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Opendatabot has compiled a list of software of Russian origin that is used in Ukraine. Currently, Ukrainian businesses actively use 44 such products. The use of software of Russian origin in the company’s work carries several risks at once. In addition to the surface-clear cooperation and payment for the services of the aggressor company, the […]
It will be possible to connect to the Internet from Elon Musk after the war, but you can leave a request now. Due to the war with Russia in Ukraine, there may be interruptions in Internet connection and problems with network access. Therefore, Ukraine appealed to SpaceX founder Elon Musk with a request to give […]
Several Ukrainian developers with almost the same story approached our editorial office. Steam’s digital distribution service has stopped paying them revenue. Based on the available information, Valve has imposed the same restrictions on Ukraine as for Russia and Belarus. The developers have started receiving emails from the Steam administration stating that their banking information has […]
Well, it really happened – on March 17, the international payment system PayPal announced a full launch in Ukraine. One week ago, the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov officially addressed PayPal, which ceased operations in Russia on March 5, and called on the CEO of the international payment system Dan Shulman to […]
Qualcomm announced on Wednesday, March 16, that it has stopped selling its products to Russian companies. The company joined the sanctions against Russia over the attack on Ukraine. The information about the termination of Qualcomm’s work with companies from Russia was revealed by the senior vice president of the company’s relations with the government Nate […]
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi signed a law on cloud services, which was passed by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on February 17. This will allow the use of cloud services in government agencies, thus reducing corruption risks in the purchase of equipment and significantly reducing budget expenditures. According to The Economist, digital information is […]
Xerox Holdings has suspended all supplies to Russia indefinitely. This was stated by CFO Xavier Hayes. “Nothing is going to the country,” – Hayes commented. The company’s CFO added that in Russia and Ukraine, representative offices are registered for various legal entities. In addition, he stressed that the company does not receive significant revenues in […]
According to research by Sensor Tower, after the start of the war in Ukraine, 6,982 iPhone and iPad applications were removed from the Russian section of the App Store. Source: TechCrunch In total, these programs have been installed in Russia about 218 million times – about 3% of the global number of installations (6.6 billion) […]
The European Union has announced sanctions against Russian chipmakers. The companies on the list previously suffered from US sanctions in 2014, but now their situation will deteriorate significantly. Experts predict that the situation around Russian chipmakers could worsen significantly, although their situation was already bad after the US sanctions imposed earlier. The following companies were […]
During the war, Vodafone Ukraine lifted restrictions on the distribution of mobile Internet from smartphones to other devices for tariff plans with unlimited Internet. The offer applies to prepaid tariff plans Vodafone Unlim 3G, Vodafone Unlim 3G Plus, Vodafone SuperNet Unlim, Vodafone SuperNet Turbo 2019. At the time of the war, the services ‘Internet distribution […]