
BREAK/THE WEEK is your weekly tech talk from BASIC thinking that takes you behind the scenes of the tech world. In the new issue we discuss a paid comparison test from Microsoft that compares Apple with pears, about the Munich-based AI defense company Helsing, which is on the verge of a billion-dollar deal, and about the increasing number of new registrations of electric cars.
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The topics of this issue:
- Record billions for German AI defense company
- Electric cars have significantly increased their lead over gasoline cars in April 2026
- Family of victim of deadly attack at Florida university sues OpenAI
- Microsoft pitted several Windows laptops against the new MacBook Neo in a paid comparison test
- AI-generated images can often be identified by small geometric errors
- Electric taxi batteries last longer than expected
- A free web app is intended to promote climate-friendly behavior in everyday life
- Yes or No: AI as a job killer, European short message service W Social, e-car purchases and more
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