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		<title>Meta signs a deal to beam solar energy from space to its AI data centres</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Allison Steffens Herrera]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Meta.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Overview’s satellites will collect sunlight continuously in geosynchronous orbit and beam it as near-infrared light to existing ground solar installations, which convert it to electricity. The approach extends solar farm output through the night without new land, new grid connections, or new infrastructure on the ground. Meta has signed an agreement with Overview Energy, a [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Spotify expands from soundtrack to sweat session: Peloton partnership puts 1,400 classes inside the app</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Fitness-with-Spotify.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Available from today in the US, UK, Australia, Germany, Austria, Canada, Mexico, Sweden, and Spain.Peloton bike workouts are not included, the classes cover strength, cardio, yoga, meditation, pilates, and outdoor runs, requiring no specialist equipment. Financial terms of the Peloton partnership are undisclosed. Spotify has launched a new fitness category within its app, making guided [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Musk v. Altman goes to trial in Oakland</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Sam-Altman-v-Elon-Musk-trial.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>A four-week federal case over OpenAI’s soul, a diary entry, $150 billion in claimed damages, and the question of whether a nonprofit can become the world’s most valuable AI company.  The years-long legal battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over the future of OpenAI moved from social media to a federal courtroom in Oakland, [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Google DeepMind to open its first AI campus in the world in Seoul</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Google-DeepMind.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Demis Hassabis met South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at Cheong Wa Dae on Monday and signed an MOU with the Ministry of Science and ICT. The campus will be operational this year. Hassabis accepted a request to send at least 10 Google engineers from US headquarters. He presented Lee with a Go board signed [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>The world’s largest EV battery maker is raising $5 billion in Hong Kong</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/CATL.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>The world’s largest EV battery maker priced its Hong Kong listing at HK$263 in May 2025. Its shares touched HK$701 before the placement was announced. The deal builds on a week of shareholder activity: a Sinopec unit sold $770M of CATL stock at HK$708 on 22 April; a Shenzhen block trade of 58 million A-shares [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Sereact raises $110 million Series B to build robots that simulate the consequences of their actions before they act</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Sereact.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>The round is led by Headline, with new investors Bullhound Capital, Felix Capital, and Daphni. Valuation is undisclosed. Sereact’s vision language action models already run in BMW, Daimler Truck, and logistics customers. The $110M is more than four times the €25M Series A raised just 15 months ago. Sereact, the Stuttgart-based AI robotics software company, [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>China orders Meta to unwind its $2 billion acquisition of Manus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Meta-Manus.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>The NDRC’s Office of the Working Mechanism for Foreign Investment Security Review issued a formal cancellation order on Monday, four months after the deal was announced. Manus co-founders Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao have been barred from leaving China since March.  China’s National Development and Reform Commission has formally ordered Meta to unwind its $2 [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>India’s Acko hires Kotak, ICICI Securities, and Morgan Stanley for a $350 million IPO targeting a $2.5 billion valuation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alina Maria Stan]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Acko.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>The digital insurer, backed by General Atlantic, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and Accel, plans to file its DRHP confidentially with SEBI in H2 2026. In FY25 it grew revenue 35% to Rs 2,837 crore and cut net losses by 37%. It has raised over $583 million in total funding. Acko, the Bengaluru-based digital-first general [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Copenhagen’s Atech raises pre-seed from Sequoia, a16z, and Lovable to build ‘vibe-engineering’ for hardware</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Atech.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>The round amount is undisclosed. Backers include Nordic Makers, Emblem, the Lovable company itself, the Sequoia Scout Fund, and the Andreessen Horowitz Scout Fund. Lovable CEO Anton Osika personally endorsed the team. Atech lets users describe a hardware concept in natural language and receive a working prototype. Atech, a Copenhagen-based AI hardware startup, has raised [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>The Iran war is hitting the AI supply chain where it hurts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Circuit-board.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Iran’s strike on SABIC’s Jubail petrochemical complex in early April halted production of the resin used to make PCB laminates. Goldman Sachs analysts say prices surged 40% in April alone. A South Korean supplier to Samsung and AMD says epoxy resin wait times have stretched from three weeks to fifteen. The Iran war that began [&hellip;]</p>
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