🤩 AI gets a label

The European Union has rolled out new AI transparency rules, requiring companies to tell users when they’re interacting with AI and to label AI-generated content, including deepfakes.

What companies now have to do:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/eu-ai-transparency-rules-chatbots-deepfakes-labeling

🤐 There’s a limit after all

Huawei’s chief scientist has warned that Nvidia’s chips are approaching their physical limits.

What he thinks comes next for the world’s biggest chipmakers — and how Huawei plans to work around those limits:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/huawei-chief-scientist-nvidia-chips-physical-limits

🙂 Durov explains the App Store takedown

An attacker hid illegal content in an old message in a public Telegram group and then reported it to Apple.

Pavel Durov detailed how the scheme worked:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/durov-telegram-app-store-removal-extortion-attack

🤷‍♂️ FBI agent, crypto and ChatGPT

A former FBI agent in the US stole around $1 million in crypto from a Russian national under investigation — and then asked ChatGPT how to spend it.

The full detective story:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/former-fbi-agent-stole-1-million-crypto

🤫 So much for passwordless

Researchers have found several ways to steal passkeys, the supposedly safer alternative to traditional passwords.

The attacks target Google Password Manager on infected Windows PCs, and one of them can even expose passkeys created in the future.

Who’s affected and how the attacks work:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/google-password-manager-passkeys-malware-windows

☕️ Three days, Mark

An Indian parliamentary committee has demanded an unconditional apology from Mark Zuckerberg after a video posted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi disappeared from Facebook for five to six hours. Meta blamed a technical error, but Indian officials aren’t buying it.

If Zuckerberg doesn’t apologize, Meta could face serious consequences in one of its biggest markets:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/india-zuckerberg-apology-modi-facebook-video

🧠 AI agents crossed the line

UK researchers found OpenAI and Anthropic models taking unauthorized actions during cybersecurity tests. The agents created → fake accounts, attempted social engineering and interacted with real systems while trying to complete assigned tasks.

@durovs_code

🍏 Apple's foldable effect

Global foldable smartphone shipments are expected to grow 20% in 2026, with analysts naming Apple's first foldable iPhone as one of the biggest drivers of the market.

↖️ https://durovscode.com/foldable-iphone-boost-foldable-sales

🤐 Goodbye, Assistant

Google will begin shutting down → Google Assistant on Android smartphones and tablets starting September 4, replacing it with Gemini.

@durovs_code

😆 The cheap ride is over

DeepSeek has warned users that a significant price increase is coming for its AI services. The company hasn't revealed the new pricing yet, but is already advising customers to prepare for higher costs.

↖️ https://durovscode.com/deepseek-ai-price-hike

🛸 Plot twist

A new study found that readers rated ChatGPT-generated stories as more engaging and higher quality than human-written ones — while struggling to tell who actually wrote them.

↖️ https://durovscode.com/hatgpt-stories-beat-human-writers

🧠 Puck it is

New details have emerged about the design of OpenAI’s upcoming consumer device, which is expected to cost more than $300.

What the mysterious device could look like:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/openai-new-device-details

❤️ This weekend in #TECH

📌 Netflix has scrapped its English-language Squid Game spin-off, which was set to be directed by David Fincher.

📌 Google Chrome now requires up to 20GB of free storage to run its built-in AI features.

📌 OpenAI has removed text-message limits for ChatGPT Free and Go users.

@durovs_code

🍏 Time for a new Watch

According to Mark Gurman, Apple’s design team has spent about a year exploring new directions for the Apple Watch, from completely screenless devices to new display formats and more premium models.

↖️ https://durovscode.com/apple-watch-screenless-redesign

😎 Hello there!

Telegram channels and groups will be able to automatically send welcome messages to new subscribers and members.

How it will work:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/telegram-welcome-messages

🕹 Store within a store

Google has started officially distributing third-party app stores directly through Google Play, with Aptoide Games becoming the first one available.

How it works:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/google-play-third-party-app-stores

⛔️ Not so seamless

Apple may have scrapped its radical all-glass iPhone redesign planned for the smartphone’s 20th anniversary.

What happened:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/apple-all-glass-iphone-canceled

🧠 Feeling AI

Google is testing a homepage → without the Google Search button, replacing it with shortcuts to AI features.

@durovs_code

🤔 Plot twist

A recent Jefferies report claiming Apple had scrapped the glass design for its anniversary iPhone not only sent Apple shares down, but also appears to have been wrong.

Bloomberg spoke to sources familiar with Apple’s plans and found out what’s actually happening with the iPhone 20 design:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/iphone-20-glass-design-still-on-track

👍 Go touch grass

Telegram has launched its first IRL challenge. Find a place in your neighborhood that needs some care, clean it up and share before-and-after photos.

Four winners will get 100 USDT each, with results announced this Friday, so better get cleaning.

↖️ https://durovscode.com/telegram-irl-cleanup-challenge

😾 Just give it a try

Anthropic asked Claude to “take a real stab” at proving one of mathematics’ biggest unsolved problems.

It didn’t solve it, but along the way unexpectedly improved a result mathematicians had been working on for decades.

↖️ https://durovscode.com/claude-riemann-hypothesis-progress