❤️ 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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