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While the Ukrainian Ministry of Education is reforming the subject "Defense of Ukraine", Russian schoolchildren are already massively learning to fly drones using state textbooks. In the occupied territories, Ukrainian children are forced to assemble FPV drones for the aggressor's army, and in Russia 240,000 students have been trained in drone piloting. Ukrainian schools for training UAV pilots are sounding the alarm and reducing operator training programs. We analyze the state of school education, which is not keeping up with the realities of war.

The telecommunications company Kyivstar conducted a test of satellite technology from Starlink — Direct to Cell — in the Zhytomyr region. During the test, the CEO of Kyivstar and the First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine — Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov first connected two smartphones to the Starlink network, and then exchanged their first messages. On the second attempt, they even managed to make a video call.

To go or not to go? This is a question that many companies face when it comes to attending conferences. With the latest news about the development of artificial intelligence, a logical question arises: are conferences still relevant? A year ago, everyone was talking about the importance of creating user-generated content. But now AI can upload a picture of a person, add text, and it’s already demonstrating your product. So will the same thing happen to conferences? In my opinion, no. My name is Semen, I am a product marketing manager at Sitechecker, a holding IT company of Boosta. A year ago, we decided to resume intensive conference attendance. During this time, I have attended five events in different formats. In this article, I will share my experience and practical advice for those who consider conferences as a marketing tool.

Ukrainian startup ITFin has created a unified system for managing finances, processes, and resources for IT companies. The platform automates everything from time tracking and HR to invoicing and management reporting, helping to curb chaos and increase business efficiency. The service is already used by over 4,500 professionals in 17 countries.

Former executives of Binance, Upbit, and Deutsche Bank have created the crypto exchange Freedx — a platform that solves the painful problems of CEX and offers real rewards to early adopters. Ukraine is a priority.

Millions of Ukrainians live in housing that has been significantly damaged as a result of hostilities or enemy air attacks, and the number of such residential buildings is in the hundreds of thousands. The full-scale war is gradually approaching its fourth anniversary, and although the front line is moving incomparably slower than in the first years of full-scale, the problem of damaged housing is not becoming less acute, rather the opposite. Russia has significantly increased the production of strike drones, with which it «nightmares» not only strategic objects, but also the civilian population, so the housing of citizens is under constant danger.

Now, in «Rezerv+» you can pay a fine online with a 50% discount for failure to appear at the CCC, but in case of delay, the amount will double or more.

The first paid internship for designers from Wix — Kyiv Playground Academy — took place in Kyiv. Over the course of five weeks, 15 selected participants underwent training that consisted of mentoring sessions, practical workshops, and individual creative projects. After completing the program, 11 graduates were invited to interview for open positions at Wix, and 9 of them have already joined the team. We spoke with the participants to find out how they managed to get their dream job.

Alexey Lesnyak and Yulia Khitrukhina got married 3 years ago, but have been together for 6 years. They met on one of the famous dating apps, where it would seem impossible to find love. Yulia was thinking about switching from retail to IT, so the fact that Alexey was a developer prompted her to agree to meet. So, what is it like to be an IT couple, maintaining a work-life balance with two children, meetings, and different work schedules? A couple of IT professionals told us in a flash interview.

Viacheslav Vodopsanov has been in IT for about 6 years. For the past year and a half, the developer has focused on his own project — Meal for Deal. According to the IT professional, this is not just a mobile application, but an environmental initiative that helps reduce food waste and save money.

The topic of university innovation has been driving me for the last five years. And I know for sure: rich, strong, economically sustainable universities that not only teach, but also create innovative products and launch businesses — this is not fantasy. This is a long-term, but quite achievable goal.

Ukrainian insurtech startup FortuneGuard, together with Lloyd’s of London, has launched Ukraine’s first war risk insurance program for businesses. The project uses artificial intelligence to assess military and political threats and offers clients an indicative rate for insuring facilities in a war zone in just a few minutes.

The Ukrainian game Threads of War, created by game designer Andriy Kostyushko of Creoteam studio and his 13-year-old son Askold, is preparing to be released on Steam on August 14. It combines the mechanics of the classic NES era game Battle City and roguelite mechanics with pixel graphics in the spirit of Ukrainian embroidery and tells the story of a full-scale Russian invasion.dev.ua talked to the developers and learned about how they set up the workflow, created the graphics and soundtrack for «Threads of War,» and why the game will have Japanese localization at release.

KrebsOnSecurity — a leading resource in the field of investigative journalism about cybercrime and Internet security — has worked well on the topic to try to reveal the name and biography of the legendary founder of the xss.is forum in the hacker world.

OpenAI is gradually rolling out its latest artificial intelligence model GPT-5 to all ChatGPT users, and representatives of the Ukrainian IT community are starting to share their feedback and thoughts about it.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Digital Affairs announced the launch of the AI Factory project. This is an IT environment, the basis of which will be the first state AI services: an AI assistant in «Diya» and later — an AI tutor in «Mriya». And in the future — services for the defense industry, science and medicine.

What is the first thing a candidate asks when they hear the word «gambling»? Or «crypto»? And if you say «fintech» — does it arouse interest or caution? HR interviews are no longer just about evaluating a candidate. They are a microscope through which you can see how society’s attitude towards entire industries is changing.

Ukrainian startup Knowledgator has created a platform that extracts structure from unstructured data: from scientific articles, financial reports, logs, or even legal documents. It is already used by large pharmaceutical companies, banks, and technology startups.

