Russia’s hope that it can create tech “national champions” by banning all their competitors is delusional. Every real national super app was forged in fierce private competition (WeChat, KakaoTalk, LINE). Competition and innovation are two sides of the same…

@alexanderrX_ Not really. WeChat launched in 2011 and competed not only with dozens of domestic Chinese apps, but also with international ones like WhatsApp (blocked in China only in 2017 — by which point WeChat had already secured dominant market share in…

Telegram built the most powerful API for chatbot and mini app developers — and made it free. We keep expanding it with features like these colored buttons and custom emoji. Track what’s new: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api

😎 Telegram built the most powerful API for chatbot and mini app developers — and made it free.

😙 We keep expanding it with features like these colored buttons and custom emoji.

😏 Track what’s new here: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api

New changes of Telegram

📝 webappcontent.telegram.org/cafe
📝 webappcontent.telegram.org/demo
📝 webappcontent.telegram.org/js/webappdemo.js

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@euro_xXx_euro The Telegram API already supports streaming messages and threaded chats — perfect for AI chatbots 👌

Hello,

After the latest Telegram update that allowed users to use the story feature, I've noticed that users who previously had a Premium account (before the update) are no longer able to upload stories. This issue only affects users who had Premium accounts…

Telegram iOS Beta – Smart Date Recognition & Reminders ⏰📅

Smart date recognition and reminders are now available in beta.

What’s new:
- Smart Detection 🔎: automatically recognizes phrases like “tomorrow” or “Friday 12:34 PM”.
- Group & DM Support 👥: available…

💣 Russia has opened a criminal case against me for “aiding terrorism.” Each day, the authorities fabricate new pretexts to restrict Russians’ access to Telegram as they seek to suppress the right to privacy and free speech. A sad spectacle of a state afraid…

Russia has opened a criminal case against me for “aiding terrorism.” Each day, the authorities fabricate new pretexts to restrict Russians’ access to Telegram as they seek to suppress the right to privacy and free speech. A sad spectacle of a state afraid…

🎆 Unfortunately, I had to leave Dubai for Europe a week ago — so I’m not only missing the free fireworks from Iran, but also exposing myself to greater risk. Given Europe’s crime rates, Dubai is statistically safer even with missiles flying. Can’t wait to…

📝 All Telegram chatbots can now stream responses to users in real time — great for AI assistants.

THERE ARE 50 COMMITS CO-AUTHORED BY CLAUDE OPUS 4.5 STARTING FROM C39BC10 IN TDESKTOP ^SH

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🏆 Telegram iOS Contest 2025: Results

💎 This contest was a rare case where we ourselves tried to solve the same task we outlined in the competition. We started at almost the same time and achieved a satisfactory result within a week.

😎 We hoped that some…