A portrait of a Ukrainian IT professional by DOU: A 30-year-old married Kyiv resident who donates $180 to the Ukrainian Armed Forces every month
Profile resource of DOU analyzedhow Ukrainian IT professionals live and work in 2024, and created an average portrait of a specialist.
OpenAI may increase the cost of ChatGPT subscription to $2000 for access to new AI models
OpenAI is considering a rapid increase in the cost of premium subscriptions to ChatGPT due to the release of advanced Strawberry and Orion models.
Nvidia loses $280 billion in one day — record drop in the history of the US stock market
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.
Ubisoft shares are falling: Star Wars Outlaws did not meet expectations
Shares of French video game developer Ubisoft continue to fall for the second day in a row.
In 2024, China invested $25 billion in semiconductors — more than the United States, Taiwan, and South Korea combined
China has become the largest buyer of chip manufacturing equipment. In the first half of 2024, Chinese companies invested $25 billion in semiconductor production.
Business boom in Ukraine: more than 193 thousand new sole proprietorships in 8 months of 2024, 60% are started by women
In the first 8 months of 2024, a little more than 193 thousand new individual entrepreneurs were registered in Ukraine. This is reported by Opendatabot, citing data from the Unified State Register (USR).
The IT specialist told how Apple’s HR managers forced him to go through 13 interviews to finally… reject him
An experienced product manager shared his negative experience with an interview at Apple, calling it «the worst interview experience» in his career.
Brazil bans X / Twitter and will be fined $8900 per day for access via VPN — Apple and Google are obliged to remove the app
The Brazilian Supreme Court banned the social network X/Twitter due to its moderation policy. The largest country in South America is home to 227 million people.
«AnandTech’s Last Day»: Famous PC component review site closes after 27 years of operation
AnandTech, the website that has been familiar to anyone interested in desktop processors and components for the past 27 years, is shutting down. «Today is the last day of AnandTech’s publication», — writes editor-in-chief Ryan Smith.
Telegram employs mostly Ukrainian programmers — they won a professional competition
Referring to Telegram founder Pavel Durov, the Financial Times writes that the platform is used mostly by Ukrainian coders.
Pavel Durov is released on bail but banned from leaving France — he faces up to 10 years in prison
Telegram’s founder is accused of complicity in a dozen crimes, including drug trafficking and distribution of child pornography.
Microsoft programmers in the AI department earn $120,000 more per year than their colleagues — insider
According to the leaked salary data from Microsoft, programmers working on AI are paid significantly more than others. Others are dissatisfied and look «to the» side.
Apple’s CFO Luca Maestri resigns from January
Maestri joined the company in 2013 and was promoted to CFO a year later, replacing Peter Oppenheimer.
Pavel Durov was interrogated on 12 charges — full list
According to the cybercrime department of the Paris prosecutor’s office, Pavel Durov, founder and chairman of Telegram, was interrogated on 12 charges. Durov was detained on Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 20:00 local time at the airport «Le Bourget».
An EPAM IT specialist was detained at the border — he was trying to swim across the Dniester to get to Moldova
The IT specialist was fined UAH 3.4 thousand and ordered to pay UAH 600 in court fees.
An Amazon tech worker earns $400,000 a year for… doing nothing — and no one has exposed him yet
One of Amazon’s senior technical specialists boasted on social media that he managed to earn a lot of money and do almost nothing for the company. For some time, the man was worried that he would be exposed, but the e-commerce giant has not yet learned of his fraud.
Apple fires head of App Store — amid reorganization and pressure from EU regulators
The head of the App Store is leaving the company as part of the reorganization of the division, which previously attracted the attention of regulators due to concerns about «too much power in the mobile software market».
Worst deal since the financial crisis: $13 billion loan for Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition creates problems for banks
The money that Elon Musk borrowed to buy Twitter turned into the worst merger financing deal for banks since the 2008-2009 financial crisis.
Google Ukraine is headed by Tatiana Lukinyuk
Google has announced the appointment of Tetyana Lukinyuk as the new Director of Google Ukraine. As a reminder, Last year, Dmitry Sholomko left the companywho has been heading Google’s representative office in Ukraine for 17 years (in fact, from the very beginning of its work).
