Telegram gets Stories feature, arriving in early July
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"For years, our users have been asking us to implement Stories in Telegram. More than half of all feature requests that we receive are related to Stories," Durov posted on his Telegram channel. Users will be able to choose who can see their stories with granular precision -- Everyone, only their contacts (with exceptions), a few selected contacts or a list of Close Friends.
From WhatsApp to Telegram, how fraudsters are still conning Indian users
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Although international spam calls have reduced in the past few days, people are still losing money via spam text messages on WhatsApp which has more than 500 million users in the country. A software engineer in Gurugram lost over Rs 42 lakh after scammers tempted him with promises of huge earnings for simply liking videos on YouTube, first via WhatsApp message and then adding him to a Telegram group.
Telegram launches shareable chat folders, custom wallpapers
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According to the company, the new update will let users share entire chat folders with one link, create custom wallpapers for individual chats, use web apps in any chat and more. Now, chat folders can be shared with a link, inviting friends and colleagues to dozens of work groups, news channel collections, and more.
Hackers create ChatGPT-driven Telegram bots that can write malware
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Currently, if you ask ChatGPT to write a phishing email impersonating a bank or create malware, it will not generate it. However, hackers are working their way around ChatGPT's restrictions and there is an active chatter in the underground forums disclosing how to use OpenAI API to bypass ChatGPT's barriers and limitations.
Telegram launches new updates with drawing tools, zero storage use, more
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Within the "drawing and text tool", it introduced a new blur tool to redact sensitive data (or photobombers) -- and 5 high-precision ways to choose colours, including the Eyedropper tool. When adding text to photos or videos, users can now change its size, font, and background. To quickly add shapes like rectangles, circles, arrows, stars, and chat bubbles, tap the "+" button.
Paid Telegram Premium service tops 1 mn subscribers: CEO
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Telegram in October reduced the subscription cost of its premium tier in India from Rs 469 to Rs 179. Globally, the premium subscription is priced in the range of $4.99 to $6."While it still represents just a fraction of Telegram's overall revenue, Telegram Premium is growing steadily every day, and one day may even rival our ads," said Durov.
Telegram's next step is to let users securely trade, store cryptos: CEO
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Pavel Durov said that this can fix the wrongs caused by the excessive centralisation, "which let down hundreds of thousands of cryptocurrency users". "The Blockchain industry was built on the promise of decentralisation, but ended up being concentrated in the hands of a few who began to abuse their power. As a result, a lot of people lost their money when FTX, one of the largest exchanges, went bankrupt," said Durov.
Telegram CEO criticises Apple for App Store policies
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The company charged a 30 per cent fee on in-app purchases for developers that earn more than $1 million annually, reports MacRumors. Twitter CEO, Pavel Durov, claimed in a post on his Telegram channel that Apple has notified the messaging service that it would not be able to permit content creators to accept payments from third parties.
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