The State of Tech — The European Edition

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.

The State of Tech — The European Edition is a news podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 150 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts The State of Tech — The European Edition, a news show with 150 episodes published.

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  Episode #151

  TikTok $400M Privacy Settlement: EU Impact & AI Market

  Aug 21, 202612 minS1

  The State of Tech, The European Edition of Saturday 22 August 2026 TikTok settles US children's privacy case for $400 million UN forecasts global AI market will reach $4.8 trillion by 2033 Micron invests $10 billion in new AI memory research lab in Idaho Brazil builds sovereign AI supercomputer to cut foreign dependence Element: encrypted European messaging without a phone number Homebox: free open-source home inventory that runs on your own hardware

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  Episode #150

  Nvidia's China AI Chip Plan & Sovereign AI Surge

  Aug 20, 202613 minS1

  The State of Tech, The European Edition of Friday 21 August 2026 Nvidia builds China-specific AI chip using Groq technology as ByteDance and Tencent place orders Broadcom pursues over sixty billion dollars in debt to finance next wave of custom AI chips Sixty-seven countries launch sovereign AI projects in first half of 2026 as Asia-Pacific overtakes Europe CISA orders urgent patching of Microsoft, VMware and Apple flaws exploited by AI-assisted attackers across forty-seven countries Trilium Notes: free, open-source, self-hosted knowledge base with tree structure and no subscription Grocy: open-source household manager that tracks groceries, expiry dates and chores without a cloud account

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  Episode #149

  EU AI Act Article 50 live: transparency rules reset

  Aug 19, 202614 minS1

  The State of Tech, The European Edition of Thursday 20 August 2026 EU AI Act Article 50 and California's CATA take effect simultaneously, requiring AI disclosure and content watermarking FBI, NSA, and CISA warn of AI-generated exploits targeting Siemens industrial control systems in critical infrastructure White House extends AI safety testing framework to powerful open-source frontier models for the first time Global memory chip shortage, dubbed RAMmageddon, drives DRAM and NAND prices up 200-400% due to AI demand Ellipsus: free European browser-based writing tool with version branching for long-form collaborative documents Excalidraw: free open-source browser whiteboard for real-time collaborative sketching and diagrams

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  Episode #148

  Stripe Buys OpenRouter for $7B: AI Plumbing Consolidates

  Aug 18, 202615 minS1

  The State of Tech, The European Edition of Wednesday 19 August 2026 Stripe acquires AI model marketplace OpenRouter for over seven billion dollars Tech giants are buying rare books, scanning them for AI training, and shredding the originals Global AI investment hits historic levels as governments and companies commit over a trillion dollars UC San Diego engineers develop two-dollar passive tiles that could nearly double 6G indoor coverage Qwen 3.5 lets you run a top-tier reasoning AI locally on your own hardware Tenacity is the free open-source audio editor built for podcasters and creators without any telemetry

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  Episode #147

  OpenAI $105B Ohio AI Data Centre & Azure Fortune 500 Breach

  Aug 17, 202615 minS1

  The State of Tech, The European Edition of Tuesday 18 August 2026 OpenAI locks in giant Ohio AI data centre backed by $105 billion from Nvidia Apple investor sues board over alleged AI training on pirated books and inflated stock buybacks Hacker sells Fortune 500 data stolen from Microsoft Azure tenants including Vodafone and McDonald's Coherent begins sampling silicon carbide substrates that cool AI chips 25% better Mermaid Chart turns any browser into a shared workspace for plain-text diagrams Polarsteps Plan builds multi-country trip itineraries without selling your data to advertisers

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