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Meta is cutting 8,000 jobs to pay for AI. It is also asking the survivors to train their replacements.
23 April 2026 @ 8:15 pm
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 […]
This story continues at The Next WebHigh gas prices are not saving Tesla. They are just slowing the bleeding.
23 April 2026 @ 7:59 pm
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 […]
This story continues at The Next WebSoftBank wants to borrow $10 billion against its OpenAI stake. The spread tells you what the banks think.
23 April 2026 @ 7:40 pm
Summary: SoftBank is seeking a $10 billion margin loan backed by its OpenAI shares at SOFR + 425 basis points (~7.88%), a two-year term with one-year extension. The loan sits atop a $40 billion bridge loan from March and brings SoftBank’s total OpenAI commitment to ~$64.6 billion for a ~13% stake. At OpenAI’s $852 billion […]
This story continues at The Next WebRilian raises $17.5 million to bring agentic AI to sovereign defence
23 April 2026 @ 7:20 pm
The McLean, Virginia startup’s Caspian platform sits as a command layer above existing security stacks, deploying pre-trained AI agents into air-gapped and compliance-restricted environments. One of its co-founders is Nick Pompeo, son of former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Rilian, a McLean, Virginia-based startup building agentic AI systems integration for defence and national security […]
This story continues at The Next WebWhite House accuses China of industrial-scale AI model distillation, commits to intelligence sharing with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google
23 April 2026 @ 7:15 pm
Summary: The White House OSTP released a policy memo accusing China of “industrial-scale” distillation of US AI models, committing to share intelligence with US AI companies and explore accountability measures. OpenAI accused DeepSeek of distilling its models in February; Anthropic named DeepSeek, MiniMax, and Moonshot AI as having created 24,000 fraudulent accounts generating 16+ million […]
This story continues at The Next WebZapata Quantum raises $15 million after emerging from bankruptcy
23 April 2026 @ 6:59 pm
The oversubscribed financing, led by Triatomic Capital, caps a restructuring that addressed $18.7 million in debt, converted $10 million of that to equity, and preserved 60-plus patents. The company had been days away from liquidation in late 2024. Zapata Quantum announced on 23 April 2026 that it has completed an oversubscribed $15 million financing led […]
This story continues at The Next WebMicrosoft offers voluntary retirement to 7% of US workers in first-ever buyout programme amid $80B AI spending push
23 April 2026 @ 6:41 pm
Summary: Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement to approximately 7% of its US workforce (~8,750 of 125,000 employees) in the first such programme in its 51-year history, using a “Rule of 70” formula (age + years of service). The offer, disclosed by CPO Amy Coleman, targets senior director level and below, with details arriving 7 May […]
This story continues at The Next WebOpenAI launches GPT-5.5, its first fully retrained base model since GPT-4.5
23 April 2026 @ 6:26 pm
The model, codenamed “Spud,” is designed to complete complex multi-step tasks with minimal human direction. It sets new benchmarks in agentic coding, computer use, and knowledge work, while matching GPT-5.4’s per-token latency. API access is delayed pending additional safety work. For months, the AI industry’s open secret has been that Anthropic’s Claude is winning the […]
This story continues at The Next WebClaim Clarity on the role of specialized AI in advancing workers’ compensation decision precision
23 April 2026 @ 6:26 pm
Claim Clarity suggests that workers’ compensation represents a significant yet often less visible segment of the broader healthcare ecosystem. Founder and CEO Jamie LaPaglia says, “Its scale and impact continue to expand, but it’s sometimes approached as an extension of general healthcare, even though its regulatory and operational dynamics are different.” Within this context, the […]
This story continues at The Next WebFrom enterprise IT to entrepreneurship: How Kostiantyn Gitko is building tech businesses across global markets
23 April 2026 @ 5:27 pm
Kostiantyn Gitko built his career in a very different environment. Before starting his own company, he worked inside large systems where reliability was expected every day. That experience still shapes how he approaches business. He began as a software engineer and gradually moved into leadership roles, managing infrastructure, teams, and operations. Today, he leads Devox […]
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For anyone who’s into SUVs, they know just how capable a car the Nissan Xterra was in its prime. A proper body-on-frame chassis, four-wheel drive, and a solid overall build quality to take on anything you’d throw at it … a proper SUV indeed.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Nissan, 
New Zealand camping badge Zempire has launched one of the slimmest, most portable camp stoves on the US market. The new Stealth-Jet stove series packs down flat and slim for easy transport, even in the most tightly packed micro-campers, firing out up to 10,000 BTUs of cooking power per burner to ensure that weary, hungry road-trippers can sit down to a hot meal in minutes. The Stealth-Jet isn't quite the all-out sveltest car camping stove on the market, but it out-slims the vast majority.
