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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 38 714 subscribers, ranking 3 350 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 38 714 subscribers.
According to the latest data from 27 August, 2026, the channel demonstrates stable activity. Although there has been a change in the number of participants by -644 over the last 30 days and by -27 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 3.34%. Within the first 24 hours after publication, content typically collects 1.78% reactions from the total number of subscribers.
- Post reach: On average, each post receives 1 293 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 28 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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😏 Counterpunch
The legal battle between OpenAI and xAI is gaining momentum, with Altman’s company now accusing Musk’s AI venture of destroying → evidence during the court proceedings.
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☕️ Haven’t we seen this before?
According to French politician Florian Philippot, Elon Musk risks → facing the same fate as Pavel Durov if he travels to France. He claims French authorities would detain the X owner immediately upon arrival.
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🦅 Royal Pavo, Hot Chick and Zombie Rider
Telegram has rolled out upgrades for the Rare Bird collection, which originally sold for 5,000 Stars.
💘 When the 15,000-piece drop launched last July, it sold out in just one minute.
💘 Most of the designs lean into a flashy, high-end aesthetic, though a few playful meme-inspired variants made it into the lineup.
Several other Telegram gift collections are still awaiting upgrades.
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🤩 You can never have too many gifts
Nearly 200 calendar NFTs suddenly appeared on Pavel Durov’s account, all reportedly purchased on the secondary market.
💘 The move triggered an immediate price spike. Within an hour, the floor price jumped from 3.5 TON to nearly 6 TON across marketplaces. In total, just over 342,000 of these calendar collectibles exist.
💘 Users speculate the buying spree may be linked to an upcoming Telegram update that could introduce a “gift crafting” feature, allowing older gifts to be combined into new ones.
We break down how gift crafting could work:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/telegram-gift-crafting-coming
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😆 Who’s next?
After France, Spain and Greece are moving toward restrictions on teenagers’ access to social media.
Which countries are joining the trend and how far they are willing to go:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/countries-banning-social-media-for-children-2026
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💅 Now that’s a growth strategy
The Washington Post reports that Elon Musk deliberately loosened → safety controls at xAI, reducing moderation around sexualised content.
According to the investigation, generating explicit content in Grok became part of a broader user retention strategy.
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🤐 Summoned to Paris
French prosecutors have issued summonses → to X owner Elon Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino. The questioning is scheduled for April 20, 2026.
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⚡️ French authorities search X’s Paris office
French law enforcement officers conducted → searches at X’s Paris office. The operation was led by the cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor’s office.
Pavel Durov criticized the move, writing:
"French police is currently raiding X’s office in Paris. France is the only country in the world that is criminally persecuting all social networks that give people some degree of freedom (Telegram, X, TikTok…). Don’t be mistaken: this is not a free country."@durovs_code
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🤔 So this is you
A well-known insider has revealed → new details about Apple’s first foldable smartphone, offering a closer look at what the long-rumored iPhone Fold could look like.
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😏 Joining forces
Elon Musk confirmed active talks to merge SpaceX and xAI, as the AI company’s development → is reportedly costing around $1 billion per month and requires significant funding.
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😀 Grok picked WhatsApp
Following Pavel Durov’s post criticizing Mark Zuckerberg, an X user asked Grok to compare WhatsApp and Telegram.
Elon Musk’s chatbot replied that both are strong platforms and that which one is “better” depends on user needs:
“WhatsApp (3B+ users) offers default end-to-end encryption, reliable calls, and simplicity. Telegram (1B users) excels in features like large groups, channels, and bots, with encryption in secret chats.”However, Grok added that “if privacy is key”, users should choose WhatsApp. Previously, Durov’s Code reported exclusively on why the planned Telegram and Grok integration did not proceed. ↖️ https://durovscode.com/why-telegram-grok-no-deal
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☕️ Durov vs Zuckerberg
Pavel Durov recalled a 2004 exchange in which Mark Zuckerberg mocked people for trusting Facebook with their personal data.
What that remark was, and why Durov brought it up now, explained in our piece:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/durov-vs-zuckerbergs-whatsapp
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❤️ This weekend in #TECH
💘 OpenAI will retire GPT-4o and all of its variants in ChatGPT starting February 13, as usage shifts almost entirely to GPT-5.2.
💘 Apple is exploring a flip-style foldable iPhone, potentially adding a clamshell form factor to its future iPhone lineup.
💘 Apple dropped plans to integrate Anthropic’s Claude into Siri after the startup reportedly demanded multi-billion-dollar annual fees, opting instead for a cheaper deal with Google.
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🤐 Brainrot, out
YouTube has started removing low-quality AI content → farms. Since November 2025, 16 major AI-driven channels have been taken down or wiped clean.
Together they generated 35+ million subscribers, 4.7 billion views, and nearly $10 million a year.
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😄 No face, no feed
OpenAI’s future social network → may require biometric verification to keep bots out.
Users could be asked to authenticate via Face ID, while those on other devices may need to provide an iris scan.
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⚡️ Exclusive: Why the Telegram–Grok integration never materialized
Negotiations between Durov and Musk ran into disagreements over how to ensure the privacy of Telegram users’ data. At the same time, Grok was not the only chatbot considered for integration into the messenger.
Sources close to the talks told Durov’s Code what prevented Durov from launching the project and securing the $300 million deal.
☀ https://durovscode.com/why-telegram-grok-no-deal
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🚘 Robots over cars
Tesla will stop producing the Model S and Model X and shift its focus to humanoid robots. Elon Musk says the company plans → to manufacture up to 1 million Optimus robots per year.
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🤔 Android meets Chrome (again)
A video of Aluminium OS has surfaced online — a hybrid of Android and ChromeOS designed specifically for personal computers. Let’s take a look at what the new OS might look like →
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🍏 Something new to clip on
Apple is reportedly testing → its own teleconverter accessory for the future iPhone 18 Pro.
The clip-on lens would improve image quality when shooting distant subjects, reducing reliance on digital zoom.
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🤐 Adults оnly
From February 2, 2026, access → to Pornhub, YouPorn, and Redtube in the UK will be limited to users who registered and verified their age before that date.
Aylo says the move is a protest against the Online Safety Act.
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