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Telegram founder Pavel Durov on Tuesday criticized India's temporary ban on the messaging platform, alleging misuse of internet routing systems by Reliance Industries and suggesting possible competitive pressure involving Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META). Durov also called the government's action...

It was an eventful week, with significant stories emerging from the tech and entertainment sectors. Here’s a quick recap of the key Apple stories this week. Steve Jobs’ Role In ‘Toy Story’ Creation Revealed Steve Jobs‘ pivotal role in the creation of ‘Toy Story...

Telegram is making a return to the Apple Watch with a native app that brings messaging, media playback and other core features back to Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) smartwatch platform. Telegram Launches Native Apple Watch App On Tuesday, Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced the launch on X, writing...

Toncoin (CRYPTO: TON) surged on Monday after Telegram founder Pavel Durov said the messaging giant will become the “driving force” behind The Open Network blockchain. Telegram To Lead TON TON, the native token of The Open Network, surged over 23% in the last 24 hours to a 4-...

Telegram founder Pavel Durov made a bold allegation against French authorities on Friday, linking the wave of cryptocurrency-related kidnappings to tax officials “selling” data to criminals. Allegations Focus on Tax Data and Criminal Targeting In an X post, Durov stated that French tax...

AlphaTON Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:ATON) rebranded as Alpha Compute Corp. on Monday, with shares set to begin trading under the new ticker “ALP,” marking a strategic pivot to AI GPU-as-a-service and confidential computing amid surging enterprise demand for privacy-first AI infrastructure...

Venture capitalist Jason Calacanis said that killing OpenClaw is “the number one goal” in the large language model space, pointing to a growing list of competitors independently racing to displace the open-source coding agent. OpenClaw is a local-first autonomous AI agent that automates...

Russia's government reportedly attempted to fully block WhatsApp on Wednesday in what the messaging service called an effort to drive users to a state-owned surveillance app, according to WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META). “Trying to isolate over 100 million users...

In an exclusive interview with Benzinga, SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci said investing in TON (CRYPTO: TON) represents an indirect bet on Telegram, since the messaging platform isn't publicly listed. TON Positioned As Utility Token For Payments Scaramucci, who serves as a strategic...

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has amassed a multibillion-dollar fortune, but few know it was largely made possible by his Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) investments. The Early Believer During a podcast with Lex Fridman that aired Oct. 1, Durov shared his early investment journey into the world...

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says the key to building a world-class engineering team isn't traditional interviews, it's winning a coding contest. Coding Contests Replace Traditional Interviews At Telegram In Tuesday’s interview with podcaster Lex Fridman, Durov explained that competitions allow...

On Sunday, Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder of Telegram, accused French intelligence of pressuring him to silence Moldovan voices on his platform in exchange for leniency in his ongoing court case in France. Durov Claims Censorship Request During Moldovan Vote In a post on X, formerly Twitter,...

On Wednesday, Russia announced that it has partially restricted audio calls on Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta Platforms, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:META) WhatsApp and Pavel Durov's Telegram, signaling another move to tighten internet control ahead of President Donald Trump's scheduled meeting with Vladimir Putin in...

Pavel Durov, the CEO and co-founder of messaging platform Telegram, has announced that his vast fortune will be inherited by his numerous offspring. What Happened: In an interview with the French outlet Le Point, Durov said that his 100-plus children will be the beneficiaries of his multi-...

Telegram founder Pavel Durov says he will divide his roughly $17 billion fortune among more than 100 children he has fathered, but they will have to wait three decades to claim it. What Happened: Durov, 40, told Le Point he recently drafted a will stipulating that biological or sperm-donated...