In my irascible opinion, there are never enough pockets in pants or backpacks for all the gadgets I need to tote around. With the arc-lighter-equipped Luxo multi-function flashlight however, that’s one less pocket taken up.Continue ReadingCategory: Gear, OutdoorsTags: Flashlights, 
Scientists at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), in South Korea, have built a silicone neckband that reads the tiny movements of your neck as you mouth words – and turns them into speech in your own voice, transmitted to whoever is listening.Continue ReadingCategory: Wearables, Consumer Tech, 
Downsizing is always a challenge, but the Knoll tiny house makes the jump more manageable than most. Featuring a spacious layout with plenty of storage, the towable home would be a good fit for a couple or even a small family.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, OutdoorsTags: 
Along the rocky Atlantic shoreline of Nova Scotia, Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has completed a home that looks like it’s floating above the landscape. The East River Residence, which is suspended on thin columns, stretches across the valley like a bridge between two embankments, letting the terrain flow underneath it like water.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, 
The all-new Mohab Altus is a vehicle rooftop shelter series like nothing we've covered before. Using an electric-lift system, it rises into a boxy cabin that lives atop your vehicle. With four hard walls of solid weather protection and available heating and air conditioning, the Altus blurs the line between tent and RV, turning any pickup truck or 4x4 into a comfy camping rig with rock-solid all-season protection.Continue ReadingCategory: 
"Ancient Japanese Art Brings Spineless Robot To Life!" Sounds very much like a movie plot summary. In reality, it perfectly describes the work of Princeton University engineers who have created a robot that moves without a single motor or gear, using heat and the principles of origami instead. Their soft robotic system relies on a combination of heat-sensitive advanced materials, flexible embedded electronics, and carefully designed folding structures to produce motion, ditching traditional mechanical components.Continue Reading
People often muse over catching lightning in a bottle, and what an amazing feat it would be. But have you ever wondered what comes next if we do it? Well, researchers at Northwestern University have bottled lightning and are using it for something just as remarkable: clean fuel. Their technology uses plasma in glass tubes to produce methanol from methane gas, a process that typically requires enormous amounts of energy.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, EngineeringTags: 
I remember the various iterations of the family TV pretty much always being the focal point of our living room, but it never dominated the space like big flat panels can today. Some of the time the huge flat panel is hypnotizing watchers with the latest blockbuster movie, current viral sensation or – if you're lucky – an in-depth documentary or two. But much of its life it's just an unattractive dark presence looming large.Continue ReadingCategory: 
English translation: "Flux\noshow.exe" could not be found. Make sure that you entered the name correctly and try again.
What I tried
Repairing the app
Resetting the app
Reinstalling the app
This is also the case for other apps I have installed:
MS Teams
MS ToDo
Befehlspalette
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But some other apps work just fine:
AutoDarkModeSvc
(Arrival is a fantastic movie. Watch it, but don’t stop there – read the Story of Your Life novella it was based on
With early computers, you didn’t boot up to a fancy schmancy desktop, or a screen full of apps you could easily poke and prod with your finger. No, those computers booted up to the command
ProWritingAid VS Grammarly: