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		<title>OpenAI is building a phone that would make apps obsolete. The supply chain says it might actually ship.</title>
		<link>https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-qualcomm-ai-phone-agents-replace-apps</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana Maria Constantin]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Qualcomm-President-and-CEO-Cristiano-Amon.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>OpenAI is developing a smartphone built around AI agents rather than apps, with Qualcomm and MediaTek jointly designing the custom processor and Luxshare Precision Industry co-designing and exclusively manufacturing the device, according to Ming-Chi Kuo, the TF International Securities analyst whose Apple supply-chain intelligence has made him the most closely followed hardware analyst in the [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Google’s AI researchers told management to refuse classified military work. Management spent three years making sure it could say yes.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alina Maria Stan]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/google-employees-classified-military-ai-pentagon.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>More than 580 Google employees, including over 20 directors, senior directors, and vice presidents, have signed a letter urging CEO Sundar Pichai to refuse classified military AI work for the Pentagon, according to Bloomberg. The letter, which includes senior researchers at Google DeepMind, was sent to Pichai on Monday. “We are Google employees who are [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Microsoft drops its exclusive licence to OpenAI’s technology</title>
		<link>https://thenextweb.com/news/microsoft-openai-exclusive-licence-ends</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/OpenAI-Microsoft.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Both companies announced the revised agreement in a joint statement on Monday. Microsoft retains a non-exclusive licence to OpenAI’s intellectual property through 2032, remains the primary cloud partner, and keeps its 27% equity stake. OpenAI will continue paying Microsoft a revenue share through 2030, capped at a total amount. Microsoft shares fell ~3% on the [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>How Arpit Grawal designed distribution ecosystems for 2.5 Billion consumers in emerging markets</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rohan Mehta]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/arpit-agrawal-emerging-markets-distribution-growth.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Arpit Agrawal’s career has been shaped by a single, consistent focus: expanding access. For more than a decade, he has worked at the intersection of global brands and emerging markets, building distribution and retail ecosystems that connect products with consumers who have historically been underserved.  As Executive Director at Vishal Group, Agrawal has played a [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Sequoia and Nvidia back AlphaGo creator David Silver’s Ineffable Intelligence at $5.1 billion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/David-Silver-is-chasing-superhuman-intelligence-with-1bn-seed.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Silver left Google DeepMind in late 2025 after more than a decade building AlphaGo, AlphaZero, AlphaStar, and contributing to Gemini. Ineffable Intelligence was incorporated in November 2025 and has no product, no revenue, and no public roadmap. What it has is a thesis, and a founder whose track record is worth a billion dollars to [&hellip;]</p>
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		<title>Vinted reaches €8 billion valuation in €880 million secondary share sale led by EQT</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana-Maria Stanciuc]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/04/Vinted.avif" width="868" height="488"><br /><p>Schroders Capital and Teachers’ Venture Growth join as new investors. The transaction gives early investors and long-serving employees a route to liquidity. Vinted says it is ‘IPO-ready’ but has set no timetable. FY2024 revenue grew 36% to €813 million; net profit quadrupled. Vinted, the Lithuanian second-hand marketplace that has become one of Europe’s largest consumer-to-consumer [&hellip;]</p>
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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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