🔭 From our cosmic backyard in the solar system

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a close-up → of sun-like stars' birth. The image shows the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth.

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🪪 Like Telegram Pay, but Wallet //

The Wallet bot team has unveiled Wallet Pay → a payment service that enables Telegram users to make purchases using cryptocurrency right in the messenger.

Wallet Pay supports TON, USDT and BTC cryptocurrencies, which users can buy directly during the purchase process.

To connect Wallet Pay to a bot or service in Telegram, merchants need to fill out a special form. And regular users can explore all the features of Wallet Pay using a test bot Pineapple Store.

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🚀 India's space odyssey

After a successful launch, India's Chandrayaan-3 → spacecraft sets course for the moon, aiming for successful lunar landing.

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🦾 Revolutionizing Healthcare: GR-1 Humanoid Robot

Chinese company, Fourier Intelligence → plans to manufacture 100 units of its GR-1 humanoid robot by the end of 2023.

The GR-1 will be capable of carrying patients and assisting with object retrieval, making it an invaluable asset in healthcare facilities.

With a focus on rehabilitation technologies, Fourier Intelligence aims to address the growing demand for medical services in the industry. The GR-1 is set to redefine patient care and revolutionize healthcare as we know it.

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🙃 What banned what

Meta confirms EU-based users are blocked from accessing Threads app via VPN →

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🎢 Twitter's struggle

Elon Musk reveals 50% drop in ad revenue and ongoing cash flow challenges →

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👍 The first Macs with M3 chips

Apple's next-generation Macs with M3 chips → expected to launch in October, according to Mark Gurman.

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💡 Reinventing the steering wheel

The turn signal lever could become a thing of the past. Volkswagen takes steering wheels to the next level with its recent patent  →

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😉 Roll up like a stack of money

Apple has filed a patent → for a flexible display that would enable users to roll up their iPhone like a stack of dollar bills.

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🇦🇪 The largest number of stores per mall in Dubai

Dragon Mart Mall has set a record for the number of shops and cafes per one mall in Dubai. According to the geoservice Urbi → the shopping center accomodates 1,820 companies (shops and catering establishments). The mall itself is located in one of the most densely populated areas of the city, Warsan 1.

The famous Dubai Mall follows with 1,560 shops, cafes and restaurants, and the Mall of the Emirates with 849 companies occupies the third place.

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💸 Intel Capital Invests $9M in Figure 01 Robot

FigureAI, a successful robotics company, recently received a $9 million investment from Intel Capital →

This funding will be used to accelerate the development of Figure 01, strengthen its AI data pipeline, and drive towards commercialization.

The robot has already achieved significant milestones, including taking its first walking steps in May, less than a year from the company's inception and with only a few months of testing.

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💫 "It's my life's work"

In a recent post, Paul du Rove states the following:

"Every day, over 2.5 million new users sign up for Telegram, and earlier this year we’ve surpassed 800 million monthly active users. We are happy and grateful, even though this massive growth also means higher expenses on storage and traffic to serve our users.

Luckily, Telegram is super efficient when it comes to expenses and we had a great start with monetization last year. While not yet profitable (which would be impossible to reach on just the second year of monetization), Telegram is closer to profitability in absolute numbers than its competitors such as Twitter and Snap.

To fund Telegram’s continued growth until we reach the break-even point, this week we issued around $270 million worth of Telegram bonds as a tap of our existing bonds. Once again we've been lucky to have the participation of well-known funds with stellar reputations.

I personally bought about a quarter of the new Telegram bonds, investing tens of millions into Telegram’s growth. This comes in addition to the hundreds of millions I spent over the last 10 years to keep Telegram operational.

Some people suggested I should have instead bought a house or a jet. But I prefer to stay focused on my work, without “owning” anything (well, apart from Telegram, some Bitcoin and some Toncoin).

Hundreds of millions of people signed up for Telegram because they wanted an independent messaging platform that would put its users first. It is my responsibility – and my life’s work – to keep delivering this platform."

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