Tech Weekly: Russia probes Telegram founder, NASA's potential rollback

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Russia is investigating Telegram founder Pavel Durov over terrorism allegations as it seeks to limit the app's influence. Meanwhile, NASA may roll back its Artemis II mission due to helium flow issues, and Apple plans to shift some Mac Mini production to the U.S.

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2026-03-11 06:19:20

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Tech Weekly: Russia probes Telegram founder, NASA’s potential rollback

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Tue, February 24, 2026 at 9:05 PM GMT+9

STORY: From Telegram in Russia to NASA’s rocket rollback.This is Tech Weekly:: Tech WeeklyRussia announced in a state-run newspaper that it was investigating Telegram’s billionaire founder Pavel Durov as part of a criminal case involving accusations of terrorism.Russia is trying to block Telegram, which has more than 1 billion active users.And is used widely in both Russia and Ukraine.It wants to steer tens of millions of Russians towards a state-backed alternative known as MAX.Apple will reportedly move some production of its Mac Mini computer to the U.S. from Asia.The Wall Street Journal reported that a new manufacturing effort is set to begin later this year at a Foxconn facility in north Houston.The plan marks the iPhone maker’s most recent U.S. investment.In May, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Apple with a 25% tariff on products manufactured overseas.Nvidia is reportedly close to finalizing a $30 billion investment in OpenAI.As the chipmaker moves to take a stake in one of its largest customers.That’s according to a source speaking to Reuters.They said the investment is part of a fundraising round in which OpenAI is seeking more than $100 billion.It would value the ChatGPT maker at about $830 billion.Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s latest AI model, set to be released as soon as next week, was trained on Nvidia’s most advanced AI chip, the Blackwell.That was according to a senior Trump administration official.It could represent a violation of U.S. export controls.The U.S. believes DeepSeek will remove the technical indicators that might reveal its use of American AI chips.Adding that the Blackwells are likely clustered at its data center in Inner Mongolia.NASA is taking steps to potentially roll back the Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft.The space agency said it’s after observing an interrupted flow of helium, which was required for launch.NASA was targeting March 6th for the launch of four astronauts around the moon and back as part of its Artemis II mission.The mission is poised to be the farthest human flight into space ever.And the first crewed moon mission since the U.S. Apollo program more than half a century ago.

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