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A large private museum dedicated to it8bit.club retro computers and video games destroyed earlier this week in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s ongoing terrible invasion. Although the destroyed museum is not at all comparable to the thousands killed and wounded, it is still a sad loss, as more than 500 units of computer history […]
Two portals with online foreign language courses have launched promotions for Ukrainians. The first of them – Busuu – offers 90 days of premium access for both people staying in Ukraine and internally displaced persons in other countries. The company emphasizes that it can extend the premium period for any period of time. They also […]
Ukraine proposes that the EU completely block transport links with Russia and Belarus, including the transit of goods and passengers. The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine sent a corresponding appeal to the European Commission, the ministry’s press service reports. “Despite the already imposed restrictive measures, Russian business is finding workarounds and continues to operate in […]
Lviv IT Cluster purchased Starlink terminals. They will be used for critical infrastructure of the city. This was reported to the Lviv portal by the press service of the Lviv City Council. Lviv IT Cluster has already purchased several hundred Starlink terminals. So far, the first 25 have arrived, transferred to the critical infrastructure of […]
The Iron Curtain is closing tighter and tighter. So, during March 24, several well-known world companies announced their withdrawal from Belarus or/or the Russian Federation. This was written by the minister of digital transformation of Ukraine Mikhailo Fedorov. So, the American company Grammarly (its popular online service uses AI to help write texts in English) […]
Ukrainian enthusiasts have created a convenient service for tracking queues at Ukrainian border crossing points. The site is located at this link: border.com.ua. the resource indicates the number of vehicles or people waiting for their turn, as well as the waiting time and chats for each of the existing checkpoints. Recall that the State Border […]
DTEK Energo’s thermal power plants, mines and machine-building plants have received Starlink satellite internet terminals from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, DTEK Energo Ukraine reports. Power Engineers, miners and machine builders will use Starlink mainly as an additional communication channel in case of loss of the main communication channels. The equipment will be put into operation both […]
Two Ukrainian developers have created online maps of air alarms, where you can conveniently view the status of sirens in all regions at the same time. This format undoubtedly deserves attention and can be useful to many. Now we know about two such maps: Map of sirens by region. Its developer is @vdmkin Map of […]
Journalist Mstislav Chernov and photographer Yevgeny Maloletka, who shoot for the Associated Press, have been documenting events in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol for more than two weeks. They were the only international journalists who stayed in the city. Therefore, the Russian occupiers knew the names of the journalists and tracked them. “We were reporting […]
PrivatBank planned a technological pause in making payments through Privat24 on March 20 from midnight to 10 am, but suddenly the process lasted for a day. Initially, the bank announced that on March 20, 2022, it will carry out technological work on the modernization of Privat24, which will significantly increase the volume of payment processing […]