The 10 most important news of the week (04/15 – 04/19)

Good morning! To stay up to date at the beginning of Saturday (20), TecMundo This week (April 15-19) we’ve sorted through everything that matters most. In addition to various news about technology and science, the world of entertainment and games was also very active during this period.

Billionaire Elon Musk laid off approximately 14 thousand Tesla employees on Monday (15). On Wednesday (17), Samsung introduced four new devices in its Galaxy Book 4 laptop series. This Friday (19), we reported that China ordered Apple to remove WhatsApp from the App Store.

This was just part of what was going on! Check out the most important events happening this week below. To access each news in its entirety, just click on the links below.

1. Elon Musk laid off nearly 14,000 Tesla employees to cut costs. More than 10 percent of Tesla employees will be affected by the cuts. Elon Musk wrote a letter justifying the layoffs; To look!

2. Motorola announced the Edge 50, which has the best camera it has ever produced and a wooden version. The new Motorola Edge 50 Fusion, Edge 50 Pro and Edge 50 Ultra bring a host of good news; Check out all the details.

3. Samsung launched Galaxy Book 4 laptops with Intel Core Ultra chips in Brazil. Samsung launched Galaxy Book 4 Ultra, Galaxy Book 4 Pro and Galaxy Book 4 Pro 360 in the country; see configurations and prices!

4. Theory suggests that there is only one electron in the entire universe; to understand. Although measurements reveal a huge abundance of fundamental particles such as electrons, one physicist hypothesized that only one electron exists in the entire observable universe.

5. Meta launches AI assistant on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Messenger. Meta AI, a competitor to ChatGPT, can perform searches, respond to emails, search for cheap tickets, and create images.

6. US lawmakers explain Moraes’ secret decisions on social networks. The North American committee accuses the minister of censoring platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and accounts like Jair Bolsonaro’s.

7. China orders WhatsApp and other apps removed from App Store; See why? China’s internet regulator has demanded that Apple remove WhatsApp from its list of available apps; Check out!

8. Xbox Game Pass will get 9 more games in April; Check out the list! Microsoft announced last Tuesday (16) a list of nine games that will come to Xbox Game Pass in the last period of April; Check out the names!

9. Who started the war in Fallout? Prime Video series reveals who threw the first bomb. Fallout adaptation shows the end of the world could be more than the outcome of a war between nations

10. Why are there so many different sizes and shapes of batteries? Journey with us on this fascinating exploration of the simple origins of batteries and how they have become an essential part of our modern technological world.