The mysterious object observed in the Ukrainian sky at night turned out to be the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
The May sky continues to amaze Ukrainians with bright nighttime spectacles. Shortly after the outbreak of the superbird, a new unusual phenomenon could be observed last night over Kyiv and some other regions.
Pornhub will pay taxes in Ukraine — as «an electronic service provider»
The company MindGeek (or Aylo), which owns the Pornhub porn site, has become a taxpayer in Ukraine.
The e-cabinet of persons liable for military service will be launched on May 18 — through applications in the App Store and Google Play Market
On the air of «Radio Liberty», Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Kateryna Chornohorenko said that electronic office of a person liable for military service will be launched on May 18. Ukrainians will be able to report their data without visiting the TCC via an Android or iPhone application.
«Ukrposhta» launches a new series of stamps «Russian navy — to the bottom!» — in circulation since May 8
«Ukrposhta» announces new stamp issue «Russian navy – to the bottom!» — continued legendary series «Russian warship… !» — which will be put into circulation on May 8. Redemptions with special stamps «First Day» will take place in Kyiv (01001 and 02002).
Flash over Ukraine — probably a superbolid (very bright meteor)
On May 1, at 1 a.m., a meteor-like phenomenon was observed in the sky over some regions of Ukraine, with reports of a flash coming from Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro.
Simple and cheap. Ukrainian Flytech launches mass production of ARES reconnaissance UAVs
The Ukrainian company Flytech has presented an intelligence ARES unmanned aerial vehicle. Its main advantages are low price and easy repair
«We are talking about the potential for mobilization»: Ukraine has no plans to forcibly return Ukrainians from the EU
Ukraine will not forcibly return men of military age from abroad.
Hola, Nova Post! The first Nova Poshta branch has been opened in Spain — parcels from Ukraine will be delivered in 8 days
Nova Poshta opens its first branch in Barcelona — Spain becomes the 12th European country where Nova Poshta operates.
Documentary about Klitschko and the defense of Kyiv by Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald to be screened at Sheffield DocFest
Kevin Macdonald directed legal drama «The Mauritanian» and the sports documentary «One Day in September», for which he won an Oscar».
SET University offers military personnel and their families a free master’s degree in 4 specialties
The non-profit educational institution SET University is launching a scholarship program in a number of areas. Ukrainians can receive grants covering up to 100% of the tuition fee for SET University’s master’s programs.
From EWR to «invisibility cloaks»: 1,671 innovative developments were created within Brave1 in a year
Over the course of the year, 1,963 developers created 1,671 innovative products within the Brave defense-tech cluster1 , ranging from invisibility cloaks with protection against enemy thermal imagers to short-range electronic warfare.
Ukrainian students win international AI hackathon with sign language app
The team from the KPI lyceum PL of KPI Igor Sikorsky won the international hackathon on artificial intelligence for teenagers — they developed an application that helps to learn sign language.
Telegram blocked «єВорог» and other Ukrainian military bots — only Russian fakes work
Telegram blocked Ukrainian military bots for data collection. About this, in particular, reports The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine on its official Telegram channel. The GUR has lost its «Main Intelligence Bot», and «eVorog» the Ministry of Digital Transformation, «Stop russian war bot» the SBU, and others, including the «Shahedov»…
Programmers tried to escape from Ukraine to Moldova to get a job
Border guards near the village of Kuchurhan, Odesa region, detained two programmers who were trying to flee Ukraine for a new job.
Solana launches free blockchain development training in Ukraine
Starting May 7, the Ukrainian Solana community Kumeka Team will launch a free blockchain development training course — Solana BootCamp.
No time was wasted. Turkey has created special visas for «digital nomads» from Ukraine
Turkey has created special visas for digital nomads or «digital nomads». Ukrainians will be able to use them as well.
Russians probably stole Ukrainian-created SBU soldiers’ assets for PMC game «Wagner»
The Russian studio NoName Company probably stole models of SBU fighters created by a Ukrainian developer to develop the tactical shooter Best in Hell about PMCs «Wagner».
From garages to the front. TAF Drones is ready to finance developers without startup experience
One of the largest drone manufacturers in Ukraine, TAF Drones (capacity — 25,000 units per month), has announced the creation of a new Defense Tech cluster of the Innovation Hub.
In 2023, 3 thousand juniors entered the IT industry. The leaders are Genesis, ZONE3000, Netpeak Group
In 2023, 32 IT companies hired 2920 juniors in Ukraine. Genesis, ZONE3000, Netpeak Group, Ajax, and EPAM hired the most juniors.
Accessibility for «their own» and ban for residents of the Russian Federation: The Council has optimized the work of «Diya.City»
The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading draft law No. 9319, which optimizes the work of «Diia.City».
Competition among candidates without experience is already the same as among the most experienced
Over the past month, the competition among candidates with no experience has been almost as strong as among the most experienced candidates.
The Rada approved the liquidation of KRAIL and strengthening of control over the gambling business
The Verkhovna Rada approved in the first reading the draft law No. 9256d on the liquidation of KRAIL and strengthening control over gambling and advertising restrictions.
Ahead of Apple Fitness+. The Ukrainian app BetterMe: Mental Health has won the Webby Award
Ukrainian app BetterMe: Mental Health won the international award The Webby Awards 2024 People’s Choice in the Health & Wellness & Fitness Apps category.
«It will be fair»: Ukrainians of conscription age abroad stopped being issued documents
On Tuesday, April 23, a number of Ukrainian consulates reported that the issuance of documents for Ukrainians of military age was suspended.
