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Channel Durov's Code (@durovs_code) in the English language segment is an active participant. Currently, the community unites 33 646 subscribers, ranking 3 962 in the Technologies & Applications category and 80 in the UAE region.
📊 Audience metrics and dynamics
Since its creation on невідомо, the project has demonstrated rapid growth, gathering an audience of 33 646 subscribers.
According to the latest data from 25 October, 2026, the channel demonstrates stable activity. Although there has been a change in the number of participants by -3 445 over the last 30 days and by -18 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 3.63%. Within the first 24 hours after publication, content typically collects 1.92% reactions from the total number of subscribers.
- Post reach: On average, each post receives 1 222 views. Within the first day, a publication typically gains 647 views.
- Reactions and interaction: The audience actively supports content: the average number of reactions per post is 12.
- 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 26 October, 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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💅 Too popular for Pro
Demand for GPT-6 Astra has surged enough that OpenAI has temporarily paused new $200-a-month ChatGPT Pro subscriptions to ease pressure on its infrastructure.
Existing Pro users are unaffected, and other plans remain available.
Who’s affected — and how to still get Astra:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/openai-chatgpt-pro-subscriptions-paused
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☕️ Better late than never
Nearly six months after macOS, Google has launched an official Gemini app for Windows.
↖️ https://durovscode.com/google-gemini-app-for-windows
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🧠 Cheaper, faster, bigger
DeepSeek has unveiled V4.1 Flash, a 552-billion-parameter AI model that already outperformed the flagship V4 Pro in coding and agent benchmarks.
The company also cut memory demands by 4× and slashed off-peak API pricing by 50%:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/deepseek-v4-1-flash-ai-model-api-pricing
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😽 Not much time left
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon has left the company, warning that the race to build self-improving AI could eventually push the technology beyond human control and pose an existential threat.
He says the risk could become real before the end of the decade.
What the researcher is warning about:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/anthropic-researcher-self-improving-ai-risks
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🙂 Not exactly lightweight
Experts found that the iPhone Duo is heavier than rival foldables, drops the Action Button and comes with water resistance that may weaken over time.
What Apple left out of the presentation:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/iphone-duo-weight-thickness-action-button-ip68
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🍏 And that’s a wrap
Apple’s new lineup includes the iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, AirPods 5, Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, along with the A20 Pro, new camera features, iOS 27 updates and new pricing.
Everything Apple announced, in one place:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/apple-event-2026-all-announcements
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😾 iPhone Duo starts at $1,999
Apple’s first foldable iPhone is priced at $1,999 for 256GB.
Preorders open October 16, with availability beginning October 23.
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⚡️ Apple unveils iPhone Duo
Apple has introduced the iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone, with a 7.6-inch inner display and 5.4-inch outer screen. Apple says it’s the thinnest iPhone yet and has the largest display ever used on an iPhone.
It comes in Star White and Night Sky, supports Split View multitasking, and uses Touch ID in the side button instead of Face ID. Apple Pencil support is coming later this year.
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🎧 AirPods 5 add live translation
Apple has announced AirPods 5 with real-time translation, improved Active Noise Cancellation and up to 5 hours of listening with ANC enabled.
They start at $129, with preorders open today and availability from September 18.
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🍏 iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199
Apple has announced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, starting at $1,199 and $1,299 respectively, both with 256GB of storage.
The lineup comes in Deep Black, Silver, Glacier and Burgundy, with sales starting September 18.
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😾 Spoilers ahead
Mark Gurman has backed up several of the biggest rumors ahead of Apple’s event, including that the foldable iPhone is apparently called iPhone Duo after all, along with new details on the iPhone 18 Pro lineup and the base iPhone 18 reportedly not arriving until at least spring.
There’s also fresh information on the Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 4 and AirPods 5.
We’ve pulled together the 20 key details before the event starts at 9:00 p.m. GST:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/apple-event-2026-what-apple-will-announce
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📱 Straight to No. 2
Analysts expect Apple’s first foldable iPhone to become the world’s No. 2 foldable in its debut year, capturing around 25% of the market, with Samsung still in first place.
↖️ https://durovscode.com/apple-foldable-iphone-market-share-2026
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🛸 Windows, ready for developers
Microsoft has introduced Project Zenith, a preconfigured Windows 11 setup for developer PCs, with coding tools and support for running AI models locally already built in.
It will ship on high-end machines from OEM partners, reducing the setup usually needed before developers can start working.
What’s included:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/microsoft-project-zenith-windows-11-developers
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🧠 One more for ChatGPT
OpenAI has rolled out ChatGPT Images 2.5, making image generation up to 50% faster and improving accuracy with reference images and targeted edits.
The model also holds up better across longer editing sessions.
What else is new:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/openai-chatgpt-images-2-5-image-generation
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😎 Altman goes Hollywood
The first trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial has been released, with Andrew Garfield starring as Sam Altman and Yura Borisov playing OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever.
The film revisits Altman’s sudden firing from OpenAI in November 2023 and his return as CEO just five days later, set against the rise of ChatGPT and the growing AI race.
Artificial premieres October 5 at the New York Film Festival.
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🍏 Apple night is here
Apple’s big fall event takes place today, with several major announcements expected.
We’ve rounded up the upcoming products, UAE start time and where to watch the livestream:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/apple-september-event-2026-uae
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🙂 One last leak
A day before Apple’s event, Mark Gurman has revealed the expected price, design and key technical details of the iPhone Ultra — or Duo.
What to expect:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/apple-foldable-iphone-price-specs-launch
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💅 Scroll limit incoming
French President Emmanuel Macron is calling on the EU to ban social media for children under 15, with the same rules applying across all member states.
↖️ https://durovscode.com/macron-eu-social-media-ban-children-under-15
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🤫 Think before you send
Google is bringing Sensitive Content Warning to Android’s Photo Picker. The feature, spotted in recent Android 17 test builds, expands SafetyCore beyond protecting users from incoming nude images.
It will now also flag potentially explicit photos before they’re shared with another person.
How it’ll work:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/android-sensitive-content-warning-photo-picker-nude-photos
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🧠 Robots, report for duty
China is actively preparing humanoid robots for military use, according to Reuters. At recent competitions in Beijing, the machines showed off striking speed and agility.
What’s known so far:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/china-humanoid-robots-military-combat
