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News from IT and Telegram world. Advertising & Editor-in-chief: editors@durovscode.com ! The project is not managed by Pavel Durov
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Channel Durov's Code (@durovs_code) in the English language segment is an active participant. Currently, the community unites 38 767 subscribers, ranking 3 338 in the Technologies & Applications category and 53 in the UAE region.
📊 Audience metrics and dynamics
Since its creation on невідомо, the project has demonstrated rapid growth, gathering an audience of 38 767 subscribers.
According to the latest data from 26 August, 2026, the channel demonstrates stable activity. Although there has been a change in the number of participants by -290 over the last 30 days and by -35 over the last 24 hours, overall reach remains high.
- Verification status: Verified (Officially confirmed by Telegram)
- Engagement rate (ER): The average audience engagement rate is 3.39%. Within the first 24 hours after publication, content typically collects 1.77% reactions from the total number of subscribers.
- Post reach: On average, each post receives 1 316 views. Within the first day, a publication typically gains 688 views.
- Reactions and interaction: The audience actively supports content: the average number of reactions per post is 15.
- Thematic interests: Content is focused on key topics such as elon, openai, act, chatbot, display.
📝 Description and content policy
The author describes the resource as a platform for expressing subjective opinions:
“News from IT and Telegram world.
Advertising & Editor-in-chief: editors@durovscode.com
! The project is not managed by Pavel Durov”
Thanks to the high frequency of updates (latest data received on 27 August, 2026), the channel maintains relevance and a high level of publication reach. Analytics show that the audience actively interacts with content, making it an important point of influence in the Technologies & Applications category.
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🧠 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.
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☕️ 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
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🤫 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
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🤷♂️ 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
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🙂 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
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🤐 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
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🤩 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
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🍏 Backdoor, round two
Apple has filed a second lawsuit → against the UK government over its demand for access to encrypted iCloud backups.
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⛔️ It only took one
Telegram disappeared from the App Store worldwide on Tuesday night, making the app temporarily unavailable for download. It returned to the store later.
The reason, as it turns out, was a single user who violated the platform’s rules:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/telegram-app-store-removal-single-user
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😆 So much for cold storage
Hackers exploited a vulnerability in Coldcard hardware wallets and drained around 5,000 wallets, stealing more than $110 million in bitcoin.
What caused the massive breach:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/coldcard-bitcoin-wallet-hack-110-million
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🛸 Math had a good day
OpenAI’s new Astra model solved 10 open math problems that researchers had been unable to crack for decades.
Here’s what it solved:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/openai-astra-solves-10-unsolved-math-problems
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❤️ This weekend in #TECH
📌 Microsoft raised Xbox console prices worldwide on August 1.
📌 The Wall Street Journal warns that massive AI investments risk triggering a major selloff that could drag down global stock markets.
📌 The memory chip shortage has reached the MacBook Air, with Apple struggling to keep its most popular laptop in stock.
📌 Apple is exploring turning future smart glasses and headsets into health and fitness devices.
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😄 Keeping up with Nvidia
AMD is joining Nvidia in raising GPU prices, with Radeon cards for partners set to increase by at least 10% starting in August.
Memory shortages aren't going away anytime soon either. Samsung now expects the crunch to last until at least 2028.
↖️ https://durovscode.com/amd-gpu-price-hike-partners-august-2026
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⛔️ Claude reached real systems
Anthropic found three incidents where Claude models accessed real systems while running internal cybersecurity tests. A configuration error allowed the models to reach the internet from an environment that was supposed to be isolated.
What happened next:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/anthropic-claude-real-systems-security-tests
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🛸 Gemini gets your browser
Google has updated Gemini Spark → with Chrome integration. The AI agent can now open websites in your own browser, using your existing logins and saved passwords to complete tasks on your behalf.
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⚡️ Durov breaks his silence
Pavel Durov has commented for the first time after Russia designated him a “terrorist.”
Russian officials have clearly got confused about who can ban whom from the Internet 😉Here’s everything we know about the case: ↖️ https://durovscode.com/russia-charges-telegram-founder-pavel-durov-aiding-terrorism
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🤩 How old are you?
Google is rolling out a new age verification system for Android apps worldwide, allowing them to tailor content based on a user's age without revealing personal details.
Here's how it works:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/google-play-age-signals-api-global-rollout
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⚡️ Australia vs. Telegram
Telegram could face fines of up to $38 million after Australia's online safety regulator accused the platform of not doing enough to stop the spread of terrorist content.
Telegram has rejected the allegations and says it will fight the case in court.
↖️ https://durovscode.com/australia-sues-telegram-terrorist-content
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🤗 OpenAI agrees: it's a mess
OpenAI admitted the redesigned ChatGPT desktop app became "kind of a mess" after merging ChatGPT, Codex, and Work. More fixes are coming, and the standalone Work mode is expected to disappear by the end of the year.
↖️ https://durovscode.com/openai-chatgpt-desktop-redesign-fixes
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🛸 Talk to Gemini
Gemini for macOS can now control content with voice. It can rewrite text, summarize documents, analyze files, and turn rough notes into polished documents without leaving the active app.
How it works:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/gemini-mac-voice-controls
