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Open space distracts? Silentbox brings focus back

#Vsrativakansii. Juni-teamleads, a forger for AI, mandatory Russian for work and a React developer who doesn't need React

Hello! It’s #vsrativakansii again. A new selection of trashy job offers as usual on Friday’s broadcast. Today’s episode features an «impressive» and free job, as well as strange linguistic requirements and Juni-teamleaders.

Ukrzaliznytsia plans dynamic prices for First Class and 1st Class Intercity and stricter ticket refund rules

Fire Point completes testing of new ballistics with a range of up to 850 km: FP-7 and FP-9 plan to be codified in February

A list of houses in Kyiv that will remain without heating until the end of the season has been published. Klitschko promises their residents "the most loyal electricity supply schedules"

YouTube now lets you watch Ukrainian videos in English and vice versa. Voice and automatic translation are created by AI

The government approved the deputies of the Minister of Defense: Oleksiy Vyskub, who was Fedorov's first deputy at the Ministry of Digital Affairs, was included in the composition.

OpenAI has unveiled the Frontier platform, which it calls a “command center for AI workers”

Ukraine and Poland to launch joint production of drones

Russian hackers attacked government agencies in 9 countries due to Microsoft Office vulnerability. Ukraine among victims

Ukrainian owners of Ecoflow and Bluetti were offered to sell their accumulated energy to the grid at a green tariff. Is this even possible?

Spotify makes song lyrics translations global and adds offline access to them in Premium

AI startup ElevenLabs, which provides voice services, has attracted $500 million in investment

Warm skin, eye contact and micromimicry: the Chinese have introduced the world's first biomimetic AI robot

The government allowed transformer equipment manufacturers to reserve 100% of employees

Rakuten Viber launches five AI assistants for different situations in the app

Bitcoin price drops below $70,000 for the first time since 2024

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A hacker hacked the computer of an accountant at a Sumy hospital and transferred UAH 5 million to the account of a familiar businessman

The Cabinet is preparing 5G frequencies in two bands for a tender. What is most interesting is that the military will also be able to deploy private 4G/5G networks. Here's what we learned

Bitget launched a promotion for TradFi beginners and promised to compensate for losses on the first transaction

The President of Kyivstar said that 5G base stations consume 2-3 times more electricity than LTE. He explained why Ukraine needs the technology

In two years, the amount of code written by AI has increased sixfold — study

Defense forces launched a series of strikes on the Kapustin Yar test site, from where the occupiers launch Oreshnik missiles.

Musk reminded Ukrainians of the need to register Starlink terminals, and Fedorov reported that the "white lists" are updated once a day

Starlink terminals used by Russian occupiers have already been blocked, but Ukrainian users need to register their devices for satellite internet to work. What Mikhail Fedorov, Sergey «Flash» and Elon Musk say about this.

What's wrong with IT courses: when expectations meet reality

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What's wrong with IT courses: when expectations meet reality

In a world torn by wars and economic recession, people are looking for stability and prospects. Against this rather gloomy backdrop, a career in IT often seems like a shining beacon of hope. A dream paradise where it is supposedly enough to just sit at a computer, write code and receive solid money. It is this attractive image that encourages people of all ages and professional experience to retrain en masse. But does the reality match these expectations? As the founder of a programming training center, I see dreams collide with reality every day, and I want to share my perspective on it.