❤️ This weekend in #TECH

💘 Apple is reportedly preparing its first foldable iPhone, described as the most significant redesign in the iPhone’s history.

💘 Apple is working on Siri Extensions that may turn the assistant into an AI hub with access to multiple chatbots and an AI App Store.

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😄 So… Instagram finally gets a Plus

Instagram is testing a new paid subscription called Instagram Plus.

What Instagram Plus may include:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/instagram-plus-subscription-meta

🦴 Users are not impressed

YouTube users are complaining → about changes to the embedded player interface, where the share button appears to have replaced the pause control.

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😎 Now I can finally see

Meta introduced two new Ray-Ban smart glasses designed for prescription wearers. The company says the new models support nearly all prescriptions.

Details and pricing:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/meta-rayban-smart-glasses-prescription

👍 And here comes the update

Telegram’s latest update adds a built-in AI text editor, gives polls more than ten new features, and lets bots create other bots.

Details:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/telegram-april-update

🍏 No black this time?

Apple may drop → the black color option for the iPhone 18 Pro and introduce new finishes instead.

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🤐 Just update already

Apple released a security update for iOS 18.4 through 18.7 and is urging users to install it as soon as possible.

The vulnerability could be exploited → simply by visiting a compromised website.

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🚘 Now even in your car

ChatGPT → is now available through Apple CarPlay. To use it, you’ll need an iPhone running iOS 26.4.

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😄 Still want to tell ChatGPT everything?

ChatGPT may soon identify users showing violent extremist tendencies and redirect → them to specialized chatbots for intervention.

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❤️ This weekend in #TECH

💘 Google Chrome is preparing a smart media loading feature designed to reduce data usage and improve page performance.

💘 Perplexity faces a class-action lawsuit over alleged sharing of user conversations with advertisers.

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🤐 Deleted

Apple removed Jack Dorsey’s decentralized messenger Bitchat → from the China App Store following a regulator request.

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🕹 Wait, you can do that?

PlayStation is launching a new initiative that will let fans become characters inside PlayStation games. Selected players will be scanned and added directly into game worlds.

How it works and how to apply:

💘 https://durovscode.com/sony-playerbase-scan-fans-playstation-games

🤗 Musk brings in Intel

Intel has joined Elon Musk’s Terafab AI chip project in Texas, becoming a key partner → in building high-performance processors.

The chips are expected to power Tesla robotics, autonomous systems, and SpaceX AI infrastructure.

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🕹 SteamGPT

Valve may be working on a new AI feature called SteamGPT → an AI tool for Steam discovered in recently uncovered files.

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🤔 Telegram blamed. Again

Users take offensive content from social media and share it in private Telegram groups — that’s the concern raised by a Soros-funded contractor working with the European Commission.

Pavel Durov called the narrative an attempt to shape public opinion through EU-aligned NGOs and media.

He explained what’s wrong with it:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/pavel-durov-slams-eu-internet-control

📱 No delays

Apple’s first foldable iPhone is expected to debut in September — despite recent rumors about serious production issues.

What we know so far:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/apple-foldable-iphone-september-launch

🍏 Still deciding

Apple is testing a smaller Dynamic Island → for iPhone 18 Pro by moving some Face ID components under the display. The company is reportedly still deciding between two design options.

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💅 You but AI

YouTube is rolling out AI avatars for Shorts that can look and sound like you.

Users can create → a photorealistic version of themselves and generate videos using prompts.

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🤡 End-to-end… or not?

Pavel Durov called WhatsApp encryption “the biggest consumer fraud in history,” saying it misleads billions of users.

💘 The Telegram founder’s statement follows a class-action lawsuit against Meta filed in the U.S.

💘 According to the complaint, Meta employees, Accenture staff, and possibly other third parties may have accessed messages through a backdoor in WhatsApp’s source code.

💘 Plaintiffs claim the backdoor allowed staff to “circumvent the encryption in order to view users’ private messages.”

💘 While the access was reportedly used to review flagged messages, the lawsuit alleges employees had “broad access to users’ messages,” including conversations unrelated to complaints.

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🧠 Now a cheaper Pro

OpenAI has launched a new ChatGPT Pro subscription → for $100 per month, alongside the existing $200 plan.

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😘 Internet for everyone

South Korea has introduced universal basic mobile internet access, meaning users will stay online even after exceeding their data limits.

How it works and why the country introduced it:

💘 https://durovscode.com/south-korea-universal-mobile-internet-access