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The Mogilev-Podilskyi City District Court of Vinnytsia Oblast found a Ukrainian programmer, who works as a senior developer at Ubisoft, guilty of attempting to illegally cross the state border of Ukraine.

For Olga Chirkova, who until recently was a frontend developer and software engineer, the IT field had long seemed like a safe space — growth, education, high income. However, it was just an illusion. After forced emigration and dismissal from work, the former IT worker found herself without a stable income and was forced to start from scratch, this time not in code, but in psychology. Studying psychology began as a way to help herself during a difficult period in her life. Over time, it turned into a new profession. Olga told dev.ua. how, after burnout in IT, emigration, and dismissal, she gradually built a psychotherapeutic practice, which she combined with working as a saleswoman in a clothing store.

Ukrainian wishlist platform Rewish, which collects desired products from any online stores in one place, shared a study in which it analyzed 4 million wishes from the lists of over 400,000 users.

«Do you know how much the Internet will cost now? 3000 UAH! What kind of salary should I have to pay for all this!» This weekend, a taxi driver gave me this during a trip, traditionally complaining about the authorities. In response, I said a few phrases about how this was not true and just hype out of thin air, but it seems that the taxi driver didn’t really believe me. I hope this article will provide more arguments. Returning to the background of this fake, which has greatly stirred up the Internet space, let us recall that recently a significant part of the media unanimously reprinted the material that the cost of fixed Internet for Ukrainians could skyrocket and instantly increase by almost 10 times. The original source of this horror story was an article on the website of the Ministry of Finance, where this frightening figure was attributed to the arguments of market participants and experts, although in fact it simply became an element of a hype headline.

Elon Musk sleeps about 6 hours a day, goes to bed at 3 a.m., and works almost seven days a week, combining management of Tesla, SpaceX, and Platform X. Business Insider gathered information about what his typical day looks like.

Elections 2026. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said yesterday that he is ready. He has requested a security guarantee from the US and Europeans and is waiting for proposals from deputies on how to implement this plan within 60-90 days. If this is the case, then we can have elections in the spring. How they will be held, no one yet understands. But on the sidelines, journalists in the editorial office will receive signs that preparations are in full swing. And future political forces are trying to drag as many influential people as possible into «their camp.» And the IT community, which already numbers 200,000 people in Ukraine, is one of the most active segments of the population. This community is solvent, well-educated, thoughtful, and patriotic. So are there future political leaders in IT? Who enjoys the greatest trust in the industry and beyond? We decided to analyze the biographies and statements of influential IT figures to understand this. And here are 10 figures from Ukrainian IT who have political potential — due to publicity, resources, expertise, public activism, or influence on the market.