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		<title>OpenAI’s new image model reasons before it draws</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/ChatGPT-Images-2.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>The new model reasons about composition, searches the web for context, generates up to eight coherent images from one prompt, and renders text in non-Latin scripts with near-flawless accuracy. It also took the number one spot on the Image Arena leaderboard within 12 hours of launch, by the largest margin ever recorded. Two years ago, [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Anthropic reportedly hits $1 trillion implied valuation on secondary markets</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Anthropic.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Secondary share trading platforms are pricing Anthropic at approximately $1 trillion, just three months after its primary fundraising round valued it at $380 billion. OpenAI is trading at $880 billion on the same platforms, a meaningful reversal of the previous order. The valuations are not primary rounds and carry no guarantee of liquidity. Anthropic, the [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Netflix authorises $25 billion share buyback after stock falls 10% on Q1 earnings</title>
		<link>https://thenextweb.com/news/netflix-25-billion-share-buyback</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Netflix.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>The $25B programme has no expiration date and sits on top of a December 2024 authorisation that still had $6.8B remaining. Netflix’s board approved it on 22 April. Shares rose 1.5% in premarket trading on the news, after falling as much as 10.8% following the Q1 report on 16 April. Netflix’s board authorised an additional [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Norway’s $2.2 trillion sovereign wealth fund posts a 1.9% loss in Q1 2026</title>
		<link>https://thenextweb.com/news/norway-sovereign-wealth-fund-1-9-percent-loss</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Trond-Grande.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund lost NOK636 billion ($68 billion) in investment returns in the first quarter, driven by the equity slide among large US technology companies. The S&amp;P 500 posted its deepest quarterly decline since 2022. The fund marginally outperformed its benchmark. Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages Norway’s Government Pension Fund [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Belfast’s Cloudsmith raises $72M Series C to secure the AI-generated software supply chain</title>
		<link>https://thenextweb.com/news/cloudsmith-72m-series-c-tcv-ai-software-supply-chain</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cristian Dina]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Cloudsmith-team.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>TCV led the Series B one year ago and now doubles down on the Series C. Insight Partners also returns. The thesis: AI coding agents are generating software so fast and at such volume that human code review is no longer sufficient, and enterprise artifact management must function as the primary control and security layer. [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>BT, Nscale, and Nvidia announce UK sovereign AI partnership</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Nscale-partnership-with-BT-and-NVIDIA.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Nscale will construct the data centres at existing BT infrastructure sites; BT will provide connectivity. Both companies are founding members of the new UK Sovereign AI Industry Forum. The deal deepens Nscale’s position as a central plank of the UK government’s national AI infrastructure strategy. BT Group and Nscale announced on 23 April 2026 that [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Tesla raises 2026 capex to $25 billion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Tesla.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>The company will go negative on free cash flow for the rest of 2026, CFO Vaibhav Taneja confirmed. But Q1 delivered an unexpected $1.4 billion positive free cash flow beat, and Tesla ended the quarter with $44.7 billion in cash. The capex uplift from $20B to $25B is a $5 billion revision to guidance issued [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Microsoft commits A$25 billion to Australia by 2029</title>
		<link>https://thenextweb.com/news/microsoft-a25-billion-australia-ai-investment</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Microsoft-investment-in-Australia.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>The investment is Microsoft’s largest-ever in Australia and builds on an A$5 billion commitment from October 2023. It includes expanding Azure AI supercomputing capacity by more than 140%, extending the Microsoft-ASD Cyber-Shield to additional government agencies, and training three million Australians in AI skills by 2028. Microsoft has announced A$25 billion (approximately USD 18 billion) [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Bain Capital seeks buyer for stake in Bridge Data Centres at $5 billion valuation</title>
		<link>https://thenextweb.com/news/bain-capital-bridge-data-centres-5-billion-stake-sale</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cristian Dina]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Bain-Capital.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Sources tell Reuters that Bain is looking to sell a stake in BDC, Singapore-headquartered, with nine data centres across Malaysia, Thailand, and India, at a $5 billion valuation. Citi and JPMorgan are running the process. ByteDance is the anchor tenant. No deal has been agreed and talks are preliminary. Bain Capital is seeking a buyer [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Decade Energy raises €22M to build power infrastructure for electric truck depots across Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alina Maria Stan]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Decade-Energy.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>The round is split between €16M from Eiffel Investment Group for project deployment and €6M led by SET Ventures for product and expansion, alongside existing investors Ananda Impact Ventures and Contrarian Ventures. The company targets 100MW+ of BESS projects across France, with Germany, the Nordics, and Poland to follow. Decade Energy, the Paris-based company building [&hellip;]</p>
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