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A Russian company that owns the once-popular ICQ instant messaging system plans to restart it. This was reported by the Russian edition “Vedomosti“. According to a source close to VK Group, the ICQ restart project was discussed at the top management level before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But after the start of the war, […]
Digital passports are returned to the Action application. This was announced on Wednesday, March 16, in the Telegram channel of services. “If you have lost your passport or ID card in Diia, log in again – they are back, which means that the Unified State Demographic Register is reconnected to Diia“, – said in a […]
On the morning of March 14, the Ukrainian studio GSC Game World changed the name of its future game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 from Heart of ChOrnobyl to the correct Heart of ChOrnobyl. At the same time, the developers turned to the Russian fan base – because of the war in Ukraine, they decided to completely abandon […]
On March 14, Vodafone added six more countries to its own offer of free-roaming packages for Ukrainians, including Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Slovakia. Earlier, Poland, Moldova, Hungary, Romania, Germany, and the Czech Republic were included in the list of countries where Ukrainians are provided with free megabytes and roaming minutes. That is, […]
Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, said on Sunday that it was stepping up content moderation for Ukraine. On social networks, it is now impossible to wish death to heads of state. Reuters has read the company’s internal regulations. Last week, Facebook spokesman Andy Stone said Meta was temporarily allowing publications calling for the deaths […]
Russian authorities are threatening to shut down YouTube in the country if video hosting continues to block Kremlin propaganda channels with disinformation about Russia’s war against Ukraine. This was stated by Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy Anton Gorelkin. He accused the company of allegedly supporting an information war against the […]
Taiwanese company ASUS is considering a plan to evacuate staff and close business in Russia. The Minister of Economy of Taiwan made such a statement after the address of the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov. On March 10, Fedorov wrote a letter on Twitter to ASUS chairman Johnny Shea, urging the company to […]
Last week, the Ukrainian TV was launched in the application “Diia”, which was launched by the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine together with Megogo, and now the developers have added “Diia.Radio” – in case regular radio stations do not work. This is due to the fact that the Russians usually bomb telecommunication towers and […]
Two Ukrainian companies, Cryoin Engineering and Ingas, provided between 45% and 54% of the world’s neon supply. As a result of the war, companies have suspended supplies, which could lead to an even greater shortage of semiconductor chips in the world, – Reuters. Mixtures containing neon are used in the manufacture of semiconductors in laser […]