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		<title>Turkey’s parliament passes social media ban for under-15s, one week after a school shooting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Turkey.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Erdŏgan has 15 days to sign the bill into law. The legislation enters into force six months after publication in the Official Gazette. The main opposition CHP criticised it as a political censorship tool rather than child protection. Turkey has previously blocked Instagram, Roblox, and restricted platforms during the İmamoglu protests. Turkey’s Grand National Assembly [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Intel beats expectations for the sixth straight quarter as AI demand for CPUs surges</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Intel.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Q1 revenue of $13.6 billion beat the $12.4 billion consensus by 9.4%. Data Centre and AI revenue rose 22% to $5.1 billion. Non-GAAP EPS of $0.29 beat the 1-cent consensus by a factor of 29. The stock is up more than 80% this year. Intel is working with Elon Musk on his planned Terafab chip [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>China plans to block US investment in its top AI firms without government approval</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alina Maria Stan]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/China-vs-USA.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Two parallel moves in 24 hours mark a significant escalation of the US-China AI war from chips and exports into capital and models.  China plans to restrict its leading technology companies, including top AI startups, from accepting US capital without first obtaining government approval, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Amazon-backed nuclear startup X-Energy raises $1.02 billion in IPO</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alina Maria Stan]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/X-Energy-Amazon-IPO.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>X-Energy sold 44.3 million Class A shares at $23 each, above the $16–$19 marketed range, and began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker XE on 24 April. The company has $1.8 billion in prior private capital, a $500 million Amazon-led Series C-1, and a binding commitment from Amazon to buy up to 5 gigawatts of [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Cohere and Aleph Alpha announce merger in Berlin, creating a $20 billion transatlantic AI company</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Cohere.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Cohere’s shareholders will receive approximately 90% of the combined entity; Aleph Alpha’s shareholders approximately 10%, making this effectively a Cohere acquisition in merger framing. The German government is set to become an anchor customer. Both digital ministers attended the Berlin announcement. Cohere, the Toronto-based enterprise AI company, and Aleph Alpha, the Heidelberg-based German AI startup, [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>DeepSeek returns with V4-Pro and V4-Flash, a year after its ‘Sputnik moment’</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana Maria Constantin]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/DeepSeek.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>The Hangzhou startup released preview versions of both models on Hugging Face on Friday. V4-Pro claims top performance on coding and maths among open models, trails only Gemini 3.1-Pro for world knowledge, and falls “marginally short” of GPT-5.4 and Gemini 3.1-Pro, a gap DeepSeek says is “approximately 3 to 6 months.” Both models are open-source. [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Verda raises $117 million to expand its GPU cloud platform from the Nordics into the US, UK, and Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Verda.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>The Helsinki-based company, formerly DataCrunch, is backed by Lifeline Ventures, byFounders, Tesi, Varma, and a group of Nordic lenders. It is already cash-flow positive, holds Nvidia Preferred Partner status, and plans to hire more than 100 people this year. Verda, the Helsinki-based AI cloud infrastructure company formerly known as DataCrunch, has raised $117 million in [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Norway plans to ban social media for children under 16 and shift age verification liability to platforms</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Social-media-ban.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>The minority Labour government, led by PM Jonas Gahr Støre, announced the legislation on Friday. The age threshold has been raised from the 15-year limit proposed in the 2025 consultation, aligning Norway with Australia’s world-first ban that came into force in December. Ireland is also considering similar legislation. Norway’s minority Labour government announced on Friday [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Meta is cutting 8,000 jobs to pay for AI. It is also asking the survivors to train their replacements.</title>
		<link>https://thenextweb.com/news/meta-layoffs-8000-ai-restructuring-may-2026</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana Maria Constantin]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/meta-ceo-mark-zuckerberg.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Summary: Meta is cutting approximately 8,000 employees (10% of its workforce) beginning 20 May, cancelling 6,000 open roles, and planning additional cuts for H2 2026. The layoffs, announced via an internal memo from HR head Janelle Gale, are structural rather than performance-based, reorganising teams into AI-focused “pods” while Meta spends $115-135 billion on AI infrastructure [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>High gas prices are not saving Tesla. They are just slowing the bleeding.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alina Maria Stan]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/tesla-sales-high-gas-prices-ev-market.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Summary: US petrol prices passed $4/gallon for the first time in four years (+30% YoY), driven by the Iran conflict and Strait of Hormuz disruption. Tesla delivered 358,023 vehicles in Q1 2026, up 6% against a weak comparison quarter but missing estimates by 7,600 units. Consumer EV interest is rising (Edmunds: 23.8% consideration) but overall [&hellip;]</p>
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