Ukrainian football club Dynamo Kyiv is ready to launch its own cryptocurrency to increase revenue and attract more fans, according to US blockchain company Moonwalk, which is helping Dynamo with the project. The club will give fans digital money — the so-called “tokens” — as a reward. To earn tokens, fans can play games where they have …
A high-profile criminal case involving a Ukrainian techie and $10 million he stole from tech giant Microsoft is over. A federal district court in Seattle sentenced Volodymyr Kvashuk to nine years in prison, finding him guilty of 18 federal felonies, the US attorney’s office for the Western District of Washington reported on Nov. 9. Kvashuk, 26, …
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Ukrainian techies from Jooble help people in 71 countries find a job online. On its website, Jooble publishes nearly 700,000 vacancies a day — it collects them from the companies’ career pages, social networks and online bulletin boards. The platform makes a tedious quest for a job easier because its algorithm analyzes users’ behavior and offers exactly …
A leader in the global job search market, Jooble keeps firmly to its Ukrainian roots Read More
Ukraine has the potential to become a European eSports hub after its government recognized the video game competitions as an official sport and their players as athletes. Until recently, this gigantic industry remained in the shadows in Ukraine. Now, however, local eSports businesses can play fair, receiving the legal option of going professional. For example, Ukrainian companies …
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Ukraine’s film industry produced its first-ever movie using virtual reality technology, as a crew of 40 people shot the comedy “Apple Man” using a high-speed camera robot and enormous flexible screens wrapped around walls. Directed by Ukrainian Vasyl Moskalenko, the comedy tells a grotesque story of a lab-made superhero created by the U.S. intelligence service and who …
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For years, television was seen as a medium that distracted children from studying. Now, nearly a month after Ukraine shut down all schools to slow the spread of COVID-19, the country is using TV to help kids study remotely. The new project is called the All-Ukrainian Online School. Launched by President Volodymyr Zelensky and implemented …
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With Ukraine under quarantine, social media has proven to be an extremely useful tool for the health ministry and the government to keep the public up to date on the latest developments. But the risk of falling for fake news in social media is high, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, when people are staying home, …
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Revel Lab, a startup from Odesa in Southern Ukraine, is developing a model to 3D-print valves for ventilators used to support the novel coronavirus patients, who are physically unable to breathe. The company was inspired by their counterparts in Italy, Isinnova startup that produces valves that allow connecting two patients to a ventilator at the …
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Ukraine will introduce an immigration quota for 5,000 foreign information technology specialists per year, the Digital Transformation Ministry announced on Feb. 26. The quota will come into effect on March 2. Since the announcement was published, the ministry has already received requests from IT companies to offer jobs through the program, Oleksandr Bornyakov, the deputy minister, said. …
Ukraine gives quotas to foreign tech specialists to meet market demand Read More
Thirteen chiefly Ukrainian and eight Ukraine-based tech companies have been included on the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals annual list of the world’s best outsourcers. The prestigious Global Outsourcing 100 review, published on Feb. 19, compiles customer references, awards, innovation programs and corporate social responsibility initiatives. This year’s ranking includes such tech firms as AMC Bridge, …
21 Ukrainian firms ranked among world’s top 100 tech outsourcers Read More
There may soon be no need for microwaves in office kitchens anymore, because a Ukrainian startup has invented a smart food container which can heat food, boil water, make smoothies and even keep ice cream cold on the go. Called Neoven and founded by Ukrainians in Tel Aviv, this startup has already crowdfunded nearly $90,000 on U.S. …
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Facebook has taken down 78 Russian-based accounts and pages spreading misinformation in Ukraine and neighboring countries on behalf of their government. The company reported on Feb.12 that three unconnected networks of accounts originating from Russia, Iran, Vietnam and Myanmar were removed for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” and “foreign or government interference.” According to the report, 11 pages, 29 …
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