Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Tuesday, August 27th, 2024.

I'm Brian McCullough today.

As more details come out about the arrest of the founder of telegram, a deeper look at

Pavel Dorov himself. We have the date of the iPhone event. We have a new record

gaming number from steam and are Apple's experiments with big budget

Hollywood movies losing them bucket loads of money.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

French prosecutors are saying that

that Pavel Dorov's arrest is part of a probe quote against persons

unnamed into C-Sam drug, and more on the app, and also because the app was not working well with authorities, quoting the Times.

Lori Bekow, the Paris prosecutor said in a statement that the arrest was part of an investigation open on July 8th, quote,

against person unnamed on a raft of potential charges including complicity in the distribution of child pornography and selling of drugs, money laundering, and a refusal to cooperate with law enforcement.

The investigation is being handled by cybercrime and anti-fraud specialists, Ms. Bekow said.

It is within this procedural framework

that Pavel Durev was questioned by the investigators, she said.

It was unclear whether any of the charges listed would be held against Mr.

Durov himself. In France, complex criminal cases are handled by special

magistrates who have broad investigative powers and can place defendants under formal investigation,

charging them when they believe the evidence warrants it.

But the magistrates can later drop charges if they do not think evidence is sufficient

to proceed to trial and cases can

take years. Mr. Durov's arrest has become a point of contention in the debate

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