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Pro-Ukrainian cyber forces take down 46 separatist sites and target online money accounts

Working day and night, as reported by Ukrainian news resource TSN.UA, Ukrainian cyber forces and individual pro-Ukrainian hackers have maintained online attacks on all Internet resources linked to insurgents in the eastern part of the country, whom the Kyiv (Kiev) government deems as terrorists. As of early November, the cyber forces claimed to have downed …

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In Western Ukraine, amateur inventor builds AI-powered “smart home”

Vitaly Rishkulyak of Chernivtsi (Chernovtsy), a city with nearly 250,000 inhabitants, has created his own “smart apartment.” Now, a large part of the work that people used to do themselves is done in his apartment by an artificial intellect named Eve, according to a story on TSN.UA. Vitaly’s apartment is literally crammed full of electronics. …

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Odessa e-marketing agency Netpeak acquires Bulgarian company and gets 10% stake in Russia’s Q-Page

Earlier this week the Odessa-based e-marketing agency Netpeak announced it has acquired a 51% stake in Bulgarian agency Optimization.bg as well as 10% of Q-Page, a Russian company that help individual entrepreneurs and SMBs create or optimize online sales pages. Netpeak paid $100,000 for the stake in Q-Page. The details of the deal with the Bulgarian company …

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New online store makes cigarettes, slippers and household items available to Ukrainian prisoners

For those who believe that all models have been tested in e-commerce, it is worth taking a look at VITK.COM.UA, an online store for prisoners launched by the Dnipropetrovsk-based (Dnepropetrovsk) IT company CDM. The service, which has been live since August, is a joint project of CDM and the management of the state penitentiary service …

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Ukrainian VCs invest in spying drones, energy analysis and “the art of dreaming”

Last week, Kyiv (Kiev) Polytechnic Institute (KPI) hosted the final of Sikorsky Challenge 2014, a contest that attracted innovative projects working in the startup incubator and the science park at the institute. Investors have developed an interest in many of the finalists, to the point that deals or intentions to invest were announced during the competition. …

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Pro-Ukrainian hackers have leaked secret documents from Donetsk insurgents, Crimea, and Russia

Pro-Ukrainian hackers have reported that they have hacked the Crimean cells of the Donetsk People’s Republic, as the insurgents of Eastern Ukraine call themselves (abbreviated as “DNR” in Russian). This has resulted in an online database of documents and photo-materials from the DNR, representatives of Russian nationalist organizations in Crimea, and representatives of government agencies …

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Bitcoin embassy opens in Kiev as the cryptocurrency could make Crimeans’ life easier

The first bitcoin embassy in the CIS has opened on Lviv Square in Kyiv (Kiev), reports tech blog AIN.UA The initiator of the project was Kuna, an agency dedicated to the sale of bitcoins. Kyiv is joining three similar bitcoin embassies in the world, located in Montreal, Tel-Aviv, and Warsaw. Within the embassy, there is a …

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Tech and fun this Wednesday at Kyiv’s Tech Networking Party

October 8th will be a time for fun, as key figures from the Ukrainian technology community and foreign guests come together at Tech Networking Party#4, organized by BVU Group. The meeting will be casual and include interesting people, music, food, and light drinks. You can find the list of attendees at http://tn-party.com. This is an invitation-only gathering, so please contact event …

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Fidomobile to invest 100 million hryvnias towards the construction of WiFi network in Kyiv metro

Fidomobile, a virtual operator of mobile networks, has won a competition held by the Kyiv (Kiev) state administration for selecting an operator for a high-speed WiFi network in the city’s metro. The company plans to invest approximately 100 million hryvnias (approximately $7.7 million) in the project and to provide WiFi coverage throughout the metro, from escalators …

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Kyiv authorities work with American investor to open a free co-working space for startups

Kyiv City State Administration is working with Igor Shoifot, chairman of Ukrainian Happy Farm incubator and the U.S. representative of TMT Investments, to open a co-working space in Kyiv, where startup teams will be able to work on their projects free of charge. Existing spaces in the Ukrainian capital charge anywhere from $70 to $200 per …

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Swedish IT staffing company opens website development training center in Poltava

Beetroot, a Swedish information technology staffing company, on Sept. 19 opened an academy in Poltava to train website developers on the WordPress platform. Twelve students will undergo a three-month course after which they will be fully employable within Ukraine’s expanding IT sector, reads the company news release. Called Beetroot Academy, the frontend developer center is supported by the …

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