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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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Posts Archive
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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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🧠 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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❤️ 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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🧠 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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Wrong example?
Amid discussions about restricting Telegram in Russia, Pavel Durov rejected comparisons → with China’s WeChat, arguing it became dominant through open competition rather than government imposition.
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🍏 Waiting a bit longer
Apple has once again delayed → the launch of its upgraded AI-powered Siri due to testing issues.
The features once planned for iOS 26.4 in March may now slip to iOS 26.5 in May or even iOS 27 in September.
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🤐 Telegram restrictions in Russia
Russian authorities have begun gradually restricting Telegram’s operations. The platform is not fully blocked, but phased technical measures are affecting performance.
What’s behind the move and how Durov responded:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/telegram-russia-restrictions-slowdown
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🤔 Are you 18 though?
Discord says there will be no mass passport checks or face scans under its updated age policy.
The new system → will affect only a small portion of users, while most accounts remain unchanged thanks to automated age estimation.
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+3🚘 Ive x Ferrari
Ferrari has unveiled the interior → of its first EV, Luce, designed in collaboration with LoveFrom, the studio led by former Apple designer Jony Ive and Marc Newson.
For now, only the cabin is public — the exterior will debut in May 2026.
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☕️ Can we skip this?
OpenAI has started testing ads → in ChatGPT for some US users. Ads are currently shown to logged-in adults on the free tier and the Go plan, while paid subscribers remain ad-free.
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⚡️ February drop
Telegram has officially rolled out its latest update, introducing a major redesign along with new features for groups and bots.
Here’s what changed:
↖️ https://durovscode.com/telegram-update-redesign-february
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🤩 Next stop: Mars
Elon Musk says → SpaceX aims to build a “self-growing city” on the Moon within 10 years, while construction of a Mars base could begin in 5 to 7 years.
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📱 Still on Android 12?
Google’s latest data shows over 40% of active Android phones → no longer receive critical security updates.
Only devices running Android 13 and newer, about 58% of the ecosystem, still receive full security patches, while the rest are effectively out of support.
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❤️ This weekend in #TECH
💘 A Chinese investor bought the Telegram username @danbao for $2.2 million, setting a new all-time record on Fragment.
💘 Apple updated its App Review Guidelines, adding “random or anonymous chat” to the list of app categories that can be removed from the App Store without prior notice.
💘 Apple is preparing a broader hardware refresh for early 2026, including a budget iPhone 17e, updated iPads, and a new lower-cost MacBook aimed at the education market.
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😆 Just one more scroll
The European Commission has told TikTok → to change what it calls the platform’s “addictive” design.
According to the EU’s preliminary findings, TikTok’s interface may breach the Digital Services Act.
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😽 Back to labels
Pavel Durov accused French media of xenophobia, singling out Le Figaro for referring to him as “Le Russe” in its coverage → a label meaning “the Russian.”
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🦴 Rejoice?
Google confirmed → that AirDrop interoperability is expanding beyond Pixel.
Quick Share’s support for Apple’s proprietary protocol will roll out to more Android devices in 2026.
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🍏 So… which one do you actually buy?
Apple refreshes its lineup every year, and somehow choosing the right iPhone only gets harder. We broke down which model makes the most sense in 2026 → and spoiler: it’s neither the newest nor the most expensive.
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🕹 Finally
GTA VI is set to launch → on November 19 this year, with both digital and physical editions releasing on the same day.
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