«British Bill Gates», software tycoon Mike Lynch, disappeared when his yacht crashed
Entrepreneur Mike Lynch, who is called the «British Bill Gates», went missing when his yacht sank. Lynch was the founder of the software company Autonomy, which was acquired by Hewlett Packard for $11.1 billion. Lynch is also a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society.
Google threatened bloggers with not giving them Pixels if they chose other smartphones — now the message has been officially deleted
Google’s invitation-only Team Pixel program provides early access to Pixel smartphones to influencers. Recently, the program included a requirement not to use other brands, which was removed after the publicity.
US DOJ proposes to «cut» Google into separate companies — Chrome, Android, and possibly Google Ads
After the court recognized Google as a monopolist in the online search marketThe U.S. Department of Justice is considering the possibility of splitting the company as one of the options for further developments.
Residents of «Diia.City» paid ₴8.4 billion in taxes in 2024 — Monobank, Favbet Tech, and EPAM are in the top
In the first 6 months of 2024, residents of «Diia.City» contributed more than ₴8.4 billion to the Ukrainian budget, almost as much as in the entire last year (₴8.5 billion).
Intel vs AMD: «red» succeed in the battle for the processor market
Despite facing a difficult financial situation, Intel still holds the lion’s share of the global processor market. Its products for desktops, mobile devices, and data centers account for more than 70% of the market share. However, AMD is gradually eroding this dominance like warm water dripping onto a huge glacier.
The Fallout London team wants to set up their own studio: «free mods don’t pay the bills»
Free mods are great, but working on them is expensive. The creators of Fallout London want to create their own game studio.
Golden parachute: Intel gives up to €500,000 in severance pay for voluntary departures
In Ireland, Intel has offered employees from the Leixlip team a severance package of up to €500 thousand for voluntary resignation. Recently, Intel announced that it would lay off 15% of its employees to cut costs.
Ukrainian IT professionals go abroad: -2.4 thousand specialists in the top 50 Ukrainian IT companies in six months
The specialized resource DOU has compiled a rating of the top 50 largest Ukrainian IT companies in the first half of 2024. It was not the best period for the Ukrainian IT industry, which continues to lose specialists.
The end of YouTube and website monetization: Google AdSense deactivates Russian accounts
Russia continues to implement large-scale technological import substitution. Although sometimes it is forced. The other day Russian authorities decide to block YouTube in the country. And now Google has decided to block AdSense for Russia. We are talking about a contextual advertising service that allowed video authors and website owners to earn…
Hogwarts Legacy did not save: why Warner Bros. is considering selling its gaming business
To preserve the company’s integrity, Warner Bros. is ready to part with part of its gaming business.
Apple loses $20 billion a year due to Google’s recognition as a monopolist
Google pays Apple about $20 billion a year to remain the main search engine on the platform. According to the latest court decisionthe transaction may be declared invalid.
Sony sold 61 million PlayStation 5 consoles, but hardware sales fell by 32%
Sony has achieved significant success, selling more than 61 million PlayStation 5 consoles, but the company has faced a 32% decline in hardware sales compared to last year.
Ukrainians in Poland open 11.2% of all new businesses – IT is the second most popular
According to the Polish Economic Institute, over the past two and a half years (from January 2022 to June 2024), about 59,800 Ukrainian active individual enterprises (JDGs) were established in Poland. This period almost entirely covers the period of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Google «is a monopoly» in search – US judge rules in long-running antitrust case
A US federal court has ruled that Google has illegally abused its monopoly over the entire search industry. The decision was made in a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice and several states in 2020.
Musk says he was caught on the «hook of a long-running scam» while creating OpenAI — and is thinking of suing Altman again
Elon Musk has seven Fridays in a week: in March, the billionaire filed a complaint against OpenAI, in June he changed his mind and canceled it, and now it seems he’s going to sue again.