Netpeak Group has provided free access to onboarding courses and training for specialists
AcademyOcean, a cloud-based LMS platform (part of Netpeak Group), will provide Ukrainian companies with free access to 10 onboarding and training courses.
Revolut, GitLab, SoftServe, and others: a rating of Ukrainian IT entrepreneurs
Vlad Yatsenko, co-founder of the Revolut service, topped the rating of Ukrainian IT entrepreneurs. He is followed by Dmytro Zaporozhets from GitLab and a team of top managers from SoftServe.
To book and punish. The Cabinet of Ministers is working on restrictions for evaders and booking through «Action»
The Cabinet of Ministers plans to restrict access to some administrative services for those who do not have a military registration document.
Managers, designers, QA: who is looking for a job for the longest time now
Managers, designers, and QA send the most feedback and look for jobs for the longest time. But testers are naturally the record holders with 34 reviews.
HR impostor and suspicious offerers: UX/UI designers have been given a new fraudulent scheme
UX/UI designer Viktoriia Dzhus stumbled upon a new fraud scheme — an impostor introduced himself as an HR of ZIO-soft and demanded to sign an offer and a non-disclosure agreement.
Every 5th Ukrainian prefers messaging to calls, — Rakuten Viber survey
65% of respondents prefer emails when communicating with colleagues or clients, compared to 35% who prefer calls.
Meet «Victoria» — the AI avatar of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, who will voice official statements
From now on, the AI avatar «Victoria» will comment on official statements of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Ukrainians abroad — effectively replacing «human» experts even in TV and radio broadcasts, Forbes reports.
Russian hackers intensify attacks on Ukrainian military computers
The State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine has warned of increased activity of the hacker group UAC-0184, which is trying to gain access to military computers.
IT specialist in Dnipro took pictures of Ukrainian Armed Forces positions from buses
The Security Service of Ukraine detained an IT specialist in Dnipro who was guiding Russian missiles and drones at military facilities in the city.
Not by paving stones alone. The authorities want to spend UAH 5 million on a mobile application «Kharkiv citizen card»
The Department of Digital Transformation of Kharkiv City Council has announced a tender for the development of a mobile application «Kharkiv Citizen Card».
Google has allocated 700 thousand euros to Ukraine to study the basics of artificial intelligence
In February, Google released Gemma open-source language models and at the same time launched a special educational fund worth 25 million euros to teach Europeans about this very artificial intelligence. And now the program has become available for Ukraine.
Energoatom and Holtec sign agreement to produce components of small modular reactors in Ukraine
NNEGC Energoatom and the American company Holtec International signed an agreement on the production of small modular reactor components.
Developers have created a game to collect donations for the Armed Forces: we need to destroy military targets in Russia
Ukrainian developers together with volunteers have created on Fire — a gamified platform for collecting donations.
Ukraine launches educational campaign on personal cybersecurity for citizens
The Office of the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation in Ukraine (CRDF Global in Ukraine), together with the National Coordination Center for Cybersecurity under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, and other organizations, are launching an all-Ukrainian information…
Ukraine launches production of «Shmavik» — an analog of the chinese DJI Mavic
The Ukrainian company launches mass production of its own analog of the Chinese DJI Mavic quadcopter, which is popular among the military.
TASKOMBANK is shutting down the sportbank project — the neobank is not accepting new customers, and from May 12, it will close the application
sportbank operated under the license of JSC «TASKOMBANK» Serhiy Tigipko, so all clients are automatically subordinated to this institution and will continue to be serviced there.
monobank announced the skin of the card with the stele of Donetsk region — after its scandalous «restoration»
Against the backdrop of the unexpected «restoration of the» stele at the entrance to Donetsk region, monobank announced a new skin for the card with its previous appearance.
XDefiant — the first Ubisoft game with official Ukrainian localization
Well, Ubisoft, good start, and we are looking forward to Ukrainian in future Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry games.
In «Diia», document multisharing will appear
The Cabinet of Ministers has adopted a resolution on multisharing of documents in the «Diia» application.
The Cabinet of Ministers has identified priority industries and plans to increase the number of AI developers
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has identified priority sectors of the economy for the use of artificial intelligence and plans to increase the number of companies providing services for the development or implementation of AI technologies.
«Evaders boast of a beautiful life»: GUR warns of IPSO on TikTok
The Main Intelligence Directorate has warned Ukrainians about the Russian ISIS on TikTok and other social networks. In it, men shoot videos abroad on vacation, call themselves «evaders» and boast of a beautiful life.
More than 50% of Ukrainians read less news, while 10% did not follow it at all, — Rakuten Viber survey
Ukrainians are much less likely to follow the latest events.
Genesis opens a free two-month program for developers in Mohyla
Ukrainian co-founding IT company Genesis in partnership with the Faculty of Informatics of the National University of «Kyiv-Mohyla Academy» (NaUKMA) has opened the fourth enrollment for the annual two-month program Genesis & KMA Software Engineering School 4.0 for junior and mid-level developers.
«Rust» armorer sentenced to 18 months behind bars for Halyna Hutchins death
This is the maximum sentence a woman could receive for involuntary manslaughter under New Mexico law.
The Ministry of Defense has digitized the data of all potential recruits
The Ministry of Defense has digitized data on men of conscription age who can be called up for mobilization in all 24 regions and Kyiv.
44% of developers use two programming languages at work
44% of developers most often use two programming languages in their work.