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Providers will report a significant decrease in home Internet speed. The likely reason is the release of the long-awaited STALKER 2, which is actively downloaded by gamers.

Компанія «Київстар» — найбільший оператор електронних комунікацій в Україні — під час війни вкладає величезні інвестиції в розвиток мереж і власну енергонезалежність. Середній темп, який компанія взяла у 2024-му, — приблизно $200 млн капіталовкладень на рік. Звісно, це величезна сума, але й зробити компанії доведеться багато чого.

Today, the Verkhovna Rada voted in the first reading of draft law No. 12066, which proposes the creation of a unified state register of military personnel.

Два кабелі зв’язку, що пролягають по дну Балтійського моря, були пошкоджені, але причина пошкодження поки не ясна. Кабель зв’язку C-Lion 1 між Фінляндією та Німеччиною повністю обірваний. Крім того, пошкоджено ще один кабель зв’язку між Литвою та Швецією. За останні дні китайський корабель наблизився до пошкодженого кабелю в Балтійському морі одночасно, коли були виявлені їхні несправності. Швеція розслідує, чи може китайський корабель бути причетним до пошкоджень. На початок цього року у світі нараховується 574 діючих і запланованих до прокладання підводних телекомунікаційних кабелів, від яких залежить глобальний доступ до інтернету та передача трафіку між континентами. Розповідаємо в деталях, як працює підводна технологія, хто і як її раніше намагався вивести з ладу та чому цього разу ситуація з Єменом є куди загрозливішою за попередні. (текст від 6 березня 2024 року) 

72% of consumers will share their positive customer experience with six or more people — 2023 study. Olena Omelchenko, CEO of HOSTiQ, explains why quality service is crucial for business development and where to start in building comfort for the client.

Mobilized Software Test Engineer Oleksandr Leonenko announced a collection of UAH 500,000 to ensure his safety and life. This is stated in stories published by Oleksandr. dev.ua talked to the man from Haiti and learned the details of his story. (The news was supplemented with a comment from the company with which Oleksandr worked before mobilization).

Today is a «red date on the calendar» for gamers around the world: STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl — the continuation of the cult franchise from the Ukrainian studio GSC Game World — is scheduled to be released on this day. We will remind you that STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl for Microsoft Windows was released in 2007, so not much has passed between the releases, almost 18 years — a time that, in fact, separates a whole generation of people. But in the case of a game that significantly influenced not only the gaming environment, but also went far beyond its borders in its cultural and even political influence, we have every right to believe that it does not divide these generations, but unites them. As for STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl, the release has already been postponed so many times that it seems that everyone was just afraid to screw up until they pressed the appropriate buttons on their gadgets and launched the game. It is a joke and for statistics to draw whole encyclopedic graphs of the transfer of releases. The last time it was postponed was on June 25, when instead of the planned date of September 5, a new one was announced — November 20. And this date, in spite of everything, has come. So what do we have and what are we preparing for: we have collected everything important about the cult game that has been circulating in the media for the last time.

В інтернеті жваво обговорюють історію з Reddit, яку спершу можна прийняти за чисту вигадку — нібито ШІ-чатбот Gemini від Google відповідав на запити студента, який виконував домашнє завдання, і в якийсь момент раптово розізлився і почав йому погрожувати. Проте брат студента надав посилання на цю розмову з чатботом, де дійсно є така відповідь Gemini.  dev.ua запитав в українських експертів з ШІ, чи можливо було сфабрикувати або спровокувати Gemini на таку відповідь, чи в Google справді зароджується надпотужний штучний інтелект, що ненавидить людство, просто зі сторінок оповідання письменника Гарлана Еллісона. (текст від 15 листопада 2024 року доповнений коментарем ШІ-експерта Михайла Пацана)

OpenAI Product Manager Nick Turley shared 5 life hacks for ChatGPT users, from using voice mode to simply communicate with a chatbot to creating your own personal GPT that can act as a creative writing coach, develop marketing strategies, or turn photos into illustrations.

How to improve the project, seal the startup to investors and find hundreds of new acquaintances among the startup community? There are many options, and one of them is advised by Natalia Limonova, CEO of the Ukrainian startup GIOS, which has developed an interactive mathematical platform based on artificial intelligence in the style of TikTok with elements of gamification. Natalia is a graduate of the international acceleration program Challenger AI, which takes care of AI startups, and is currently conducting the third set of teams, in particular from Ukraine.

Рекрутерка Ольга Бабан розповіла у LinkedIn про гуморні та нестандартні ситуації на співбесідах, які траплялися з нею протягом 6 років роботи. ЇЇ колеги в коментарях підхопили цю тему та поділилися своїм досвідом дивних інтерв’ю. Тут про різне: батьків і дружин, макарони та вино, Google та чат GPT. 

Today, the National Electronic Communications Regulatory Commission (NCEC) is holding an auction for new radio frequencies for mobile operators in the 2100/2300/2600 bands. The commission hopes that in this way the budget will be replenished by 3 billion hryvnias. A dev.ua journalist was present at the auction and was one of the first to find out who the winners were chosen by the competition committee as a result of «voice bidding».

In today’s competitive and dynamic environment, it is important for professionals to be able to stand out. Personal branding plays a key role in achieving this goal. But what is personal branding and why does it matter to professionals? Consider the benefits of personal branding, such as building trust, increasing confidence and standing out from the competition. We will also discuss how social media contributes to brand building, creates new opportunities for communication and increases visibility in the professional sphere. After this review, you will understand the importance of a personal brand and learn how to start developing it.

