🧠 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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😾 Collab unlocked

Samsung has partnered with Perplexity → to bring a system-level AI agent to the upcoming Galaxy S26 lineup, set to debut on February 25, 2026.

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🧠 New tier loading

ChatGPT may soon get a new $100/month subscription. We break down → how the potential plan could differ from existing tiers.

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