🤐 Telegram restrictions in Russia

Russian authorities have begun gradually restricting Telegram’s operations. The platform is not fully blocked, but phased technical measures are affecting performance.

What’s behind the move and how Durov responded:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/telegram-russia-restrictions-slowdown

🍏 Waiting a bit longer

Apple has once again delayed → the launch of its upgraded AI-powered Siri due to testing issues.

The features once planned for iOS 26.4 in March may now slip to iOS 26.5 in May or even iOS 27 in September.

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🧠 Borrowed brains?

OpenAI has accused → Chinese rival DeepSeek of using its technology to train the R1 model.

According to the company, DeepSeek relied on distillation, extracting outputs from U.S. AI systems to replicate similar capabilities.

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❤️ This weekend in #TECH

💘 Apple is preparing a budget MacBook under $1,000 powered by an iPhone-class chip instead of an M-series processor.

💘 Intel was fined $30 million in India over its restrictive warranty policy for imported processors.

💘 New coding models from OpenAI and Anthropic reignited the debate over whether traditional programming is becoming obsolete.

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🧠 Grok 4.20

Elon Musk has announced that Grok 4.20 will launch this week, describing → it as a “significant improvement” over version 4.1.

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🤐 Time to go sovereign?

UK banks will meet to discuss building a national alternative → to Visa and Mastercard, amid concerns that geopolitical tensions could put Britain’s reliance on US payment networks at risk.

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🎧 Nice try, AI

Sony Group has developed a new technology → capable of detecting music used in AI-generated compositions.

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🙂 Oman joins Telegram

Telegram’s chat services are now officially accessible → in Oman, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority confirmed.

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🍏 AI, everywhere

Apple is developing 3 AI-powered devices → smart glasses, a wearable pendant, and updated AirPods — all built around an upgraded Siri.

The glasses are expected in 2027, while the new AirPods and pendant could arrive as soon as this year.

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🕹 AI to the rescue

Unity announced → its new Unity AI tool, which the company says will let developers create full-fledged games using natural language only, without writing a single line of code.

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📱 Face ID on Android

Google is reportedly developing a new 3D face recognition system → for the Pixel 11 that would work through a single front camera cutout — a potential major upgrade to its current face unlock tech.

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🙂 Permission to forbid

Telegram’s latest beta introduces a couple of new features:

💘 Users will be able to block specific contacts from forwarding content from private chats;

💘 The app will automatically detect dates in messages and suggest setting reminders based on them.

Details:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/telegram-tests-new-features

🎧 Press play

Google has added a music creation tool → to Gemini powered by its Lyria 3 model. Users can generate 30-second tracks from a text prompt or even an image reference.

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😎 Neat workaround

The US is preparing to launch an online portal → that would allow users in Europe and other countries to access content restricted by their governments.

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🧠 Gemini 3.1 Pro

Google has officially unveiled its new flagship model, Gemini 3.1 Pro. The model → scored a verified 77.1% on ARC-AGI-2, well above the ~60% human average.

It now leads most benchmarks, outperforming rivals including GPT-5.2.

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🤔 Royal mining, apparently

The UAE royal family holds about $454 million in Bitcoin → through structures linked to mining firm Citadel Mining.

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❤️ This weekend in #TECH

💘 The US Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump exceeded his authority when imposing global tariffs.

💘 References to a budget MacBook and two next-gen Studio Display models were spotted in the macOS 26.3 final build, with a possible March debut.

💘 Tim Cook hinted at Apple’s next product category: AI wearables built around Visual Intelligence.

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