Have you ever dreamed of working for a global tech giant, and working with large volumes of interesting data? 23-year-old Oleksandr Tulilyuk wanted to find any job within his competences, and after sending 20 reviews for vacancies, in particular, at Uber, he did not even dream that attention would be drawn to his candidacy. However, he was noticed, tested online, and then — an interview, and now he has been juggling huge volumes of data of a global transportation operator for about half a year. Oleksandr told dev.ua how he fell in love with IT, how he looked for a job and eventually found himself in one of the most desirable companies for many.

HRD Mariam Kahermanova raised an interesting topic on LinkedIn. According to her, instead of searching for the best specialists, the recruiting process increasingly resembles a theater.

Randy McCabe left Google to become a freelancer. The specialist assures that he became 100 times happier and in five years he earned more than $1 million on Fiverr. How did he do it?

Recruiters shared the strangest requirements of customers regarding candidates. Among the criteria there are very strange approaches.

Congratulations! My name is Oleksandr Yemets. I am the head of SE «Electronic Health» (Ezdorovya). Ezdorovya is a state-owned IT company engaged in the digitalization of healthcare in Ukraine. We are responsible for the administration of national information systems and registers in the field of health care of Ukraine and, in particular, the electronic health care system (EHS) — the largest IT system in Ukraine, which is currently the core of the Ukrainian eHealth space.

Штучний інтелект за останні декілька років почали впроваджувати майже в усі сфери українського бізнесу. Мовні моделі допомагають мобільним операторам пропонувати кращий тариф абонентам, а пошта використовує ШІ для покращення якості роботи кур’єрської доставки.  Звісно, і така сфера, як банки, не пасе задніх. 

Yana Miroshnyk, Head of HR/HRBP, raised the sensitive topic of returning to offices on LinkedIn. «I see the tendency to return to offices in vacancies, it is rapidly gaining momentum. The position of HR units is remote,» she said.

Human Resources Recruiter Karina Kalinchuk sent 1,200 resumes during her year of living in the United States while looking for a job, but still could not find a decent position for herself.

Recently, the brewing company «Polytechnoservice» presented a trolleybus on which a hydrogen system can be installed. Such transport can operate autonomously, without the need for a contact network, using hydrogen to generate electricity. The only emission of transport is water, which makes it environmentally safe. This is not the only technological development of the company from the Kyiv region, which is engaged in the production of electric transport and its innovative upgrade. Today, our cities may not have enough electricity to power public transport for some time after Russian attacks. For such a case, the company manufactures trolleybuses with autonomous operation, including batteries for them, with the possibility of charging from a contact network. This allows you to move up to 30 km without connecting to the network. We visited the «Polytechnoservice» enterprise, spoke with its director Mykola Kugut, and show you how the company’s innovative production is organized.

After the US presidential election, many more famous users and organizations are leaving the social network X (formerly Twitter), owned by Elon Musk. This decision was adopted by such well-known media and organizations as the British newspaper The Guardian, the German football club FC St. Pauli, Steven King, who recently announced that he is leaving Elon Musk’s social network due to toxicity, as well as many celebrities. We tell you how you can leave X, delete the program and, if you wish, return to the social network.

Periodically in the press there are refutations from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Ukraine will not create nuclear weapons. This is usually a reaction to the statements of our officials or the materials of Western journalists. But the longer the full-scale war continues in the country, the more often Ukrainians write (jokingly?) on the Internet that we need our own nuke. These sentiments are especially intensifying on the eve of the inauguration of Donald Trump, who will try to stop the war in a way that is not beneficial for us and with possible territorial concessions. In June 1996, Ukraine completely abandoned nuclear weapons. In November 2024, Ukraine is on the brink of the catastrophe of losing the state. Let's look at what options we have today to correct this regrettable historical mistake.

Ukrainian indie developer Artem «Flatcoon» Bazdyrev, who recently released his card roguelike based on Menace from the Deep, told dev.ua that the release was «very stressful» for him. He also denied claims by some players that he allegedly received funding from a publisher for the Asian region.

Cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company Bitget is increasingly coming to the attention of Ukrainians. Sponsorship of meetups in Kyiv and Vinnytsia, launch of special promotions and contests for the country’s residents, and willingness to support talented crypto business owners have become the company’s hallmark. We decided to find out more about the exchange and spoke to Bitget CEO Gracy Chen.

The European Safe Gambling Week has come to an end, an important platform for discussing new trends in the gambling industry. This event, initiated by the European Gambling and Betting Association (EGBA), focuses on the use of safe gaming tools, the impact of technology and innovation in ensuring responsible gambling. For Ukraine, where the gambling industry is only gaining momentum, these practices can become a guideline for building a civilized market.

SMM-manager Марія Чорман повідомила, що начальник вирішив не продовжувати співпрацю з нею, бо її обов’язки може робити й штучний інтелект. Про те, як фахівці IT-сфери ставляться до ШІ і що вони думають про виконання штучним інтелектом їхньої роботи, спеціалісти не забарились поділитись у коментарях. Ось їхні відповіді.

According to data from the American Academy of Animation Arts, as of May 2024, 74% of artists believe that artificial intelligence is unethical. Another 55% of artists are concerned that artificial intelligence (AI) will interfere with their ability to generate income from their art. With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, new challenges arise for artists and there is even a global question whether their profession will survive. Also, many artists are faced with the fact that, in turn, their works are used for training AI and not only, which makes the issue of copyright protection even more urgent.

21-year-old Lyudmila Hayduk from Kyiv has been living in Poland for the third year. She decided to change the profession of «Water Supply Engineer», which her parents chose for her, to one that the girl herself likes. Lyudmila chose UI/UX Design. For another article in the «What hurts junior» column, the designer talked about what led her from engineering to design, what difficulties she faced during the year-long job search, and about the three main cases when she herself refuses offers.