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Cambridge biotech STORM Therapeutics raises $56M

donderdag 16 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

STC-15 is the world’s first RNA-modifying enzyme inhibitor to reach human trials. Phase 1 showed durable tumour regression across multiple sarcoma subtypes. The $56M Series C is backed entirely by existing investors including Pfizer Ventures and M V…

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The EU has told Google what it must do to share search data with rivals

donderdag 16 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

The European Commission today sent Google its preliminary findings under the Digital Markets Act, proposing six specific measures governing how Google must share search ranking, query, click, and view data with competing search engines. AI chatbots …

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Amazon launches AI Bio platform to accelerate early-stage drug discovery

donderdag 16 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)  announced this Tuesday the launch of its AI bio tool, Amazon Bio Discovery, to accelerate the early-stage process of drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry. The application aims to help scientists design and test no…

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Apple secretly threatened to pull Grok from the App Store over deepfake nudes

donderdag 16 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

A letter Apple sent to US senators, obtained by NBC News, reveals that Apple rejected an initial Grok update and warned the app could be removed unless xAI made further changes. Only a second submission passed. Apple privately threatened to remove G…

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Musk is asking chip suppliers to move at ‘light speed’ for his Terafab AI chip plant

donderdag 16 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

According to Bloomberg, teams from SpaceX and Tesla have approached Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, Lam Research, and Samsung for price quotes and delivery times on chipmaking equipment.  Teams working for Elon Musk have reached out to major chip…

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Cadence and Nvidia are bridging the simulation gap that’s slowing down robotics

donderdag 16 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

The two companies announced an expanded partnership at a Cadence conference in Santa Clara on Wednesday. The goal: make robot training data more accurate so physical AI systems reach real-world deployment faster. Cadence Design Systems and Nvidia ha…

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Quantum computing pioneer Chad Rigetti is back

donderdag 16 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

Sygaldry Technologies has raised $105M in a Series A led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, following a $34M seed from Initialized Capital. Its quantum-classical hybrid servers target the $5.2T in AI infrastructure investment projected through 2030. S…

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Amazon-backed nuclear startup X-energy files for an IPO that could raise up to $814M

donderdag 16 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

X-energy is targeting a share price of $16–$19, which at the high end values the IPO at around $814M. Amazon led a $500M round and has committed to buying up to 5GW of nuclear power from the company by 2039.  X-energy, an Amazon-backed nuclear react…

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The Italian deeptech making graphene-based optical chips gets €211M

donderdag 16 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

CamGraPhIC, a subsidiary of Milan-based 2D Photonics, has received European Commission approval for €211M in Italian state funding to industrialise its graphene photonic interconnect technology and build a pilot manufacturing line near Milan. CamGra…

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Anthropic attracts $800 billion valuation offers as revenue hits $30 billion annualised run rate

woensdag 15 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

In short: Anthropic has received investor offers valuing the company at approximately $800 billion, more than doubling its $380 billion valuation from a $30 billion funding round closed just two months ago. The surge follows an unprecedented revenue…

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Athena launches FabOrchestrator, an agentic AI platform for manufacturing execution systems

woensdag 15 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

In short: Athena Technology Solutions, a Fremont-based MES integrator with roughly 120 employees, has launched FabOrchestrator, an agentic AI platform for manufacturing that automates reporting, support tickets, system modelling, and code generation…

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Jane Street commits $6 billion to CoreWeave and takes a $1 billion equity stake

woensdag 15 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

In short: Jane Street has signed a $6 billion AI cloud agreement with CoreWeave and taken a $1 billion equity stake at $109 per share, making the quantitative trading firm one of CoreWeave’s five largest shareholders. The deal provides Jane Street w…

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Astroport and Vermeer want to bring heavy construction equipment to the Moon

woensdag 15 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

Astroport Space Technologies and Vermeer Corporation have announced a collaboration to adapt industrial surface mining equipment for autonomous lunar construction, a partnership that both companies frame as delivering the heavy machinery, or “Lunar …

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OpenAI opens its cybersecurity model to thousands of defenders in race with Anthropic’s Mythos

woensdag 15 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

In short: OpenAI is releasing GPT-5.4-Cyber, a model fine-tuned for defensive cybersecurity with lowered refusal boundaries and binary reverse engineering capabilities, and scaling its Trusted Access for Cyber programme to thousands of verified defe…

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Spotify is selling physical books now, and it makes more sense than you think

woensdag 15 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

In short: Spotify has launched physical book sales in the US and UK through a partnership with Bookshop.org, letting users buy print copies via affiliate links on audiobook pages within the app. The feature sits alongside Page Match, which now works…

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Google classifies back button hijacking as spam, enforcement starts June 2026

woensdag 15 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

In short: Google is classifying “back button hijacking” as spam, targeting sites that abuse the browser History API to trap users when they try to navigate away. Enforcement begins 15 June 2026, with penalties ranging from manual spam actions to alg…

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Snap cuts 1,000 jobs as Spiegel bets AI can do the work of a bigger workforce

woensdag 15 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

Snap is cutting roughly 1,000 jobs, or 16% of its full-time workforce, as CEO Evan Spiegel cites AI-driven efficiency gains and pursues more than $500 million in annualised cost savings. The layoffs follow a public campaign by activist investor Iren…

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A US judge ruled that a fraud defendant’s AI chats with Claude are not privileged

woensdag 15 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

In a February ruling described as the first of its kind in the US, Judge Jed Rakoff found that Bradley Heppner’s conversations with Anthropic’s Claude about his legal exposure stripped away both attorney-client privilege and work-product protection,…

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HBO Max comes to India through exclusive JioHotstar deal at 50 cents a month

woensdag 15 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

HBO Max has launched in India through an exclusive partnership with JioHotstar, the streaming platform born from Reliance Industries’ $8.5 billion merger with Walt Disney’s Indian operations. The deal brings a dedicated HBO Max-branded hub to JioHot…

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The Axie Infinity co-founder who survived a $620M North Korean hack is now building AI drone detection for Europe’s defence

woensdag 15 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

Stendr, a Norwegian counter-drone startup led by Aleksander Leonard Larsen, who co-founded blockchain gaming unicorn Sky Mavis, has raised a $5.4M oversubscribed pre-seed from RainFall, ACME, SkyFall, and a consortium of European defence and tech in…

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Adobe’s new Firefly AI assistant turns Creative Cloud into a single conversational interface

woensdag 15 april 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

Adobe launched the Firefly AI Assistant, a conversational agent that orchestrates tasks across Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Illustrator, Express, and Frame.io using natural language. Previously codenamed Project Moonlight, it enters public beta i…

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