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Last week, Google announced the release of a new quantum computer chip, Willow, that opens up amazing possibilities for a surprised humanity. Willow is capable of completing a computational task in less than five minutes—a process that the company says would take one of the world’s fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years (a ten followed by 24 zeros), which is longer than the age of the universe. dev.ua has collected several opinions from IT professionals and an economist about how this invention can be useful or, conversely, threatening.

The image of Valery Markus, the former sergeant major of the 47th Motorized Rifle Brigade "Magur", in which he appeared in a series of videos explaining his disappearance from the media space in 2023, immediately evoked associations among Ukrainian gamers. A bearded soldier smoking a cigar is not so rare in the gaming industry, and Big Boss from Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid series and Captain John Price from Activision's Call of Duty Modern Warfare immediately come to mind. Although both characters are known for destroying Russian soldiers, Price did so in Ukraine, among other places, so he perhaps resembles Valery Marcus the most, as noted by veteran Oleg Simoroz. We also lean towards the Captain John version, so we decided to not only compare the Price-Marcus visuals, but also find other points of contact between them.

NIX received three awards from Kharkiv IT Cluster. This public organization honored NIX’s contribution to the city’s air defense, assistance in arranging a safe educational space at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, and active participation in local IT community projects.

Founder and CPO of KARAKUM Soft Viktoriya Alexandrova stated that she became a victim of fraud. Now she is a «borrower» in a number of financial institutions and microcredit organizations, although the specialist herself did not issue any loans. What happened and why does the woman have questions for «Diia» in connection with this incident?

Розробник Станіслав Калиновський пропрацював у компанії AtlasApps протягом квітня-листопада 2024 року. Після скорочення, знайшов нову роботу. Але коли прийшов час виплатити айтівцю заборговану заробітну плату за майже 2 місяці роботи, почалися погрози судом.  

Kharkiv SMM specialist Timur Ibragimov published a screenshot of a correspondence with a recruiter, who told the specialist about the working conditions in the company. The requirements for organizing working hours, set out in the vacancy, caused a heated discussion — members of the professional community left more than 160 comments under the post. What surprised them so much?

What could be the perfect gift for a special person? And if they are an IT professional, or even better, a game developer or gamer? This season, we recommend that you consider two interesting laptop models from ASUS: ROG Zephyrus G16 (GA605) and TUF Gaming A16 (FA608), which combine power, style, and innovative technologies. This makes them an ideal choice not only for gaming, but also for work, study, and creative projects.

Any business operating in the modern technological world needs high-quality and timely technical support. There is a rather urgent need for a quick response to requests and, accordingly, quick processing of these requests. How to create a working technical support scheme that will satisfy the customer’s needs and not overload the team? Let’s consider one of the approaches using the example of our company. I have been developing IT infrastructure outsourcing for small and medium-sized businesses for over 16 years and we have developed a three-tier support system that provides a high level of service and control.

Oleksandra Govorukha, Head of International PR at Sigma Software Group, has created a selection of useful AI tools for communicators and not only that will help you cope with any content.

The newly created Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces are testing a domestic laser weapon, the «Trident,» said the commander of the Forces, Vadym Sukharevsky. What kind of weapon is this and how can it help the Defense Forces?

The most difficult thing to find a job in IT today is certainly for beginners. According to recruitment experts, the market is currently in favor of employers — companies can choose the most qualified specialists, ignoring applications from IT professionals with no or little experience. dev.ua asked leading service and product IT employers in Ukraine how many juniors they hired this year, and how this dynamics compares to previous years. We also found out whether there will be jobs for beginners in IT in 2025, and where it is best to look for them.

Cybersecurity expert Konstantin Korsun named the most dangerous mobile applications in the context of cyber threats that are not on his phone. He expressed his thoughts in a post on Facebook. We quote the post verbatim.

In Russia, active layoffs of IT specialists began at the end of 2024 — both in technology companies and in IT departments of companies in other areas, the Russian publication The Bell reported on December 16.

The artificial intelligence platform Ringostat (part of Netpeak Group) analyzed 50,000 conversations between managers and customers from over 1 million calls. What are the typical mistakes made by sales managers or call center operators?

