This week we've got a newsbag covering some of the biggest tech news you may have missed plus two deep dives. The first is all about prediction markets and the wave of bans they're facing in Europe. The second is about a Dutch tech startup called Monumental that is leveraging AI to build robots that lay bricks, build houses, and more. 

Apple is blaming the EU for preventing SiriAI from coming to Europe. 

Plus, we're covering two startups taking the world of agentic AI and worflows by storm: Dust and N8N. 

This week we're looking at two stories:

1) The opposition to data centers in the US versus the lack thereof in Europe.

2) The Dutch government banning the sale of a tech company to an American buyer.

This week we're looking at the Elon vs OpenAI lawsuit and the pricing changes coming to AI tools. 

Three main stories this week:

Google has been running some controversial experiments on headlines that have big implications for the broader internet. 

Meta has lost some major lawsuits in the US that could transform social media. 

There's a Dutch company that is driving growth in movie theater attendance at a time when it is dropping in most other places. 

OpenClaw has gotten a lot of hype, and the Austrian man who created it just got hired by OpenAI. He had some hot takes on everything wrong with Europe, but most of what he's claiming isn't adding up. 

Also, we do a deep dive into how we do research for the show and where AI tools help. 

This week we've got another interview! This time Dustin is sitting down with marketing, AI, and management consultant Natalia Arcila Barbour to discuss Davos (now that the dust has settled), AI, and where she thinks companies are getting things wrong and right. 

This week we're sharing our experience in switching to Mistral as our main LLM. 

We're also diving into growing backlash against social media companies - X's Paris offices were raided, Tik Tok is being investigated for addictive behaviors, and more European governments are proposing social media bans for minors. 

The dust is settling on Trump's threats to take Greenland... for now, but that's not stopping urgent discussions around EU tech sovereignty. What's happening and where does Europe stand?

This week we're interviewing Hugo Lassiège - French software engineer, entrepreneur and founder - and discussing his new, European Substack alternative Writizzy as well as European tech sovereignty, AI for code vs writing, content moderation, and more!

You can follow Hugo on his blog https://eventuallymaking.io/ and start your own newsletter at https://writizzy.com/.