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Since the beginning of 2024, Ukrainians have lost more than 6. 6 thousand mobile phones, with Xiaomi, Samsung, and iPhone brands being the most commonly stolen.

An FSB informant was detained in Zaporizhzhia who was tracking the movement of Ukrainian military equipment and troops to help Russian troops plan attacks and air strikes.

YouTube has blocked videos about military service evasion from several Russian opposition channels at the request of the Russian authorities, marking a new trend of removing human rights content in Russia.

OpenAI has signed an agreement with Reddit to use the site's data to train AI models, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman owns a significant stake in Reddit.

Google has announced Theft Detection Lock, an AI-based feature for Android that locks the phone when it detects theft-related movements and makes stolen devices unusable.

Google is planning to integrate Gemini AI into Gmail, providing features such as AI-assisted email sorting, summarizing missed emails, organizing attachments in Google Drive, summarizing missed meetings, and AI-powered email search.

Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and chief scientist of OpenAI, left the company after almost 10 years of work, and Jakub Pachocki became the new chief scientist.

Google introduces Project Gameface, an open source code for Android developers that allows them to control speakerphone, gestures, and head movements using facial expressions and the device's camera.

Google is introducing AI-powered search with the Gemini model to provide direct answers and planning capabilities, such as meal and vacation plans, as well as visual search with video, which will be rolled out globally by the end of 2024.

An Australian court has overturned an order by the country's cybersecurity regulator to remove a video of an attack on an Assyrian bishop, rejecting the regulator's proposal in a legal dispute that has sparked heated conversations between Elon Musk and Australian officials.

Japan, South Korea, and Australia are tightening regulations to limit the market power of large tech groups such as Apple and Google, creating new regulatory challenges similar to those in the EU and the US.

A repeat offender with pro-Kremlin views was detained by the SBU for spying for Russia and passing on intelligence about Ukrainian defense positions and the location of air defense units around Kharkiv.

The United States is considering restricting the export of patented artificial intelligence models, such as ChatGPT, to China over concerns that they could be used for cyberattacks or biological weapons development.

Google is accepting applications from Ukrainian startups for funding from its new $10 million Support Fund to help them grow their businesses, restore operations affected by the war, or create new products.

Since the start of the full-scale invasion, the Ministry of Education and Science, with the support of international partners, has provided 218,188 devices to Ukrainian students and teachers, most of them in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro regions.

OpenAI has introduced a memory feature for ChatGPT Plus subscribers that allows the chatbot to remember user data, hobbies, and query history.

The Security Service of Ukraine detained a couple of Russian intelligence agents who were preparing Grad attacks on Ukrainian troops defending the northeastern border, determining their locations and passing the coordinates to the occupiers.

Microsoft's strong earnings, driven by 31% growth in its Azure division, of which 7% came from artificial intelligence, as well as impressive reports from Alphabet and Snap, lifted the tech sector on Wall Street after the Meta crash.

Elon Musk is likely to raise $6 billion for his AI startup xAI, a competitor to OpenAI, to develop "good" general artificial intelligence that aims to understand humanity.

A former conscript was detained for providing coordinates for enemy missile attacks on civilian infrastructure in the Kharkiv region.

The FBI says that hackers linked to the Chinese government have infiltrated critical US infrastructure such as telecommunications, energy and water supply, gaining the ability to potentially cause devastating damage, and are waiting for the right moment to strike.

Google has fired 28 employees who protested for 10 hours against the company's $1. 2 billion cloud contract with Israel and Amazon, which activists claim could support Palestinian apartheid.

The Security Service of Ukraine detained an enemy informant who was preparing new Russian strikes in Kharkiv region.

In Odesa region, two citizens from the South Caucasus were detained who, on the instructions of the Russian Federal Security Service, were reconnoitering the locations of Ukrainian troops to prepare a missile strike by the Russian army.

Artem Rozkokokha, a pastry chef from Baryshivka, Kyiv region, received grant support from the MHP-Hromada charity fund. He used the funds to start a pasta business.

Fraudsters create fake links under the guise of financial assistance from international donors, such as IOM Ukraine, encouraging people to enter personal and payment information, which is a fraudulent practice.

An employee of a kindergarten in Kharkiv was detained for acting as a Russian intelligence agent, providing coordinates and intelligence to adjust enemy strikes on the city.

Apple is suing former iOS engineer Andrew Oda for leaking confidential information about the company's product strategies, number of employees, hardware details, and regulatory compliance strategies in violation of a confidentiality agreement.

The U. S. Department of Justice and 16 state prosecutors filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the iPhone maker of illegally monopolizing the smartphone market and creating obstacles to competitors' access to iPhone hardware and software features.

The EU introduces new rules requiring social media platforms such as X, TikTok, Facebook, and others to take steps to mitigate election risks or face fines of up to 6% of their annual global turnover.