☕️ 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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🕹 PC players lost again

Sony is changing strategy → single-player PlayStation Studios games will no longer launch on PC.

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🧠 Google said “AI” for two hours straight

Google I/O 2026 just happened, and most of the conference was basically one long conversation about AI.

Still, there was a lot worth paying attention to:

📌 New Gemini models are already rolling out
📌 A video generator that understands real-world physics
📌 Google Search gets its biggest update in 25 years
📌 Smart glasses powered by Gemini are coming next year

You can watch the full two-hour keynote — or read our 15-minute breakdown instead:

☀️ https://durovscode.com/google-io-2026-announcements-gemini-spark-glasses

😄 Finally, a bot for that

Telegram has launched a bot → that lets users report intimate content, including AI-generated deepfakes, published without their consent.

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😏 Wall StreetGPT

OpenAI is preparing an IPO filing, and the documents could reportedly reach regulators as early as this week.

The company is aiming to go public by September 2026 at an $852 billion valuation.

↖️ https://durovscode.com/openai-ipo-filing-september-2026

☕️ Ads found another place to live

Google has started placing ads → directly inside AI-generated search answers.

Sponsored recommendations from Gemini now appear inside AI Mode responses themselves.

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🤐 Repository not found

GitHub is reportedly facing a management crisis → after Microsoft absorbed the platform into its CoreAI division.

The company has since seen executive departures, repeated outages, security incidents, and growing criticism from developers.

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❤️ This weekend in #TECH

📌 Elon Musk officially confirmed that Starlink is developing an interplanetary internet network.

📌 Donald Trump accidentally invested up to $5 million in a sushi chain instead of an AI company.

📌 The Apple Watch has slowed down 11 years after launch, with users moving to screenless bands and rings from Whoop and Oura.

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🍏 So this is the iPhone 20

New renders of the rumored iPhone 20 have appeared online, showing Apple’s possible anniversary redesign with an almost bezel-free display.

More images:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/iphone-20-renders-design-rumors