😎 View secured

Starting August 24, YouTube will count a view → as soon as a video starts playing, with no minimum watch time required. The change applies to long-form videos, podcasts and livestreams.

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🍏 AirPods are watching

A short demo featuring new AirPods with cameras has been spotted in the macOS Tahoe 26.7 Release Candidate.

Apple could unveil them as soon as September.

↖️ https://durovscode.com/airpods-cameras-macos-26-7

😄 Reddit goes full TikTok

Reddit is testing video and audio versions of popular posts, bringing a format already huge on TikTok directly to its own platform.

↖️ https://durovscode.com/reddit-video-audio-posts

🤐 Pro means Pro Max, apparently

A new leak claims variable aperture will be exclusive to the iPhone 18 Pro Max, leaving the regular Pro without the camera upgrade.

The leaker also took a shot at the flagship’s weight, suggesting the better camera will come with an even heavier phone.

↖️ https://durovscode.com/iphone-18-pro-max-variable-aperture

😏 Apple changes App Store fees in the EU

Apple is scrapping the Core Technology Fee and replacing it with a 5% commission on digital transactions in apps distributed outside the App Store.

Here’s the new fee structure:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/apple-app-store-eu-fees

🤐 Pixel is leaving China

Google has told suppliers that all Pixel devices will be made outside China by 2027, with production shifting to Vietnam and India.

Here’s why:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/google-pixel-production-china-2027

🤔 Slow down

OpenAI has temporarily slowed training of its latest AI models as cybersecurity risks grow.

The decision followed two recent developments, including a security breach involving Hugging Face.

↖️ https://durovscode.com/openai-slows-ai-model-training-cybersecurity

🍏 Same case, new iPhone

Cases made for the iPhone 17 Pro will reportedly fit the iPhone 18 Pro, suggesting Apple is keeping the same dimensions. The Pro Max, however, is expected to get thicker and heavier.

↖️ https://durovscode.com/iphone-17-pro-cases-fit-iphone-18-pro

😸 More iPhones incoming

Apple may be exploring a taller foldable iPhone and a 20th-anniversary model with a horizontal triple-camera layout.

See the CAD sketches and details:

https://durovscode.com/pple-foldable-iphone-20th-anniversary-design

🤐 Creator lock-in

YouTube is reportedly ready to offer → top creators multimillion-dollar deals to stop them from working with Netflix.

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❤️ This weekend in #TECH

📌 A new type of proxy called WEB Proxy has been spotted in the Telegram Desktop code.

📌 Early testers of Apple’s foldable iPhone praised the hinge and interface, but there’s one catch — no dedicated telephoto camera.

📌 Apple looks set to raise the iPhone 18 Pro price by around $100.

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🤔 Telegram goes undercover

New details have emerged about Telegram Desktop’s WEB Proxy. Telegram now has a working prototype and has released the server-side component.

We break down how it works:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/telegram-web-proxy-technical-details

😏 In case you missed it

Telegram rolled out a new update with Welcome Messages, Buttons in Messages and Signed Gifts, along with inline files and redesigned update placeholders.

Here’s what’s new and how it works:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/telegram-12-10-welcome-messages-buttons-signed-gifts

🍏 Apple went all in

Apple unveiled a batch of new Mac hardware:

📌 M6 — its first chip built on a 2nm process;
📌 M5 Ultra — Apple’s most powerful chip yet;
📌 a new Mac mini with M6 or M5 Pro;
📌 a new Mac Studio with M5 Max or M5 Ultra.

Specs, performance and pricing:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/apple-unveils-m6-m5-ultra-new-mac-mini-and-mac-studio

🧠 Something to think about

Bill Gates just published a 6,000-word essay on the AI era, arguing that some jobs should stay human and AI itself may need to be taxed.

↖️ https://durovscode.com/bill-gates-human-reserved-jobs-ai-token-tax

🦴 Your voice, now cleaner

Google has introduced Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, its most accurate speech-to-text model yet. It supports 85+ languages, removes filler words and can tell different speakers apart.

Here’s what it can do:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/google-gemini-3-5-transcribe-speech-to-text

🤔 Well, never mind

Renders of the red foldable iPhone Ultra turned out to be fake → Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman disputed the authenticity of images shared by another leaker.

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😻 The $1.5 trillion AI gap

The gap between AI spending and actual revenue has reached $1.5 trillion, according to the WSJ. Even Nvidia’s record chip sales aren’t enough to offset the scale of investment.

More on the numbers:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/ai-spending-revenue-gap-1-5-trillion

😎 One less way to track you

Android 17 will support ECH, finally closing an old privacy gap that exposed domain names when connecting to websites.

What other security updates are coming to Android 17:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/android-17-anti-tracking-privacy-protections

🤷‍♂️ What’s left to tariff?

The White House is considering sweeping new tariffs on chips and electronics, potentially pushing up prices for laptops, consoles, TVs and other devices.

What it could mean for the global tech market:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/trump-chip-electronics-tariffs