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The State of Tech, the European Edition, is your daily briefing on the tech stories that matter most to Europe. In 15 minutes, hosts Samantha Lawrence and Bob Russell cover six stories: from EU AI regulation and Big Tech policy to European startups, ASML, and how global tech trends play out on this side of the Atlantic. New episode every weekday morning. Clear, sharp, and no fluff.
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The State of Tech, The European Edition of Wednesday 16 September 2026 European Commission publishes landmark legislative proposal on minors' access to social media Microsoft agrees to strict AI guardrails and data protections for American schools TSMC exercises caution on using AI for sensitive chip research and development Australian minister accuses data centre giant NextDC of using AI to write lobbying emails CryptPad: the free, end-to-end encrypted European office suite Homebox: the open-source home inventory app that keeps your data on your own machine
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Tuesday 15 September 2026 China's UBTECH opens humanoid robot factory producing one unit every ten minutes Universal Robots launches Gen 7, its first AI-ready cobot platform Fujitsu and Delft University unveil diamond-based quantum computing prototype Australian wealth platform Netwealth acquires AI advice startup Paradino for $14M Readeck: open-source, self-hostable read-later app for calm offline reading Simon Tatham's Puzzles: forty free logic games, fully offline, no ads or tracking
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Monday 14 September 2026 Google moves its AI responsibility team out of DeepMind into its global affairs division Brain-computer interface lets paralysed patients speak fluently through decoded thoughts in real time Global consortium publishes ethical guidelines for generative AI in music, art and writing AI climate model warns polar ice tipping points could arrive within seven to ten years Notesnook: end-to-end encrypted, open-source note-taking across all your devices Home Assistant: free, open-source smart home platform that runs locally on your own hardware
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Sunday 13 September 2026 EU AI Act officially begins phased rollout, making Europe first with a full AI legal framework Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for AI slowdown, Sam Altman publicly agrees Apple opens pre-orders for iPhone 18 Pro and its first foldable, the iPhone Duo DeepSeek launches V4.1 Flash, a cheaper open model that undercuts rivals and retires its own flagship draw.io: free, open-source diagramming that runs in your browser with no account needed Overdrop: a privacy-friendly weather app with no ads, no data resale, and your choice of forecast source
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Saturday 12 September 2026 Anthropic exposes Russian state hackers using Claude against Ukraine and Europe Mercedes-backed ProLogium starts mass production of solid-state batteries IBM and NASA open-source a lunar foundation model for crater and ice mapping Roblox launches creator wallet and AI game builder for new developers Castopod: the free, open-source podcasting platform that keeps you in control Rome2Rio: the offline-friendly European travel planner that needs no account
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Friday 11 September 2026 California signs landmark AI safety and child protection laws US lawmakers demand new AI rules after prominent Anthropic researcher resigns Analog Devices acquires Alif Semiconductor for $1.5 billion to push AI to the edge TSMC posts record August as AI chip demand outstrips packaging capacity Pinta: the free open-source image editor that needs no subscription Chaos Control: the offline-friendly task planner built for focused work
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Thursday 10 September 2026 OpenAI claims AI resolved the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem Google commits thirteen billion euros to AI data centres in Finland Microsoft's record Patch Tuesday fixes 964 flaws, two zero-days already exploited Apple launches iPhone 18 Pro with more conversational Siri powered by Apple Intelligence ScreenToGif: free open-source screen recorder for Windows Instapaper: the read-later app that strips the web down to clean reading
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Wednesday 9 September 2026 Apple unveils the foldable iPhone Ultra under new CEO John Ternus at the Surprise and Shine event Samsung partners with Mistral AI to embed large language models into its chip manufacturing operations ASML secures firm commitments from TSMC and Samsung for its next-generation High NA EUV lithography machines US Department of Commerce awards $300M in CHIPS Act funding to D-Wave, Rigetti and Quantinuum for quantum computing Arm debuts the Mali G2 Ultra NX mobile GPU with dedicated AI hardware built directly into its shader cores Canada launches its National AI Literacy Initiative with free public resources under the AI for All strategy
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Tuesday 8 September 2026 Insilico Medicine's AI-designed lung drug shows signs of reversing biological age across six independent clocks Malaysia picks Huawei chips over American alternatives for its two-billion-ringgit sovereign AI project A Nvidia chip export loophole casts a shadow over the first US-China AI summit of Trump's second term IonQ holds investor day with its SkyWater semiconductor acquisition at the centre of its quantum supply chain strategy CryptPad: the free, open-source, end-to-end encrypted European office suite Magic Earth Pro: full offline navigation across Europe with no tracking and no subscription
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Monday 7 September 2026 OpenAI's chief scientist warns humanity is unprepared for AI that could soon outthink us AI labs unleash a wave of new models as global spending heads for 2.6 trillion dollars AI agent breaches push cybersecurity chiefs into the boardroom with seven-figure pay packages Europe's top tech official predicts the US will end up with AI guardrails whether it wants them or not Tandoor: the free open-source app that turns your kitchen into a proper recipe and meal planning hub Kagi: the paid search engine that replaces Google with results that actually answer your question
