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Police find illegal Bitcoin farm at Ukrainian state institute

August 11, 2017

Ukraine’s National Police have arrested several suspects who were illegally producing bitcoins at a recreation center of a Ukrainian state institute, according to newly released court documents. Police found that 200 computers had been set up in an unused swimming pool at the Paton Electric Welding Institute’s recreation center to generate bitcoins, the world’s most …

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PassivDom 3D prints smart homes that run off-grid on solar power

July 21, 2017

Imagine being able to buy a house, have it built on any piece of land you have access to, and then moving in — all in one day. The house generates its own power from solar panels on the roof, comes with in-built, off-the-grid sewage and plumbing, has its own climate control system that keeps …

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Cyber attack paralyzes government computers, banks, infrastructure companies in Ukraine

June 27, 2017

Some of the biggest state-owned and private companies in Ukraine stopped functioning on the afternoon of June 27 due to what appears to be the biggest-ever ransomware attack in the country’s history. A new outbreak of ransomware known as Petya that has been active since spring 2016 hit computers across the globe, but Ukraine was …

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Six years and counting: Ukraine still waiting for mobile number portability

April 4, 2017

If Ukrainian mobile phone users are tired of their tariff plans or fed up with poor service, they face a tough choice: either they stay with their current provider and suffer on, or change networks and be forced to change their number as well. Such a dilemma doesn’t exist in the more than 70 countries …

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Ukrainian startup Ugears sells eco-toys in 80 countries

March 27, 2017

When the first wooden mechanical models created by Ukrainian startup Ugears went on sale, they were an immediate hit with adult model-makers all over the world, while their “little helpers” could only watch. But now kids from the age of five can take up the absorbing hobby of modeling, with a range of Ugears’ wooden …

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Musk says he can help Ukraine tackle energy crisis, Groysman promises to mull deal

March 17, 2017

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says he wants to talk to Tesla Motors boss Elon Musk about using the tech entrepreneur’s innovative power technologies to tackle Ukraine’s energy crisis. During an exchange on social network Twitter earlier this week, Musk bet he could build a huge lithium-ion battery network to prevent power blackouts in South Australia …

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Ukrainian-based logistics companies start to match global technology trends

February 17, 2017

While Google and Amazon are patenting drones and driverless car parcel delivery methods, companies in Ukraine have started budgeting the implementation of parcel sorting robots, development of mobile apps, tests of drones delivery, and replenishment of their electric autopark. One major trend that has already made a breakthrough is a change made thanks to internet …

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Ukrainian information ministry asks Facebook for help to combat fake news

February 2, 2017

Last week Minister of Information Policy of Ukraine Yurii Stets appealed to Facebook to develop a verification mechanism to filter out fake news. The Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine also promised to cooperate with Facebook – which is used by around 3 million Ukrainians on a daily basis – in tackling the problem of …

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MP asks Elon Musk to build Tesla plant in Ukraine

January 17, 2017

A Ukrainian lawmaker has written to Elon Musk, the CEO of U.S. electric car producer Tesla Motors, asking that the tech entrepreneur consider building a Tesla car factory in Ukraine. The letter, from People’s Front party lawmaker Viktor Romaniuk, comes after Musk announced his company was to make a “significant investment” in expanding its European operations. However, Tesla …

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Twenty Ukrainian startups in Las Vegas to compete at CES 2017

January 12, 2017

Ukraine was represented by 20 startups at the CES this year, which was held Jan. 5 – Jan. 8 in Las Vegas. “Ukrainian startups are very competitive,” Olga Afanasyeva, the UVCA executive director, told the Kyiv Post. “We weren’t anyhow ashamed by their level.” However, the fact that there were 20 projects from Ukraine and 200 from France …

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Cats, kissing and nails: Google reveals what’s on Ukrainians’ minds

December 20, 2016

“Why are cats afraid of cucumbers?” “How do you kiss properly?” “What do people need nails for?” These were among the most common questions on the minds of Ukrainians in 2016, according to the Ukrainian office of Google, which released last week lists of the most popular search questions in Ukraine. The ranking reveals Ukrainians’ interest in …

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Ukrainian e-design automation startup attracts €1.2 million from EU program

December 7, 2016

Ukrainian company Polyteda Cloud has attracted €1.2 million in funding from Horizon 2020, the EU’s biggest research and innovation program, which has nearly 80 billion euros of funding available over seven years until 2020. Polyteda will use the funding to roll the product onto the European market and promote itself on it.