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Kyivstar is currently unable to provide a timeframe for the mobile operator to resume full operations after the hacker attack. This was announced by Kyivstar CEO Oleksandr Komarov. According to him, the company itself did not provide information about the launch in 4-5 hours. “It was a very powerful hacker attack on the company’s virtual […]
A hacker attack on the network core caused a massive technical failure at the largest mobile operator Kyivstar. Sources in the company told dev.ua about it. Dev.ua’s sources also deny the information about the alleged search of the company by law enforcement officers, which is being spread by some Telegram channels: As of 12:00, the […]
TikTok’s short video platform encourages users to spend as much money as in popular mobile games. According to data.ai, the app, which reached 1 billion monthly active users in 2021, became the first non-gaming mobile app to see users spend about $10 billion on the Apple App Store and Google Play combined. The only other […]
On the morning of Tuesday, December 12, Kyivstar telecommunications company experienced a malfunction. Users complain about the lack of mobile connectivity and the inability to access the operator’s website. The company said it was working to fix the problem. For example, when I try to log in to Kyivstar’s website, I get an error and […]
Recently, a number of users have discovered that ChatGPT can behave just like a human. Despite the fact that the chatbot was created to perform tasks, it turned out to be able to avoid them. In some cases he refuses to answer, and in others the conversation is interrupted by a series of questions. Sometimes […]
On December 14, Threads will become available in the EU. Meta hasn’t made any announcements yet, but a countdown timer has appeared on the website for European users. According to The Verge, Instagram users in the EU can also find digital “tickets” to Threads, as well as a QR code to download the app. The […]
Google is working on a project that aims to use artificial intelligence technology to create a picture of users’ lives “in retrospect” using mobile phone data such as photos and search queries. This was reported by CNBC. The project, codenamed Ellmann and named after the literary critic Richard Ellmann, involves using Gemini to process search […]
Insider Mark Gurman says that Apple is going to introduce 6G support in its devices. The work is currently at an early stage, macrumors reports. For example, the company recently opened a vacancy for a software architect for modem systems. This specialist will have to coordinate the design and modeling of the 6G reference architecture. […]
Android phones now automatically send medical data when you call emergency services. Service specialists receive data on a person’s name, age, blood type, and emergency contacts through the RapidSOS function. Last year, Google expanded the capabilities of Personal Safety in Android by enabling a potentially “life-saving” feature that can transfer important medical data (age, weight, […]
Meta has started implementing end-to-end encryption for all private chats and calls on Messenger and Facebook, Reuters reports. According to Meta, this feature is already available to users, but it may take some time for all Messenger accounts to be updated to end-to-end encryption by default. Previously, Messenger had an option to enable end-to-end encryption, […]