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Sunday 6 September 2026 Federal judge blocks xAI's attempt to stop Minnesota's law against AI-generated fake nudes Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third upgrade to the cheap AI model in six weeks AI helps physicists discover two brand-new superconducting materials Bain warns AI could push enterprise IT costs up by 75 percent within a decade Tuya Smart unveils Doova, an AI companion robot for seniors, at IFA Berlin Extropic releases free open-source materials for its energy-efficient Z1T AI toolkit
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Saturday 5 September 2026 US and China schedule first dedicated AI safety dialogue, focused on AI-directed cyberattacks Anthropic publishes experiment in which its own model escapes its sandbox and attacks third-party systems California sends roughly thirty AI bills to Governor Newsom ahead of September 30 deadline Caterpillar and FieldAI partner to deploy autonomous robots on construction sites and factory floors Delta Chat: encrypted open-source messaging that runs entirely over standard email WeeWX: open-source software that turns a home weather station into your own private weather website
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Friday 4 September 2026 OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra and pledges $1 billion to cyber defence for hospitals, utilities and local governments US Department of Justice backs OpenAI in copyright fight, calling AI training on published work fair use Malaysia unveils $106 billion National Semiconductor Strategy, targeting 60,000 new engineers by 2030 IFA 2026 opens in Berlin with AI at the centre, projecting $1.4 trillion in global tech and consumer electronics sales Manuskript: free European open-source writing app for novels, theses and long structured projects Homebox: free open-source home inventory tool that runs locally with no cloud or subscription required
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Thursday 3 September 2026 UN report: tech giants are falling behind on climate targets as AI energy demand explodes Uber and Wayve launch the UK's first autonomous ride-hailing service in London Washington and Brussels grow further apart on AI regulation as EU sends formal requests to 30+ AI companies Global investors pay thousands for tech pilgrimages to Chinese factories amid China shock 2.0 fears Proton Mail: a free Swiss encrypted email service you can switch to today Piwigo: a free open-source photo library that keeps your archive off the big clouds
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Wednesday 2 September 2026 Google DeepMind launches coding-focused AI model 3.8 Flash, nicknamed Skimaki Palo Alto Networks acquires AI agent platform Console to automate security operations Researchers show frontier AI can help exploit vulnerabilities in industrial control systems OpenAI releases new model Astra with stronger safeguards following a security breach European consortium wins nearly four-million-euro grant for swarm robots that build timber structures Two tools to try: Zim Desktop Wiki for offline note-taking and Cwtch for anonymous encrypted messaging
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Tuesday 1 September 2026 John Ternus becomes Apple's new CEO as Tim Cook steps aside after fifteen years Saudi Arabia opens LEAP 2026 in Riyadh with over fifteen billion dollars in tech investments OpenAI makes hardware security keys mandatory for its Daybreak cybersecurity platform Oracle weighs fresh layoffs despite spending fifty-five billion dollars on AI data centres Mailbox.org: encrypted German email hosting for one euro a month Olive: free open-source video editor for Windows, Mac and Linux
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Monday 31 August 2026 Nvidia reportedly agrees to acquire Hugging Face for thirteen billion dollars Google shifts full Pixel production from China to Vietnam by 2027 Federal judge rules Pentagon unlawfully retaliated against Anthropic OpenAI retires DALL-E and o3 model as AI lifecycles keep shrinking Maps.me: free offline European maps with no data connection required Pensela: free open-source screen annotation tool for presentations and teaching
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Sunday 30 August 2026 Gartner forecasts global semiconductor revenue to nearly double to $1.6 trillion in 2026, driven by the AI boom Humanoid robot shipments top 22,000 units in the first half of 2026 as industry deploys them at scale UK executives warn lagging telecoms infrastructure could derail Britain's AI ambitions US Federal Reserve puts AI at the centre of its economic policy deliberations Magic Earth: the free, offline-first European navigation app that needs no account or data connection Zettlr: the free, open-source writing tool for long documents and research that runs entirely on your own machine
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Saturday 29 August 2026 Pimco warns AI debt flood is pushing global bond yields higher University of Texas and TSMC develop low-energy SOT-MRAM chip for AI Google DeepMind announces major advancement in physical AI for humanoid robots Check-Cap completes MBody AI merger and raises ten million dollars to scale enterprise robots Rome2Rio: the free travel planner that maps any journey across Europe in seconds Excalidraw: the open-source browser whiteboard for sketches and diagrams
The State of Tech, The European Edition of Friday 28 August 2026 SK Hynix breaks ground on a four-billion-dollar memory plant in Indiana Over 100 organisations including OpenAI and Anthropic call for global action on AI-powered cyberattacks Trump administration weighs sweeping new semiconductor tariffs University of Florida and Autodesk open the US's most advanced robotics construction lab Rocket.Chat: the open-source, self-hostable European alternative to Slack and Teams Dashy: the free open-source home dashboard that ties your self-hosted setup together
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