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The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, together with the Brave1 cluster, conducted field tests of a new generation of FPV attack drones from eight Ukrainian manufacturers. These are solutions that should scale faster in the military and work more effectively in modern warfare, including under the active influence of electronic warfare.

In today’s world of technology and business, being busy has become a kind of indicator of success. Calendars are filled with meetings for weeks ahead, deadlines are rolling in wave after wave, and the line between work and personal life is increasingly blurred. As the Head of Talent Acquisition Department at IdeaSoft, I communicate every day with managers, highly qualified specialists who work in a constant state of stress. And sometimes the conversations ultimately boil down to the question: how to stay productive and at the same time not lose the sense of joy in life?

When people talk about international education for IT professionals, they usually imagine moving to the States or Britain, a sky-high price tag, and years of waiting. But the reality of 2026 looks different: you can get an American diploma, study English, and do internships in global companies — and at the same time stay in Ukraine, without giving up your job and family. American University Kyiv (AUK) is a university in partnership with Arizona State University, where both fresh bachelors and experienced engineers who decided to add systems education to their practice study. We asked three students to tell their stories — from doubts before admission to the real impact on their careers.

40 years ago, the world’s largest man-made accident occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Tens of thousands of people joined the ranks of liquidators to contain the growth of deadly radiation contamination. Today’s story is about Serhiy Mykolayovych, who gave the Zone of Alienation for almost three years, working as a liquidator driver. He saw the first refugees from Pripyat, the incomparable nature of the Zone, hid radioactive equipment under tons of concrete and played music on the piano for his fellow liquidators. The dev.ua journalist talked to his father, a liquidator, who, despite his age, is an avid gamer, and his favorite game is the cult STALKER series, where he returns to familiar landscapes again and again.

In Threads, a mobilized IT guy with the nickname oncceuponatime_dude keeps a diary about how he ended up in the army. We’ve already told you about his experience from «gentle busification» and a night in the CCK barracks to his first day in the battalion . This is the second part of the confessions and discoveries of an AIT member, which we are publishing with his permission. Here the author talks about the BZVP, training to serve as an assault rifleman and infantryman, the mood at the training center, and the impossibility of solitude for even a minute.

There has been a lot of talk over the past two years about AI agents—programs that don’t just write text or generate images, but make decisions on their own, have personal access to user tools, and execute chains of actions. And almost as much talk about the future of digital products not just in agents, but in AI agents on blockchains—decentralized proxies. But the truth is that most AI agents don’t need blockchain.

36-year-old IT professional Oleksandr Vakhovsky works for two American companies at once. During the day, he is a Senior Software Engineer at SolidProfessor, an educational platform from Mountain View, where more than 300,000 mechanical and design engineers are trained. The rest of his time he devotes to the Travel Risk Group startup in North Carolina, which collects real-time data on travel risks in more than 90 countries around the world. The Ukrainian is a co-founder and Head of Engineering of the service. Oleksandr has what the IT community calls “the road through all doors.” He started with a business card website for $200, grew to become an expert consultant for over 250 clients in the USA, Norway, Switzerland, and the Baltic countries. He also ran his own online store and doubled the revenue of the company he was hired to work for for years.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is currently preparing possible changes to the mobilization rules. This includes both the reform of territorial recruitment centers (TRCs) and new approaches to interacting with conscripts and searching for violators. There are no final decisions yet, but some of the initiatives may be submitted to parliament for consideration in the near future — after the extension of martial law and general mobilization, which is expected after May 4.

XChat, a separate messenger from X, launched on Friday on iOS.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov summed up his first three months in office. He announced the completion of a large-scale «diagnostics» of the army’s systemic problems, the transition to record-breaking drone procurement, and the launch of new digital tools for the front.

Why does a pre-development audit often decide the fate of a project before it even starts, and how does a lack of preparation affect the outcome?

dev.ua investigated which types of electric transport and other transport without oil dependence are already actually working, which of these are being scaled up in the world, and which solutions have the greatest chances of taking root in Ukraine.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine explained how the electronic military registration document (e-VOD) works for schoolchildren and what exactly educational institutions have the right to require.

Previously, to confuse a software developer, you had to ask what the difference is between an interface and an abstract class. Now the question is — what is the difference between an assistant and an agent? And if you add «copilot», «AI system», «automation», «workflow», «chatbot», then everything becomes even sadder.

