July 9 translation malfunctions
In July 9, 2025, after translation capabilities were down for two weeks, they gradually started to come back, but they were soon noticed to be taking advantage of an LLM probably with a malformed initial prompt that failed to translate specific messages and instead responded to the questions they contained.
In July 9, 2025, after translation capabilities were down for two weeks, they gradually started to come back, but they were soon noticed to be taking advantage of an LLM probably with a malformed initial prompt that failed to translate specific messages and instead responded to the questions they contained.
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Elies Campo
(born 1983) full name Elies Campo i Cid; Catalan business person; business developer at WhatsApp (2013-14) then Telegram (2015-21). In 2025, he was interviewed as part of a documentary where he spoke out against Telegram.
#people
(born 1983) full name Elies Campo i Cid; Catalan business person; business developer at WhatsApp (2013-14) then Telegram (2015-21). In 2025, he was interviewed as part of a documentary where he spoke out against Telegram.
#people
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Donate to Telegram Dictionary
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Funds raised from potential donations will be used:
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2. To pay the rent of the servers running the bots and the website (around €5 per month).
3. As tips to boost the expansion of the dictionary.
(The above lists are order-sensitive.)
You can help the project:
1. by crypto through the TON Blockchain (preferred method)
Wallet: telegramdictionary.ton
Preferred coins: USD₮
2. or by making star reactions to the posts in this channel.
Funds raised from potential donations will be used:
1. To pay the rent of the domain names dictionary.tg and dict.tg (around €40 per year).
2. To pay the rent of the servers running the bots and the website (around €5 per month).
3. As tips to boost the expansion of the dictionary.
(The above lists are order-sensitive.)
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Ilya Fedin
a major contributor to Telegram Desktop; unknown whether a Telegram employee or not
#community #people
a major contributor to Telegram Desktop; unknown whether a Telegram employee or not
#community #people
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2018 Durov poisoning
In a Lex Fridman podcast released on September 30, 2025, Pavel Durov talked about an assasination attempt on him in spring 2018 which later appeared to be poisoning.
In a Lex Fridman podcast released on September 30, 2025, Pavel Durov talked about an assasination attempt on him in spring 2018 which later appeared to be poisoning.
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Evgeny Nadymov
a Telegram front-end developer who resides in the United States and went to the same university as Pavel Durov; creator of Telegram's app for Windows Phone; probably contracting for xAI, a company owned by Elon Musk, to develop a messaging app called X Chat
#people #dev #employee
a Telegram front-end developer who resides in the United States and went to the same university as Pavel Durov; creator of Telegram's app for Windows Phone; probably contracting for xAI, a company owned by Elon Musk, to develop a messaging app called X Chat
#people #dev #employee
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@cGFnbGlhY2Npb19kaV9naGlhY2Npbw
(like @tdhbcfiles) a channel that was used internally by Unigram to distribute updates and other files required for its functionality; Base64 encoding of pagliaccio_di_ghiaccio (English: ice clown)
(like @tdhbcfiles) a channel that was used internally by Unigram to distribute updates and other files required for its functionality; Base64 encoding of pagliaccio_di_ghiaccio (English: ice clown)
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telegram-react
A web-based client for Telegram based on TDLib that was worked on by Evgeny Nadymov from 2019 up to late 2021, when it was abandoned in favor of the new official clients Web K and Web A.
github.com/evgeny-nadymov/telegram-react
#apps
A web-based client for Telegram based on TDLib that was worked on by Evgeny Nadymov from 2019 up to late 2021, when it was abandoned in favor of the new official clients Web K and Web A.
github.com/evgeny-nadymov/telegram-react
#apps
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UPDATE
The Telegram Dictionary website has been redesigned.
Here's what's changed:
⦁ Entry search is now instant.
⦁ Fixed various text rendering issues.
⦁ The site is now available in light mode.
⦁ Improved the experience of the map: URLs are now permanent and entries are instantly looked up.
🏴 dict.tg
🇷🇺 ru.dict.tg
The Telegram Dictionary website has been redesigned.
Here's what's changed:
⦁ Entry search is now instant.
⦁ Fixed various text rendering issues.
⦁ The site is now available in light mode.
⦁ Improved the experience of the map: URLs are now permanent and entries are instantly looked up.
🏴 dict.tg
🇷🇺 ru.dict.tg
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tgcalls
based on WebRTC, the library used by Telegram apps with the exception of the web ones to facilitate calls
github.com/TelegramMessenger/tgcalls
#lib
based on WebRTC, the library used by Telegram apps with the exception of the web ones to facilitate calls
github.com/TelegramMessenger/tgcalls
#lib
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conference call
a type of call between multiple users that was upgraded from a peer-to-peer call; full name end-to-end encrypted conference call
a type of call between multiple users that was upgraded from a peer-to-peer call; full name end-to-end encrypted conference call
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peer-to-peer call
a type of call that is made between two users and can be upgraded to a conference call
a type of call that is made between two users and can be upgraded to a conference call
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group call
(also video chat, formerly voice chat) a type of call that can be created within channels or groups, can have an unlimited number of listeners, and up to 10 simultaneous speakers
(also video chat, formerly voice chat) a type of call that can be created within channels or groups, can have an unlimited number of listeners, and up to 10 simultaneous speakers
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voice chat
the former name of group calls from Dec 2020 until Jun 2021 when video support was added to them
the former name of group calls from Dec 2020 until Jun 2021 when video support was added to them
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tgcallsjs
an unmaintained JavaScript library for interacting with group calls that was built from parts of telegram-react
github.com/tgcallsjs/tgcalls
#community #lib
an unmaintained JavaScript library for interacting with group calls that was built from parts of telegram-react
github.com/tgcallsjs/tgcalls
#community #lib
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py-tgcalls
based on ntgcalls, a Python library for interacting with group calls; formerly based on tgcallsjs; not to be confused with pytgcalls
github.com/pytgcalls/pytgcalls
#community #lib
based on ntgcalls, a Python library for interacting with group calls; formerly based on tgcallsjs; not to be confused with pytgcalls
github.com/pytgcalls/pytgcalls
#community #lib
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pytgcalls
an unmaintained Python library for interacting with group calls authored by the same person who created Telegram Crawler; not to be confused with py-tgcalls
github.com/MarshalX/tgcalls
#community #lib
an unmaintained Python library for interacting with group calls authored by the same person who created Telegram Crawler; not to be confused with py-tgcalls
github.com/MarshalX/tgcalls
#community #lib
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ntgcalls
a native library for interacting with group calls that is lightweight compared to tgcalls and provides static builds with C interfaces
github.com/pytgcalls/ntgcalls
#community #lib
a native library for interacting with group calls that is lightweight compared to tgcalls and provides static builds with C interfaces
github.com/pytgcalls/ntgcalls
#community #lib
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