«The Future of PlayStation»: $400 million and high expectations invested in failed Concord
Catastrophic Concord launch continues to generate interesting stories. With the closure of the game, Sony PlayStation suffered great losses.
A black hole sucks in money: Microsoft pays $1 billion a year for Xbox Game Pass games
According to sources, Microsoft is spending $1 billion to ensure that third-party games are in Xbox Game Pass. Among those with whom we have signed multimillion-dollar contracts are many well-known brands.
Qualcomm wants to buy Intel — the company is now worth $90 billion
In recent days, mobile processor manufacturer Qualcomm has expressed its intention to acquire Intel. This is reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to knowledgeable sources.
Xiaomi ranks second in the world in smartphone sales — ranks first in Ukraine
According to a report by the research company Counterpoint, Xiaomi overtook Apple to become the world’s number two brand in terms of sales in August 2024.
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company sue Palworld developers
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company filed a patent lawsuit against the developers of Palworld and accused them of violating intellectual property rights.
«Where is IT in the war?»: Ukrainian IT specialists have donated ₴39 billion to the Armed Forces since February 2012
Also The IT industry paid ₴68+ billion in taxes over the same period.
Intel spins off loss-making chipmaking unit into a subsidiary
Intel is trying to improve its financial position by restructuring. To this end, it is transforming its chip manufacturing business into an independent subsidiary.
Tax changes for «Diia. City» threaten the IT industry in Ukraine — the industry is sounding the alarm
Leading IT industry associations in Ukraine have expressed concern about a possible tax increase for residents of «Diia. City» residents, which could lead to an outflow of investments and business relocation.
«In 2025, individual entrepreneurs will be obliged to pay the unified social tax again», — Verkhovna Rada Tax Committee
The suspension of the provision of the Law on the Unified Social Contribution, which allowed individual entrepreneurs to pay it voluntarily during the war, is provided for in clause 3 of the final provisions of the draft state budget.
Guilty: Amazon, along with Samsung, Xiaomi and others, monopolized 90% of the second smartphone market in the world
Samsung, Xiaomi and other manufacturers have colluded with Amazon and Flipkart (owned by Walmart) in India. Smaller retailers do not have access to the new smartphones.
85% of Ukrainian IT professionals use artificial intelligence in their work — most often juniors and executives
Profile resource of DOU analyzedhow Ukrainian IT professionals use artificial intelligence — it turned out that the most active users were beginners and managers, although the vast majority of respondents are still wary of the technology.
«An alternate universe where Half-Life disappeared» — how Valve avoided disaster in the early years
Now everyone knows Valve’s hit game Half-Life, and most PC gamers use Steam. But everything could have turned out quite differently.
AMD scorns laptop makers — «Cold War» led to billions in losses
Sources among laptop OEMs say that AMD’s technical support is deteriorating. The reason for this is the company’s reorientation to corporate solutions from user solutions.
Microsoft lays off another 650 employees in the gaming division — this is in addition to the 1,900 laid off in January
Microsoft is planning to lay off nearly 650 employees of its gaming division, as announced by Xbox CEO Phil Spencer in a letter to employees.
Samsung executives arrested for leaking $3.2 billion worth of secrets to China
South Korean police have arrested two former Samsung executives on suspicion of transferring $3.2 billion worth of the company’s trade secrets to China. One of the arrested, 66-year-old Mr. Choi, set up a chip manufacturing joint venture in China and served as its CEO. He was assisted by a fab designer, Mr. Oh, and tried to bring in other…
A blow to tech giants: EU court orders Apple to pay €13 billion in taxes and Google to pay €2.4 billion in fines
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.
The average salary in Ukraine has increased to almost UAH 21 thousand. IT employees receive the most
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.
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.
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