Two more families have sued Character.AI, a company that develops artificial intelligence chatbots, accusing it of providing their children with sexual content and encouraging violence. The company responded by saying that now only a special separate chatbot will communicate with teenagers, which is prohibited from talking about such topics.

Our journalist recently visited a training ground where the Dronarium organization, which specializes in UAVs, was testing drones on fiber optics in difficult terrain. The technology itself is not new. It has been used for decades as a component of fiber optic cables through which Internet connections pass. The war in Ukraine “breathed new life” into the technology. Today, both we and the enemy are actively using it on the front. Further in the report you will learn why fiber optics has become relevant again, what are the features of its application and what will happen if you get tangled in its almost invisible threads.

In 2014, Zomro took its first steps into the world of hosting. At that time, cloud technologies were just gaining popularity, and the main demand was for colocation services, where companies placed their servers in data centers. Now Zomro is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and dev.ua tells about its success story and holiday offers.

MEGOGO, an international company offering streaming media services, has opened a new line of business — the online bookstore MEGOGO Books. The company reported that it is known about it and how many authors and books are already available on the site.

Marcom Head at Kyivstar Yuriy Chornenkyi noticed an interesting case: Epicentr used the image of a robot in its advertising campaign for post offices. And that would be fine, but according to the expert, the main character of the Epicentr commercial is very similar to the robot Dom, whose image has been used in Kyivstar TV promos for three years. The creative community is debating.

Front-End Tech Lead at Silpo Yevgeny Rusakov noted that now the «zoomers» are not at all eager to work «for an idea.» In particular, specialists 30+ are not ready to stay at work after 6:00 PM, clearly outline their own boundaries, and consider relationships with their employer exclusively as a business agreement. Did other IT workers agree with him?

Many new YouTube creators face the same questions: how to build a channel development strategy, what revenue sources to use, and how long does it take for a channel to start generating expected profits? In this article, we will look at the key stages and conclusions based on examples of successful YouTube channels with niche content.

Almost immediately after the emergence of artificial intelligence tools that began to generate images, text, video and other content, IT professionals worried that they would now become redundant. There were concerns about mass layoffs in this regard, and, scrolling through social media, one can assume that this is already happening. dev.ua decided to find out if AI is currently becoming a reason for layoffs, who is being replaced with what, and how terrible everything is. Having learned about our plans, some IT workers said that we would not have an article. Here’s why they think so and what we found out.

The price of Bitcoin has almost set a new record — the most popular cryptocurrency is already worth over $103,000. What’s happening?

Many leaders say they’ve learned valuable business lessons from books. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates are no exception.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has appointed a new Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov. He replaces Yuriy Myronenko, who was previously the head of the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine. What is known about this appointment?

Two big players in the AI ​​industry, Elon Musk’s xAI and Sam Altman’s OpenAI, have entered into a battle for talent. In August, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing Altman’s company of offering “generous compensation” to “starve out competitors.” But an analysis of salary data has shown that both companies offer significantly more than the average salary for some positions.

The Game Awards 2024, the annual awards ceremony for the best games of the year, was held in Los Angeles, during which loud announcements of new projects are traditionally made and the most interesting trailers are shown. Astro Bot won the Game of the Year title, but all attention was focused on other games, including the new Wargaming project, which the Kyiv studio worked on.

Since September, China has once again tightened sanctions and made changes to exports of drones and their parts. And this cannot but affect drone manufacturers in Ukraine, some of the components for which come from the country of the «center of the universe.» Four representatives of Ukrainian drone manufacturers shared with dev.ua their observations on whether they face restrictions, how they overcome the situation, and what sanctions threaten Ukraine.

Today, we increasingly hear that artificial intelligence will take jobs from many professions in the near future. At the same time, technologies and chips in particular have advanced so much that they can be implanted into a person's body, improving their life (remember Elon Musk's Neuralink startup). We combined these two topics, and psychiatrist, psychotherapist, speaker Oleksiy Krapyvka, using his own example and practical experience, spoke about the use of AI in psychiatry, how far artificial intelligence is from the human brain, and why Neuralink belongs to the category of "it's already been done."

HR Generalist Oksana Mentyshinova often hears during interviews that specialists perform tasks that they do not like. And although she understands that this is a part of any work, she still wondered how long a person can do what he does not like, and at the same time stay at the same place of work, for how long and for what purpose. Here is what IT-guys think about this.