❤️ This weekend in #TECH

💘 Apple is preparing to make chips with Intel, breaking its long-standing reliance on TSMC.

💘 Instagram disabled end-to-end encryption for direct messages.

💘 The European Parliament labeled VPNs a "loophole that needs closing" amid Europe's push for stricter age verification online.

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🤩 Telegram Casino

Telegram has rolled out Emoji Stake — a built-in casino where users can bet TON on the outcome of a dice roll.

How it works and who’s actually allowed to play:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/telegram-emoji-stake-casino-launch

🤐 End of an era

Tesla has officially ended → production of the Model S and Model X.

The assembly lines that built them at the Fremont factory will now be repurposed to manufacture Optimus humanoid robots.

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😽 $15M lawsuit

Dua Lipa has filed a $15 million lawsuit → against Samsung over the unauthorized use of her image to sell televisions.

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😆 Armenian leak

Nvidia has confirmed a data leak → affecting GeForce Now users through its regional partner in Armenia.

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🍏 Vision postponed again

A new version of Apple Vision Pro is reportedly still at least two years away from launch.

What’s happening with the project now and what the team is working on instead:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/apple-vision-pro-next-generation-delayed

🦴 Time to update

Apple has released iOS 26.5 — the update is now available to install. Siri, however, is still missing in action.

What’s new:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/apple-ios-26-5-features-update

😸 Speed update

Windows 11 is getting a new performance feature → inspired by macOS.

Microsoft says the system will briefly boost CPU speed to make menus and apps open noticeably faster.

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☕️ India wants more rockets

India is preparing for the first orbital launch → of a privately developed rocket this summer.

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😎 Summer must-have

Sony has unveiled the Reon Pocket Pro Plus, an updated version of its wearable air conditioner.

How it works and where to buy:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/ony-reon-pocket-pro-plus-wearable-cooler

🤐 Gambling arc cancelled

Telegram’s Emoji Stake casino feature disappeared just three days after appearing in the public version of the app.

Users can no longer gamble with emoji dice, Telegram hasn’t commented on the situation.

What this feature was:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/telegram-emoji-stake-casino-launch

😀 Plot twist

Telegram’s Emoji Stake casino platform is working again after going offline three days after launch.

Users can once again roll dice for money.

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📱 Android 17, new features incoming

Google has unveiled the new capabilities of Android 17 at its annual The Android Show event.

Some of the highlights:

📌 a new tool against endless app scrolling;
📌 privacy upgrades and new anti-theft protection;
📌 exclusive features for social media apps;
📌 a new series of AI features called Gemini Intelligence, along with redesigned emojis.

Google also announced Googlebook, a new line of laptops built around the integration of Gemini, Android, and Chrome OS.

Here's a closer look at what's new:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/google-android-17-new-features

😂 Designers said yes

Apple won six Gold Cubes at the ADC Awards, one of the most prestigious prizes in design.

One of the awards went to Liquid Glass. Turns out professional designers liked the iOS 26 redesign a lot more than users did.

↖️ https://durovscode.com/apple-six-gold-cubes-adc-2026

😄 Some people really do get lucky

Claude helped a man recover → access to nearly $400,000 worth of Bitcoin after 11 years locked out of his wallet.

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🤐 Best friends forever

OpenAI is reportedly considering → legal action against Apple over what it sees as weak ChatGPT integration and poor promotion of the AI assistant inside Apple’s ecosystem.

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❤️ This weekend in #TECH

📌 Apple is preparing iOS 27 with a major Siri overhaul, including a standalone app with chat history.

📌 Malta has become the first country to provide all of its residents with a free one-year ChatGPT Plus subscription

📌 Google has restricted Gemini Intelligence to a small list of devices, cutting off nearly every premium Android phone released before 2026.

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🍏 Nothing goes to waste at Apple

WSJ revealed how Apple saves billions using chips with minor defects — the company simply puts them into cheaper devices like the MacBook Neo instead of throwing them away.

How the scheme works:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/apple-defective-chips-binning-strategy

😏 Free speech, but with limits

X quietly reduced limits for free accounts. Users now get 50 posts and 200 replies per day instead of the previous 2400.

Full limits and details:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/x-daily-posting-limits-non-premium-accounts

🙂 Last seen by everyone

Durov recently enabled online status visibility on his main Telegram account

So now we know how much time he spends in Telegram, how long he stays offline, and how many times a day he opens the app.

↖️ https://durovscode.com/pavel-durov-telegram-screen-time

😂 Humans still have a job. For now

Figure AI staged a 10-hour “Man vs. Machine” competition between a human worker and its humanoid robot performing warehouse tasks.

The human won — but only by a small margin.

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