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Updated: 2026-08-16
😘 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Telegram turns 13 today! 📌 The past year has once again shown just how difficult it is to remain an independent platform when governments, regulators, and the w…
😏 Instagzam? Instagram has changed its wordmark → for the first time in 10 years, giving the familiar logo a sharper, more modern look. @durovs_code
😆 AI went hands-on AI agents carried out a near-autonomous cyberattack on Taiwan’s government infrastructure, marking the first extensively documented attack of its kind. ↖️ https…
😎 Alibaba goes big Alibaba has released Qwen3.8-Max, an open AI model → with 2.4 trillion parameters and support for up to 1 million tokens of context. It’s built primarily for co…
🕹 Screen time Photos of an apparent Xbox Elite 3 prototype have surfaced online, and it looks like the controller is getting a built-in display. What else we know about the protot…
😄 Thanks for the content Twitch has started using creators’ content to train generative AI models for its parent company, Amazon, and streamers are automatically opted in unless t…
🧠 Keeping up with the competition SpaceXAI has launched Grok 4.6, its latest language model, which now ranks alongside OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol and Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 in intel…
🍏 Something looks off Screen protectors for the foldable iPhone Ultra have surfaced online, revealing a rather unusual and asymmetrical design. ↖️ https://durovscode.com/iphone-ul…
A head-to-head of how Backpack and Phantom advertise on Telegram — the Solana-rooted exchange-and-wallet versus the leading self-custody wallet, their creative and targeting differences, and what the Telegram Ads Spy archive reveals.
How advertisers reach Belgian audiences on Telegram — one of Europe's toughest gambling and ad-restriction regimes pushing operators offshore, a Dutch/French/German language split, and EU-regulated crypto and trading.
How advertisers reach Irish audiences on Telegram — an English-speaking EU member inside the UK-Ireland creative pool, a fintech and tech-HQ hub, EU-regulated crypto and forex, and offshore gambling under a tightening licensing regime.
How advertisers reach Korean audiences on Telegram — the real-name banking regime that pushes activity offshore, one of the world's most intense retail-crypto cultures, gaming and esports adjacency, and won-denominated payment friction.
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