Forbes has released its latest AI 50 list, a selection of companies shaping the future of artificial intelligence right now. It includes everything from the creators of large language models to startups building AI for medicine, law, and recruiting.

Just two years ago, the conversation about AI in recruiting was limited to futuristic scenarios — an algorithm reviews resumes, a bot conducts interviews, a person receives an offer from a machine. Today, the reality is much more prosaic and at the same time more interesting. Most Ukrainian IT companies have already integrated AI into their hiring processes — but not in the way they predicted. dev.ua spoke with recruiters and talent managers from SoftServe, EPAM, N-iX, Ciklum, Railsware, Levi9, PlantIn, Master of Code Global, Intetics, EVO, Capgemini Engineering — and found out where AI is already working, where it is deliberately not allowed, and why the line between «assistant» and «judge» is fundamental.

Artificial intelligence has already ceased to be just a «tool for coding» — it is gradually becoming the core of the entire development process. And this directly affects who the market will need tomorrow.

We recently published a news story with a rather loud statement by Octava Capital founder Oleksandr Kardakov.

Поки більшість банків обмежуються стандартними бонусами, ПУМБ перетворює кешбек на повноцінну екосистему вигоди у застосунку

The tragic events of April 18 in Kyiv, where seven people died at the hands of a terrorist, have once again raised an acute question - how can Ukrainians protect themselves and their families? While society awaits the promised law on civilian weapons, the reality is that it is possible to legally arm yourself today. We figured out how to get a weapons permit during martial law, how much it will cost, and what our readers are already armed with.

The world is abuzz with geopolitical news: escalation in the Middle East, political swings in the US, endless talk of recession and inflation. Historically, at such times, investors have sought salvation in traditional gold or government bonds. However, today the paradigm is changing: cryptocurrency enters the arena.

The trend towards a total ban or at least restrictions on the use of social networks for children and teenagers is rapidly spreading around the world. Australia has approached the issue most strictly, completely banning social networks for young people under 16 and imposing multi-million dollar fines on platforms if they refuse to comply with this decision. Is it effective? The question is, because, according to a recent study, more than half of Australian teenagers continue to use social networks after the ban. But that is a separate topic. More than 10 other countries have also introduced restrictions of varying degrees of severity, at least 10 of them are in the process of actively implementing this decision.

Apple has officially announced a leadership change: Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO and moving to the role of executive chairman. John Turnus will become the company’s new CEO, effective September 1, 2026.

The world is entering a new infrastructure cycle — and artificial intelligence has become its driving force.

Hello! This is Show on AI again, a show about artificial intelligence in Ukraine. And its hosts: AI evangelist Oleksiy Minakov and CEO of dev.ua Stas Yurasov.

The Ukrainian video game development team Yellow Fish Arts is working on a cozy and picturesque 2D point & click adventure, Missi in the style of watercolor drawings. dev.ua spoke with artist Yevgeny Movlev about how the project came about, the use of AI in video game development, and working in blackouts.

Turn on any financial channel: inflation continues to eat away at the purchasing power of fiat money, geopolitical conflicts rewrite the world map, and traditional banks periodically run a feverish fever from a liquidity shortage. According to the classic logic of the 20th century, at such moments investors should have fled en masse to cash dollars and hidden gold bars in safes.

Former military man and now QA Expert at SoftServe, Vitaliy Kalinichenko, created the NGO "Ukrainian Veteran IT Association". The goal is to build a holistic ecosystem for veterans and employers in the IT sector. The NGO's activities began with the launch of the job search platform "Veteran+ JobPortal".

Despite the rapid development of AI, drones and robotic systems, humanitarian demining still faces an unexpectedly «analog» problem. The slowest and riskiest stage — signal excavation — is still in many cases performed manually. And this is where the greatest technological demand is concentrated today. We understand why this happened, where exactly modern solutions «break» and how engineering teams can influence this.

Even before the start of the collaboration between the ATB supermarket chain and the game development studio GSC Game World, there was a lot of interest in the event. Jokes about having to queue in the morning to get the desired almanac turned out to be not an exaggeration, but a harsh reality. Literally in half a day it became almost impossible to get the almanac, collectors rushed to ATB like stalkers to the Zone Center to the Wish Fulfiller. A dev.ua journalist joined this hunt and tells how he managed to get the almanac almost in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, and also shares life hacks on how to get more diverse collectible cards.