The State of Tech — The European Edition

Nvidia Korea AI Deals: SK Hynix, NAVER & Doosan

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Monday 8 June 2026 * Nvidia signs sweeping AI deals with SK Hynix, NAVER and Doosan across South Korea * ShinyHunters dumps stolen data of 2.6 million people from US dental benefits firm DentaQuest * Nvidia partners with China's Unitree to put humanoid robots into research labs worldwide * AI app builders let people ship working software from a single sentence, no coding required * Bolt lets you build and launch a real web app this afternoon, just by describing it * NVIDIA Isaac Lab lets anyone train a virtual robot on a normal computer, for free

AI agent finds 21 FFmpeg zero-days: Europe's open-source risk

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Sunday 7 June 2026 * AI agent uncovers 21 zero-day flaws in FFmpeg, the library inside almost every video app * Apple set to unveil major AI-powered Siri overhaul at WWDC * ChatGPT crosses one billion monthly active users * Chinese firms tighten grip on optical modules and chips powering global AI * World's first AI-designed cancer vaccine enters human clinical trials * Try today: Ginkgo Bioworks' autonomous lab platform and Apple Wallet's scan-to-add feature

Gemma 4 12B: Free Local AI Model for Your Laptop

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Saturday 6 June 2026 * Meta pushes facial recognition to smart glasses, raising GDPR alarms across Europe * Alphabet raises eighty billion dollars to fund AI infrastructure build-out * Google DeepMind releases Gemma 4 12B, an open-source multimodal AI model for laptops * IBM commits ten billion dollars to deliver fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029 * Try it yourself: Gemma 4 12B runs free and offline on your laptop via Ollama * Amazon's Proteus robot takes plain-English instructions, coming to European warehouses in 2027

AI Catastrophe Risk: Experts Put Odds at 10% by 2031

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Friday 5 June 2026 * Faraday Future humanoid robot starts work at dental clinic reception in Los Angeles * AI experts put ten percent chance on catastrophic outcomes within five years * China formally accuses the US of breaking the global semiconductor supply chain * Global semiconductor equipment billings hit record 36.5 billion dollars in Q1 2026 * Quantum computing company Quantinuum prices upsized IPO, starts trading on Nasdaq under QNT * SpaceX flags water scarcity as critical risk for AI data centre expansion

Anthropic IPO Filing: First Frontier AI Lab Goes Public

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Thursday 4 June 2026 * Samsung turns the Galaxy Watch into an AI health coach with Vitals, Heart Health Score, and Daily Cardio Load * Anthropic confidentially files for a US IPO, the first frontier AI lab to head toward public markets * Broadcom posts 10.8 billion dollars in AI chip revenue, up 143 percent, and guides to 16 billion next quarter * BYD confirms humanoid robot development and considers selling them through its car dealer network * Samsung Health's Daily Cardio Load brings premium training guidance to existing Galaxy Watch users for free * LUYTEN's Ascend converts standard tower cranes into 3D concrete printers for buildings up to 100 metres tall