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Automated systems based on computer vision and radioelectronic reconnaissance are designed to reduce the time between threat detection and military response to milliseconds — without operator involvement.
# WSJ Claims SpaceX Demonstrated Thin AI Device Prototype on Snapdragon With Custom OS and Grok Inside. Musk Responded With Two Words — Without Clarifying What's Inaccurate in the Report.
Microsoft is testing Disc2Digital: physical games are linked to an account as a digital license. It's convenient — but at the same time it devalues the secondary disk market, which still exists for now.
General Cherenshnia company integrates its Bullet system into unmanned boats — to destroy "shaheds" over water before they reach the shore.
# Collective Lawsuit Filed Against Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron Over Memory Price Fixing On June 25, a class action lawsuit was filed in federal court in California against Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron. The 17 plaintiffs claim that the companies used the HBM boom as a cover for coordinated production cuts of standard DDR3/DDR4 memory — resulting in a 700% price increase over four years. While the allegations remain unproven, there is precedent: both Asian companies have previously admitted guilt in a 2005 price-fixing cartel.
Samsung is releasing two "book-style" foldables simultaneously for the first time — and the very choice of colors for each reveals the company's strategy rather than designers' tastes.
Vyriy Industries has invested in the development of a drone designed to shoot down enemy drones in the air. However, there is a significant gap between the presentation and serial production that still needs to be bridged.
While others complained about GTA 6's $100 price tag, a few Xbox players quietly accumulated 100,000 Microsoft Rewards points and pre-ordered the game without spending a single real dollar. The paradox: the longer Rockstar delayed the game, the more time players had to save up points.
OpenClaw has appeared on the App Store and Google Play — and it's the first open-source AI agent that Apple approved despite having access to the camera, geolocation, and contacts. The reason for approval and the main limitation are one and the same: the app does not work without the user's own server.
A cyberattack on Tata Electronics has exposed part of the production chain for future smartphones. This is not merely a corporate leak—it is a map of how one of the world's most closely guarded products is assembled.
iOS 18.5 has opened APIs for third-party smartwatches under pressure from European regulators. Amazfit has already seized the opportunity. Apple Watch is no longer a monopolist on its own platform — at least in Europe.
A DOU survey among 10,644 specialists shows that most Ukrainian IT professionals are willing to forgo health insurance, gym memberships, and training courses in exchange for higher salaries. However, the data masks inequality — in microenterprises and government institutions, the situation with benefits is significantly worse than the industry average.
At the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 in Gdańsk, Norwegian Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Ukrainian DevDroid signed a memorandum of understanding on the development of remotely controlled combat robotic systems. Kongsberg brings scale and resources, while DevDroid contributes battle-tested technologies.
Apple is increasing the base RAM in iPhone 18 and 18e to 9GB to support Apple Intelligence — but iOS 27 has already raised the bar for the most powerful local AI features to 12GB. The upgrade is a step forward, but it falls short of the new minimum requirements.
An insider from Kosutami has reported on the development of iRing — at the very time when Apple Watch sales have dropped by 14%, while the smart ring market is growing four times faster than smartwatches. Coincidence or strategy?
From June 29 to July 1, Ukrainians will not be able to transfer their mobile number to another operator. The NCEC adopted a technical decision that will affect everyone who planned to switch operators while keeping their number.
Google.org is funding the scaling of "Obriyu," a state AI platform for 12.5 million economically inactive Ukrainians. The real question is not about money, but whether the system will be deployed in time before the shortage of skilled workers becomes irreversible.
YouTube is removing the dislike button from Shorts permanently, along with introducing a no-interface mode and accelerating video playback. For creators, this means the metric will stop updating by the end of June.
As the US restricts access to top AI models beyond its borders, Vienna-based startup eustella is entering the market with autonomous agents built exclusively on European infrastructure — cheaper than OpenAI and Anthropic combined.
The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences have signed an agreement on joint research at both poles. The first Ukrainian scientists will depart for the Polish "Hornsund" station by late summer 2025 — even before the official program begins in 2026–2027.
DJI has confirmed a dual camera with record 17 stops of dynamic range — and simultaneously releases a flagship device for the second consecutive time that is officially unavailable in the world's largest market due to an FCC ban.
Kyivstar has launched Light Data, enabling the transmission of small data packets via Starlink Direct to Cell. Viber, WhatsApp, and Google Maps now work in areas with no cellular coverage. However, the service is not available on all smartphones and not everywhere.
While the global robotics market is projected to exceed $200 billion by 2030, a Ukrainian IT company is betting on Physical AI right now — and is recruiting specialists who are in short supply even in the United States.
Voting has started in the Diia app for the "We Are Waiting!" stamp — and for the first time, its theme was determined not by artists, but by the Coordination Headquarters on the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Behind the figures stand more than 59 thousand people who are still being searched for.
The Atlantic has published four databases containing over 21 million tracks that were used to train AI models — without the consent of artists and without paying royalties. Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny are just the most famous names among millions of others.
Samsung has finally embedded internet speed display in the Galaxy status bar — through the QuickStar module in Good Lock. However, a stable version of the feature and its rollout to older flagship models remain without a clear timeline.
At Eurosatory 2026 in Paris, Ukroboronprom presented the UAV-290 — a turbofan-powered attack drone weighing 350 kg with a 100 kg warhead. It is launched from a mobile platform and flies autonomously to its target at speeds up to 800 km/h.
Ukrspecsystems has integrated Starlink into the Shark unmanned aerial vehicle — now the drone operates where traditional radio communications are already jammed. Practical result: an operator with a laptop instead of an antenna station.
Competition between smartphone manufacturers and artificial intelligence data centers for the same memory chips has already made RAM and NAND the most expensive components in a phone — and prices show no signs of stopping.
# Tech Companies Conducted 363 Layoff Waves Since Start of 2026, While Profit Figures Tell Different Story Since the beginning of 2026, technology companies have carried out 363 rounds of layoffs. The official explanation is artificial intelligence. However, profit figures tell a different story.