75% of IT professionals donate an average of $188 per month to the Armed Forces, which is less than a year ago
The specialized resource DOU conducted a study of how IT professionals support the Ukrainian Defense Forces with donations. The survey involved 12,974 professionals — both those who are currently in Ukraine (11,037 IT professionals) and those who are abroad (1,937 IT professionals).
iPhone in stagnation but saved by iPad: Apple reports record quarterly revenue of $86 billion
In the third quarter of fiscal year 2024, Apple set a record with revenues of $85.8 billion (5% more than in the same period last year), while net profit reached $21.45 billion.
Intel lays off more than 15,000 employees — the company’s shares plummeted by 20% on the news
Intel has fallen on hard times. In the second quarter of 2024, the chipmaker suffered a loss of $1.6 billion. This is significantly more than the company lost in the previous quarter – $437 million.
Microsoft’s gaming revenue grew by 45% thanks to the acquisition of Activision
Microsoft’s revenues from the gaming segment continue to grow rapidly after the acquisition of Blizzard King by Activision.
NVIDIA boss says we’ll need only three computers in the future: to create AI, to model AI, and to run AI
At this year’s Siggraph event, NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang spoke to Wired for an hour about NVIDIA, RTX, and AI. Among other things, he said that artificial intelligence systems will require three times as many computers in the future.
Tesla stock analyst nearly crashed when he tried the Model Y autopilot
Elon Musk says that investors won’t understand Tesla unless they try the Full Self-Driving autopilot. William Stein, an analyst at Truist Securities, took this literally and is not too happy.
The AMC gives the go-ahead: billionaire Xavier Niel can buy lifecell for $525 million
In December last year it became knownThe French investment company NJJ Capital is acquiring Ukrainian mobile operator lifecell from Turkey’s Turkcell. Together with the operator, the French acquired call centers LLC «Global Bilgi» and a mobile tower holder LLC «Ukrtower». However, in January, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU)…
Adobe executive compares hidden subscription fees to heroin — also hard to get off «get off»
Adobe’s controversial practice of penalizing customers who terminate their subscriptions early is a result of the company’s dependence on this form of revenue, the FTC says. According to the US regulator, the company recognizes this.
An Israeli startup prevented the most expensive deal in Google’s history. What happened?
The agreement between Google and Wiz was estimated at $23 billion — and it was to become the most expensive in the history of the search giant.
«And we warned you»: US regulator accuses Microsoft of degrading Xbox Game Pass
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sharply criticized Microsoft’s new pricing policy for the Xbox Game Pass service, calling the new «tariff a degraded product».
Vacancy of a system administrator at the Antarctic station «Academician Vernadsky» — a universal specialist is needed
The Ukrainian Antarctic station «Akademik Vernadsky» has announced a recruitment for the 2025-2026 expedition. Among other things, a system administrator is required.
Ukrainians are reluctant to start a new business: the rate of registration of new individual entrepreneurs fell by 30%, and of companies – by 22%
In the first half of 2024, more than 148 thousand individual entrepreneurs were registered in Ukraine, which is 10.8% more than in the same period in 2023. For comparison, for the whole of 2023, Ukrainians registered more than 300 thousand new individual entrepreneurs.
Google, Microsoft or Ukraine? Who consumes more electricity
In 2023, Google and Microsoft each consumed 24 TWh of electricity, which exceeded the consumption of more than 100 countries. However, it should be recognized that both companies also generate more money than many countries.
The most expensive acquisition in Google’s history — how much will the Israeli startup cost the company?
If the deal goes through, it will become the «most expensive» in Google’s history.
There are no exes: a fired Tesla employee bought its shares with all his money
You need to be a big fan or a cold pragmatist to invest in a company that fired you. That’s exactly what a former Tesla employee did when he invested his entire severance package in the company’s stock.
TSMC is worth $1 trillion — why the Taiwanese chipmaker is important and what challenges it faces
On Monday, Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC briefly joined the small club of companies worth more than $1 trillion. Over the past nearly four decades, TSMC has become one of the most important companies in the world — a leader in chip manufacturing that powers most of the world’s electronics.
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