze is enough to generate energy to charge a smartphone, and a strong wind will help charge a laptop.

BYD Denza Z9 GT: a powerful electric car with a range of up to 1100 km and a price of €43 thousand.

News Auto 09-12-2024 comment
The BYD Denza luxury brand is preparing for the global launch of the Z9 GT electric car. This model will be offered in a hybrid (PHEV) and a fully electric (BEV) version.

HUAWEI Mate XT: the world's first smartphone with a triple screen and a price starting at $2800

News Devices 09-10-2024 comment
HUAWEI has officially unveiled the Mate XT Ultimate Design as the world’s first triple-screen smartphone in production.

The average salary in Ukraine has increased to almost UAH 21 thousand. IT employees receive the most

News IT business 09-09-2024 comment
The State Statistics Service has released a new report on the average salary of officially employed workers in Ukraine. According to the report, the average salary in the second quarter of 2024 in Ukraine increased to UAH 20,964.

BMW recalls BMW i4 electric vehicles due to possible chassis cracks and fire risk

News Auto 09-03-2024 comment
BMW is recalling certain versions of the i4 Gran Coupe electric sedan due to a potential problem with the rear left longitudinal chassis beam. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the beam may not have been manufactured by the supplier to specifications. As a result, it may contain cracks near the rivet flange used to…

Zeekr 7X: New electric SUV from Geely with a range of up to 780 km and fast charging in 15 minutes

News Auto 09-03-2024 comment
Zeekr (Geely’s premium brand) is planning to launch the 7X electric SUV in Europe. It is built on the 800-volt SEA platform, which is shared with many of the group’s other offerings.

Qualcomm has released Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 processor - a slightly overclocked modification of Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

News Devices 09-02-2024 comment
Over the weekend, the Qualcomm mobile processor lineup was expanded with a new Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 device. The company did not announce this event, but simply added new page to its website. The new mid-range platform will replace Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, skipping the second-generation version of the 4nm chip.

Penghui Energy announces solid-state batteries with a density of 280 Wh/kg and a price close to lithium-ion batteries

News Technologies 08-30-2024 comment
Guangzhou-based Penghui Energy has announced its first solid-state battery. The new development has an energy density of 280 Wh/kg. For comparison, current top-level lithium-ion batteries can reach 250 Wh/kg. But the main feature of this Chinese battery is its relatively low price. It costs only 15% more than a standard battery used in modern…

Motorola Edge 50 Neo - a compact smartphone with military-grade protection from €500

News Devices 08-30-2024 comment
Motorola has introduced a new Edge 50 Neo smartphone and announced the start of global sales of the model Edge 50.

BYD Song Plus 2025: an electric crossover with a range of 520-605 km and a price of $21 thousand.

News Auto 08-19-2024 comment
BYD has presented an updated Song Plus electric car for the 2025 model year. This version of the crossover received an updated design and new features – 16 innovations at the same price as the basic configuration.

Volkswagen Caddy plug-in hybrid: up to 122 km on electric power, combined fuel consumption of 0.5 liters per 100 km

News Auto 08-16-2024 comment
Volkswagen has updated the Caddy van with a hybrid version with a long range on electric power. The new Caddy eHybrid and Caddy Cargo eHybrid are plug-in hybrids.

Motorola Edge 50 - the world's thinnest smartphone with military-grade protection

News Devices 07-25-2024 comment
In addition to the models motorola edge 50 ultra, motorola edge 50 pro and motorola edge 50 fusion it’s time to release the regular version of motorola edge 50. This new product is positioned as the world’s thinnest smartphone, protected according to the MIL-810H military-grade standard. This means that it should not be afraid of dust,…

Xiaomi's new «smart» factory will operate 24/7 without people and produce 60 smartphones per minute

News Devices 07-09-2024 comment
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has announced that a new generation factory designed to produce smartphones will soon start operating. It is located in Changping, Beijing.

Huawei has announced its own programming language Cangjie

News Software 06-21-2024 comment
During the HDC 2024 developer conference, Huawei introduced its own Cangjie programming language. This language is positioned as a next-generation solution for smart applications for all scenarios.

Telegram Stars - a new internal currency for paying for digital goods

News Software 06-07-2024 comment
Telegram has launched a new feature – the ability to sell digital goods and services through bots and mini-apps using a new internal currency called «Telegram Stars».

Fallout 4 launched on Android at 30 fps - it took the Winlator solution and a few minutes of setup

News Games 05-15-2024 comment
The PC is an impressive gaming platform. But recently, devices with Arm architecture and distinctive operating systems have become increasingly popular. However, due to the differences in OS and platform, they are mostly locked into their own gaming ecosystem. However, the situation seems to be gradually changing.

