2026-08-14
Five of Europe’s biggest companies just bought compute Mistral has not built
Mistral set out the plan on 11 August. Its own announcement covers three things at once. Regional endpoints are now generally available, letting customers pick Europe or the US for inference. A Priority Tier in public preview adds custom rate limits and an uptime commitment. The third part is the one that funds the other […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-08-14
Tesla ended Sweden’s longest strike by buying out every last striker
The union announced it on 13 August. Its own statement sets the end at one minute past midnight on Wednesday 19 August. The strike began on 27 October 2023 with about 120 mechanics across seven Swedish workshops, Electrek noted. It became the longest industrial conflict in modern Swedish history. Tesla never signed a collective agreement, […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-08-14
What if Sims and a smart speaker had a baby? Meet the bijou speaker with a ‘tiny world inside’ — just don’t expect it to play your Spotify playlists
Green audio kit is really having a moment, but the color is far from the weirdest thing about this planter-sized speaker ‘with terrain, weather, a society that inhabits it, and its own rhythms and narratives’ [...]
2026-08-14
Canva’s backers cut $7.1bn from its valuation, and its own valuer cut more
Emma Rapaport and Paul Smith reported the markdown for the Australian Financial Review on 14 August. The figure appears two ways and both are correct. It is $7.1bn in US dollars, and A$10bn, which is the number most headlines carried. The cut takes Blackbird and Airtree’s mark from $42bn to $34.9bn, a drop of 17%. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-08-14
The X-Men don't exist in Marvel's Wolverine since mutants aren't safe in this world, Insomniac says — 'We wanted to remind people that existence for a mutant is not safe. It's hard. It's scary'
Insomniac Games has finally explained why the X-Men don't exist in Marvel's Wolverine, and it's all about telling a story where mutants aren't safe. [...]
