🤐 Xbox might go solo

Microsoft is reportedly considering → major changes to Xbox, including a spin-off, joint venture, or even a sale.

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😆 Logged off by the government

The UK is preparing one of the world's toughest sets of restrictions for children and teenagers online.

📌 Users under 18 could face a digital curfew and lose access to romantic AI chatbots.

📌 Anyone under 16 could be banned from social media altogether, with additional restrictions on gaming and streaming platforms.

↖️ https://durovscode.com/uk-social-media-ban-under-16s-digital-curfew-teens

🦴 $200,000 for a Durov edit

Telegram has launched a new contest with a $200,000 prize pool.

Participants are invited to create viral videos based on Pavel Durov's recent Oslo Freedom Forum speech and post them on social media.

📌 https://durovscode.com/telegram-digital-freedom-contest-creators

😏 Finally, someone did it

A Claude user has sued Anthropic → over usage limits on its paid plans.

The lawsuit claims the company advertises more access than subscribers actually receive on its $100 and $200 tiers.

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🤐 That's one way to stop cheating

Indian authorities have blocked Telegram until June 22 following the leak of questions from a major medical entrance exam.

Why officials took the step — and how students reacted:

📌 https://durovscode.com/india-blocks-telegram-medical-exam-leak

🙂 Cursor enters orbit

SpaceX is acquiring Cursor, one of the leading AI coding platforms and a major competitor to tools from OpenAI and Anthropic.

The deal → values the company at $60 billion.

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⚡️ Telegram disruption beyond India

Pavel Durov says India's Reliance is sabotaging access to Telegram for millions of users outside the country, including in the UAE, through a rogue method known as BGP hijacking.

📌 According to Durov, the disruption looks deliberate, as Reliance has ignored multiple reports about the issue.

📌 He suggests the sabotage may be part of a wider competitive fight, pointing out that Reliance is partially owned by Meta, the company behind WhatsApp.

📌 Network operators have been advised to reject unauthorized BGP announcements from Reliance (AS18101) to prevent route hijacks and keep their users' connections stable.

📌 Durov also hinted that Reliance and WhatsApp may have been behind the recent lobbying campaign to ban Telegram in India.

The latest statement follows India's earlier decision to temporarily block Telegram over leaked medical exam questions. Durov previously criticized that move, arguing it punished 150 million ordinary users while doing nothing to stop the actual leakers, with the content simply migrating to other apps. Telegram has since removed hundreds of channels in India distributing leaked exam materials and related scams, and the platform has also made the "edited" label more visible to prevent backdating fraud.

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⛔️ When a block becomes a global routing incident

Telegram's temporary block in India turned into something much bigger.

Our team dug into the details behind Durov's accusations of BGP hijacking, the role of Reliance, how internet routing actually works, and why users in countries like the UAE suddenly experienced Telegram disruptions.

What really happened — and why this story matters far beyond India:

↖️ https://durovscode.com/india-telegram-block-durov-reliance-bgp-hijacking

🧠 The fundraising went well

DeepSeek has completed → its first-ever funding round, raising more than $7.4 billion.

Investors valued the AI company at over $50 billion, making it the most valuable startup in China.

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🤐 The monopoly is over

ChatGPT's share of the global AI assistant market has fallen below 50% for the first time.

OpenAI remains the market leader with more than 1.1 billion monthly users, but competitors like Gemini and Claude continue to gain ground.

📌 https://durovscode.com/chatgpt-market-share-below-50-percent-ai-assistants