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📣 How to create events that attract full houses and attract brands? On December 5, Astana will host a forum of creative industries from PR Room, dedicated to the organization and promotion of large-scale events. Participants will discuss how to create events that people buy tickets for...
💳 Droppership has caused a sharp increase in economic crimes in Kazakhstan. From January to September 2026, about 1.4 thousand criminal offenses in the field of economic activity were registered in Kazakhstan. This is 2.6 times more than a year earlier. However, the main…
✔️ In Kazakhstan, you can now attach to a clinic through Kaspi.kz. A new government service has appeared in the Kaspi application - attachment to a medical organization. Now Kazakhstanis can choose a clinic and register online, without visiting a medical facility. What can...
🚀 Why is a personal brand important for business development? The role of the personal brand in the development of the company will be discussed at the meeting with Leonid Nigmatullin, the founder and CEO of BLVD creative PR agency, winner of Cannes Lions 2025. Competition in Kazakhstan's startup industry...
🤖 Jensen Huang brought mini-robots to the stage and spoke about the future of AI While we are waiting for the head of NVIDIA in Kazakhstan, he spoke at the NVIDIA GTC Berlin 2026 conference and demonstrated the MicroDuck robots created by the French Pollen Robotics. Little robots were trained to walk...
🔒 In ChatGPT you can hide conversations under a PIN code or Face ID OpenAI has begun to gradually launch the Locked Chats feature, which allows you to protect individual conversations in ChatGPT from strangers. Users can hide personal or confidential chats from regular history and...
🇺🇸 Are you planning to develop your startup in the USA? In a practical workshop with the participation of Alma's commercial director Daniyar Erdenov, immigration issues related to business introduction to the US market will be discussed. Meeting in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan...
🚀 How to attract investment in a startup in the age of AI? Astana Hub will hold an online workshop Best Practices in Fundraising from Agentic Investors with the participation of the founder and CEO of VNTR Yuriy Rabinovich. Using meeting AI tools,…
📎 Claude now himself suggests what to do: Anthropic launched a proactive AI agent The company launched a test version of Claude Duet, a proactive AI agent based on the Claude Opus 5.5 model. Unlike a regular chatbot, it does not wait for constant commands, but independently...
💙 Social Impact: 5 features on the astanahub.com platform that you can use today! We have collected 5 Social Impact activities available to participants of the Astana Hub ecosystem: 📝 Share your experience — about your participation in AI & Digital Bridge 2026 on the astanahub.com platform…
🔴 Critical PHP vulnerabilities have led to massive shutdowns of websites around the world. What is known now? On October 21, government websites, hospitals and other organizations in several countries temporarily stopped working due to two dangerous vulnerabilities in PHP, the language...
👍 Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft Teach AI for Free: 10 Useful Courses and Lessons. You don't need to buy expensive courses to learn how to work with artificial intelligence. Major tech companies themselves publish educational materials: from short videos and practical…
🛍️ 65% of TikTok purchases are made outside major sales: how Kazakhstani behavior is changing. The sales season is no longer limited to Black Friday and New Year discounts. Shoppers start searching for products and reviewing offers as early as September, and interest in purchases…
📎 More than 67 thousand rural schoolchildren of Kazakhstan are participating in the IQanat Olympiad The first round of the IQanat Republican Olympiad has started in Kazakhstan. This year, more than 67 thousand eighth-graders from 2,700 villages registered to participate. This is a record in the entire history of the project. For…
🌐 Shadow AI and “automated chaos”: what prevents businesses from benefiting from neural networks Managers upload correspondence with clients to ChatGPT, lawyers upload contracts, and HR specialists upload candidates’ resumes. At the same time, management may not even know what AI services are used...
💻🏠 Streaming, cable or satellite TV: what to choose in Kazakhstan in 2026? Just a few years ago, to watch TV channels you had to connect cable TV or install a satellite dish. Today, the Internet and an application are enough to watch TV,...
📣 In Kazakhstan, it was proposed to create a digital system for protecting women from domestic violence. Kurultai deputy Aizhan Aimaganova suggested that the Ministry of Internal Affairs develop and test the “Electronic Protection Zone” project. The system should help identify threats of domestic violence in advance, and not just...
💬 🛜 Only correspondence is free: how the Internet will work on Kazakhstan trains Paid tariffs for Starlink satellite Internet are being introduced on Kazakhstan trains. Passengers will be able to chat in instant messengers for free, and in exchange for sending voice messages, photos, viewing...
😮 OpenAI's AI agents disabled systems that were supposed to control their behavior OpenAI reported two cases in which its AI agents weakened or disabled security mechanisms during internal programming tasks. What happened? • October 3: Agent GPT-6.1 Sol...
💼 Work for students in Kazakhstan: what salaries are offered for a part-time job With the beginning of the school year, many students are looking for a part-time job that can be combined with classes. The OLX Kazakhstan analytical service examined part-time vacancies published on the platform in…
🚀 Jensen Huang for the first time in Astana! 🔴 Watch the live broadcast from Astana Hub YouTube channel: Fireside Chat meeting between NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development Zhaslan Madiyev. Discussion…
✅ Khorgos introduces system for crossing border in 10 seconds. At the Khorgos International Center for Cross-Border Cooperation, the electronic inspection system QGate is being introduced. It is expected to reduce border control crossing time to 10 seconds and decrease…
⁉️ ENU denies personal data leak after student complaints. In Kazakhstan, questions about protection of students' personal data have arisen again. This time — at the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University in Astana. According to Qumash, first-year master's students…
🔽 Anthropic recorded a loss of $80.7 billion for six months The company recorded a net loss of $80.7 billion for the first half of 2026. A year earlier, for the same period, it amounted to $13 billion. This is reported by The Wall Street Journal with reference to the company’s draft documents...
🖥️ 94% of surveyed DevOps specialists are already using AI Cloud provider Pro-Data surveyed 93 participants at the DevOps Days Almaty conference and found out how their teams work with artificial intelligence. ❓ What the participants said: • 42% are already using AI in...
🌍 Abroad, Kazakhstanis spend 3-4 times more and most often on shopping. Visa presented a study of outbound tourism in Kazakhstan based on transaction data for 2022-2025. In 2025, foreign tourists accounted for 13% of all travelers from Kazakhstan, but 42%...
💎 Глава NVIDIA Дженсен Хуанг приедет в Казахстан 23 октября 23 октября в Астане состоится встреча основателя и генерального директора NVIDIA Дженсена Хуанга с заместителем премьер-министра — министром искусственного интеллекта и цифрового развития Казахстана Жасланом Мадиевым.…
🎚️ 🏆 На HackAlem AI определили победителей: 60 команд представили свои ИИ-проекты 16 октября прошел финальный Demo Day международного AI-хакатона HackAlem AI. Из 1 066 проектов эксперты отобрали 60 лучших, которые представили свои решения жюри в онлайн-формате. Победителей…
💵 ИИ-платформа цифровых инвестиций Paidax привлекла $1 млн финансирования Paidax, цифровая инвестиционная платформа из Центральной Азии, привлекла $1 млн в раунде финансирования при участии DOMiNO Ventures, Philip Capital, White Hill Capital и Aloqa Ventures. Платформа…
💡️️️️️️ Apple покажет новые устройства 28 октября: ждем первый сенсорный MacBook Pro с OLED-экраном Apple официально анонсировала мероприятие Pro and Tell, которое пройдет 28 октября в Лос-Анджелесе. По данным СМИ, компания готовит сразу несколько новинок. Что ожидается: •…