Oleksandr Kurinny, a graduate of KAI and CEO of AxxonSoft Ukraine, together with the Kyiv Aviation Institute, opened the first intelligent video surveillance laboratory in Ukraine. Thanks to this cooperation, students will be able to learn to develop complex security systems based on artificial intelligence. The company invested more than 5 million hryvnias in the project, which allowed creating a unique educational program. A dev.ua journalist visited the opening of the Axxonsoft intelligent video surveillance laboratory and tells how this modern space will function.

У червні застосунок найбільшого в Україні парфумерно-косметичного ритейлера BROCARD перетнув позначку в 1 млн завантажень. За півтора року існування він пройшов шлях від MVP із базовим функціоналом для покупок до повноцінного б’юті-асистента у смартфоні з віртуальною приміркою макіяжу, персоналізованими рекомендаціями на основі ШІ, розумними push-сповіщеннями й інтегрованою аналітикою. 

Most founders who are familiar with design through 5 handshakes think of it as a visual. But experience shows: design is not about aesthetics, it is about how the user perceives you, how you convey your message, and ultimately — how you influence the behavior of the customer. I will tell you why and how it works at each stage of startup development.

43-year-old Oleksandr Omelayenko from Kharkiv successfully combines work in IT and teaching at school. In parallel with his work in a game development company, he works as a computer science teacher in grades 5-11. And this, the IT specialist admits, gives him important preferences. In particular, thanks to the school, the specialist has a deferment from mobilization. dev.ua continues the series of articles about IT specialists who combine work in business and teaching. Below is a frank conversation with Project Lead of Unreal Department at Pingle Studio Oleksandr Omelayenko about Ukrainian education, NMT, bureaucracy, and the difference between working in IT and at school. Next is the direct speech of the specialist.

As Head of Recruitment at IT company IdeaSoft, I review dozens of resumes every day. They are important, but I’ll be honest: a CV is just the tip of the iceberg. The most interesting things start outside of it. Here’s what says more about a candidate than the formal lines of a resume:

Anastasia Krystopchuk, a UX/UI designer, told the story of how she quit her job after working for the company for just one day. The girl gave several reasons for this decision.

Once upon a time, summer was considered a vacation season, and many of us even planned trips abroad for this time. Since the beginning of the full-scale war, everything has changed for the absolute majority of Ukrainians, and for the male part of the population, changes have occurred, first of all, in the legal sphere. Summer vacation trips abroad have become not a common thing, but a privilege for the «chosen ones». But is everything really so complicated if you have a reservation at your place of work? Especially since the State Border Guard Service itself said that it is possible!

War is no longer just a battlefield, but a space where algorithms fight. On the night of August 4, 2025, Ukrainian drones of the Special Operations Center «A» of the Security Service of Ukraine (SOC «A» of the SBU) attacked the Saki military airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea. Result: they destroyed a Su-30SM (a fighter jet worth $35 to $50 million), damaged another plane, three Su-24 bombers, and an aviation weapons depot. This is the second high-profile operation involving the SBU, using AI and drones. The first was the unprecedented «Pavutyna», where for the first time in world practice, combat drones were controlled by AI and used open-source software. How it works from a technical point of view, what role AI algorithms played, and why this case is important for the IT community, are analyzed by Yuliana Degtyareva, Copywriting Team Lead at Neoversity IT University, and Yuriy Rybak, Senior Software Engineer at EPAM Systems and AI course instructor at Neoversity.

In the spring of 2024, an American woman and a Ukrainian man were arrested in the United States for helping North Korean IT workers get remote work at over 300 American companies, including Fortune 500 companies. Last week, the court sentenced the woman to prison and a fine. Although the evidence suggests that the woman was aware of the illegality of her actions, she says that she is “not the kind of person who wants to harm anyone.”

A Gen X IT professional planned to earn $800,000 this year by working 6 jobs simultaneously. To cope with the workload, he hired freelancers from all over the world. But his carefully crafted strategy collapsed after the IT professional lost 4 jobs. However, the IT professional did not give up and set an even more ambitious goal for himself - to earn almost $1 million.

Unfortunately, most Ukrainian companies still do not integrate their 1st party data with advertising cabinets. This is especially true for Google Ads. And the point is not in the size of the business: sometimes medium or small businesses build integrations faster than large companies, where they need to coordinate with security departments and prove that data transfer is secure. Yes, there is a trend — businesses are starting to understand more that the effectiveness of performance advertising depends on the quality of data that the algorithms receive and, for example, are starting to integrate conversions from deeper stages of the funnel or transfer offline conversions. But globally — there are still very few integrations, and this is a loss of opportunity.

Ukrainian IT companies have been complaining for several years about the difficulties in attracting customers due to the war. Customers are taking into account military risks and the possibility of uninterrupted work. Artificial intelligence is also gradually replacing entire teams from the market. Understanding this problem, developers with over 15 years of experience, Kyrylo Kozak and Vitaliy Drozhdin, have found a solution that helps companies find customers. They created the Getmany AI assistant, which automates the routine of searching for projects and significantly saves IT teams time, increasing their overall productivity. Currently, it is already used by Kyivstar and another one and a half hundred agencies that provide services on the Upwork platform. dev.ua tells how the Getmany service works, which the founders call AI-Copilot for Upwork.