The model with OnlyFans showed its «charms» through the interactive «Portal» New York-Dublin — the project had to be suspended

News WTF 05-14-2024 comment
Last week, a virtual bridge called The Portal was launched between New York and Dublin. This is an interactive art installation that allows real-time display of images of cities that are almost 5000 km apart. The Portals have large round screens and cameras that transmit images to a connected Portal.

Clippy is back: the paperclip assistant is available in Windows 11 via third-party open source utilities

News Software 05-08-2024 comment
Versions of Microsoft Office released between 1997 and 2004 used the paperclip-shaped digital assistant Clippy. Subsequently, the company abandoned it with the release of Office 2007, although there have been attempts to revive Clippy in various reincarnations: in Microsoft Teams, on «ugly» Christmas sweaters, in the form of a money clip. Now…

Only eSIM - the new iPad Pro and iPad Air are without a physical SIM card slot

News Devices 05-08-2024 comment
New tablets iPad Pro (M4) and iPad Air are already available for ordering, and Apple’s website reveals some additional information about these devices that was not mentioned during the announcement.

GPT4 is recognized as the best AI model in the chatbot arena

News Technologies 03-08-2024 comment
The LMSYS Chatbot Arena service has updated the rating of large language models of artificial intelligence. It allows you to evaluate which models are currently doing the best job.

The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) gaming laptop in Ukraine costs from UAH 90 thousand. With OLED display and Core Ultra 9 185H - from 125 thousand UAH

News Devices 03-06-2024 comment
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) has announced the launch of a relatively thin and light gaming laptop ROG Zephyrus G16 (2024) in Ukraine. The device has a new aluminum body and Slash Lighting matrix backlight on the lid. It looks like a diagonally running ribbon and demonstrates customizable animated effects

Vodafone has received the 075 network code with a capacity of 10 million numbers

News Technologies 03-06-2024 comment
As expected, the NCCIR has issued a decision allowing Vodafone to use an additional mobile network code numbering resource in Ukraine. This will allow the operator to use another code with «five» 075.

An era has passed: NVIDIA discontinues GeForce GTX 16 series GPUs - the last GTX chips

News Devices 03-05-2024 comment
NVIDIA has discontinued the production of GeForce GTX 16 series GPUs. This was reported by Chinese sources citing the latest roadmap.

The Intel Core i9-14900KS processor requires a higher voltage to reach 6.2 GHz, and the PBP reaches 150 W

News Devices 03-04-2024 comment
The new Intel Core i9-14900KS processor is expected to go on sale around mid-March. However, it is obvious that some retailers are not waiting for the end of the official sales embargo, as photos of the boxes and the processors themselves can already be found online.

DIAGNOSIS: DISSENT: A Ukrainian film about the «punitive psychiatry» of the KGB of the USSR will be released on April 17

News Movie 03-01-2024 comment
Next month, the Ukrainian film «DIAGNOSIS: DISSENT» will be released. According to the authors, this is the first feature film in world cinema whose characters face the so-called «punitive psychiatry», one of the most cynical and cruel inventions of the USSR KGB, which was used against those who disagreed with the communist party’s…

Playdead Studio (developer of Limbo and Inside) has shown concept art of its mysterious third project

News Games 02-28-2024 comment
It’s been over 7 years since Playdead (the developer of Limbo and Inside) started hinting at their mysterious third project. And now, after some time off, the company has shared some new concept art, confirming that work on the game is ongoing.

Acer Predator Connect W6, Predator Connect W6d and Vero Connect W6 routers with transmission speeds up to 7.8 Gbps launched in Ukraine

News Devices 02-27-2024 comment
Acer has announced the launch of three new models of Connect wireless routers in Ukraine, which are sold under the Acer Vero and Predator brands.

Microlino Lite is a compact city electric car with a range of 100-177 km and a rental price of €156 per month

News Auto 02-26-2024 comment
The Swiss company Micro has presented the production version of its ultra-compact two-seater electric car Microlino Lite at the Geneva Motor Show. This car is designed to move around the city, through busy and narrow streets.

Lian Li has created a PC case table with a built-in transparent OLED panel

News Devices 02-16-2024 comment
Lian Li has demonstrated a prototype of its next-generation computer desk-enclosure called DK-07. The novelty has a full-size transparent OLED display in the middle of the case and is the result of the evolution of the DK-05F and DK-04F models.

Goose ─ Google has launched an internal AI model to help developers

News Software 02-15-2024 comment
As Google embeds artificial intelligence in every product it makes, it is also turning to AI to improve the efficiency of its own business.

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